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HAYES TRIAL WILL BE A REFLECTION OF DANNY COSTON’S TODAY
LAWRENCE CO., Ill.—The jury trial of a man accused of dragging a young boy to his death will not go off this week as planned. Chad Hayes, whose 33rd birthday is coming up next week, had originally been...
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TWO SENTENCED IN MADISON COUNTY TAX SALE SCHEME
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, EAST ST. LOUIS—We don’t ordinarily post material coming out of the Metro-East (Illinois side of St. Louis area counties of Madison/St. Clair/Bond) but this one is intriguing...
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SHERIFF WARNS OF SCAMS BY PHONE OR INTERNET
SALINE CO., Ill.—Saline County Sheriff D. Keith Brown has sent out a message to folks about becoming a victim of a scam during tax time. Brown says there are numerous scams that go on all year long,...
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This FBI Indictment Against 10 Union Workers Who Allegedly Torched a Church...
Becket Adams theblaze.com Feb. 19, 2014 Photo courtesy philadelphia.cbslocal.com The Federal Bureau of Investigation indicted 10 union members this week for allegedly perpetrating acts of violence on...
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ACCIDENT IN FLORA LEAVES COUPLE SERIOUSLY INJURED
FLORA, Ill.—Authorities are advising that a wreck that occurred at about 11 a.m. today (Thursday, February 20, 2014) has seriously injured a Clay County couple. The two involved in the accident were...
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AMBER ALERT ISSUED STATEWIDE FOR ABDUCTED CHILD
AT THE REQUEST OF THE PARK RIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE ILLINOIS EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM IS ACTIVATED FOR AN AMBER ALERT. THE PARK RIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS CONFIRMED A CHILD ABDUCTION THAT OCCURED AT...
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H1N1 virus reaches epidemic levels in the US
rt.com February 19, 2014 Photo courtesy abqjournal.com Six weeks into the flu season, the H1N1 virus is still killing young adults and middle-aged Americans at epidemic levels, according to the...
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SARAH PALIN ENDORSES KATRINA PIERSON
by TONY LEE AND BRANDON DARBY breitbart.com 19 Feb 2014 Pgoto courtesy politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin endorsed fierce Texas conservative Katrina Pierson in her underdog...
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Autopsy: SIU student likely died of hypothermia
By Jonathan Bullington Tribune reporter February 20, 2014 Photo courtesy chicago.cbslocal.com The search for a missing Southern Illinois University student from suburban Morton Grove has ended in...
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US VOTES ABSENT AS UKRAINE BURNS
By BEN SHAPIRO breitbart.com 19 Feb 2014 Photo courtesy thetakeaway.org On Wednesday, the White House announced that it would be taking a muscular new role in Ukraine: by deferring to the Russians....
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SEMI BLOWN OVER ON INTERSTATE DURING YESTERDAY’S WIND
WAYNE CO., Ill.—Those who were out in the winds last night in southern Illinois can attest to how rough it got, but an Indiana man was sent tot he hospital because of it. David Michael Chargualf, 43,...
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Person questioned in abduction of boy, 5, in Park Ridge
By Jonathan Bullington Tribune reporter February 21, 2014 Photo courtesy wqad.com A person is being questioned this morning about the theft of a car from a driveway in Park Ridge while a 5-year-old...
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FCC sidesteps explanation on controversial plan to ‘interfere with news...
RT February 20, 2014 Thomas Wheeler(Photo courtesy zimbio.com) The US Federal Communications Commission announced it will pull back from an unpopular plan that proposed placing a federal agent inside...
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Army soldier pleads guilty in scheme to steal fuel trucks from base in...
RT February 21, 2014 Photo courtesy globaltimes.cn A soldier in the US Army pleaded guilty Wednesday of taking nearly $60,000 from an Afghan trucking company as part of a plan to divert fuel trucks...
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Record radiation detected at New Mexico waste site after nuclear alert
RT February 20, 2014 Photo courtesy businessinsider.com The highest ever levels of radiation have been detected at a New Mexico nuclear waste repository. The latest readings come hot on the heels of a...
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Homeland Security cancels national license plate tracking plan
RT February 20, 2014 Photo courtesy rt.com Only days after the US Department of Homeland Security began seeking a company to help it track license plates nationwide, the agency has reportedly canceled...
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Judge: Nebraska governor exceeded authority in approving Keystone pipeline
RT February 20, 2014 A judge has ruled against a Nebraska law that allowed the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline through the state in order to transport crude tar sands oil from western Canada...
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Seattle considering $1.6 million facial recognition surveillance system
RT February 20, 2014 Privacy advocates in the Pacific Northwest are squaring off with local police over plans to install a system that would link surveillance camera video with databases containing...
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Illinois leads multistate probe of Sallie Mae’s student loan practices
Joseph Ax Reuters February 20, 2014 Photo courtesy businessinsider.com NEW YORK (Reuters) – SLM Corp, better known as Sallie Mae, faces a multistate probe led by Illinois into its student loan...
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Nuclear site whistleblower fired after complaining about safety conditions
RT February 19, 2014 The termination of a safety manager from a Washington state nuclear facility this week marks the second time in four months that a whistleblower was fired from there after speaking...
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