SALINE CO., Ill.— After sending staffers out to the Cottage Township/Rocky Branch Road area on numerous occasions since the battle between residents and Peabody Coal began late last year, and having those staffers followed, stopped and questioned Disclosure publisher Jack Howser took a trip to the area and was followed.
And that didn’t settle well with the publisher who remained on public property the entire time.
When the security guard stopped and started asking Howser was taking her picture as she continued to drive past him and a staffer, she got a bit more than she bargained for and sped away in a huff.
We have a center-page article outlining the most recent steps taken by the Rocky Branch residents to get Peabody to stop destroying their neighborhood. The paper hits the stands Tuesday and Wednesday; e-Edition Monday night. Be sure your subscriptions are up to date, and don’t miss the current issue on stands right now, so you can keep up with everything that’s going on in the downstate Illinois area that impacts you!!