ELECTION 2014: SHERIFF’S RACE, LAWRENCE COUNTY
Contested offices are few and far between this year for the March 18 Primary Election, but at least a couple of downstate counties are going to have sheriff’s races. And in Lawrence, there is indeed a...
View ArticleCharges filed against accused ‘shadow campaign’ financier
washingtontimes.com By Andrea Noble Posted March 10, 2014 Jeffrey E. Thompson After three years of investigation, prosecutors filed two conspiracy charges against accused “shadow campaign” financier...
View ArticleDoctors Forced to Become State Snitches to Spot “Radical” Patients
Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com March 10, 2014 Doctors in Britain are being forced to become state snitches and spot “radical” patients under an NHS initiative that threatens to cut funding if a GP...
View ArticleEARLY-MORNING TRAFFIC CRASH INJURES TRUCKER IN WAYNE
WAYNE CO., Ill.—Illinois State Police worked a traffic incident very early this morning (Monday, March 10, 2014) that left a truck driver injured. Brian A. Hunter, age 44, of Lexington, Kentucky,...
View ArticleFACEBOOK BANS MOTHER FOR POSTING PHOTOS OF HER NEW BORN SON WHO WAS BORN WITH...
smag31.com March 3, 2014 A young mother is furious after Facebook banned photos of her son born with a severe birth defect. Grayson James Walker lived just eight hours after he was born on Feb. 15. He...
View ArticleThe definition of censorship: University fines students $100 for talking to...
Daily Caller By Robby Soave March 10, 2014 At least two student-candidates for student government at California Polytechnic State University were fined $100 each for talking to reporters about their...
View ArticleConn. Cop: I Will Kick Down Doors To Confiscate Guns
Navy veteran and former firefighter John Cinque, “Will not comply with gun registration.” nworeport.me Source: Mikael Thalen Posted March 10, 2014 “His words straight out were, ‘I cannot wait to get...
View ArticleCity alderman pleads not guilty to Escape charges; jury trial set in Sexual...
Ronald Nolan MURPHYSBORO— A city alderman has pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to escape police custody. According to authorities, 46-year-old Ronald Nolan entered a not guilty plea in...
View ArticleMULTI-VEHICLE CRASH ON U.S. 45 NEAR BARNETT STREET, HARRISBURG
HARRISBURG, Ill.—A multiple-vehicle crash, including one semi off the road, occurred a little earlier this afternoon south of Harrisburg on U.S. Highway 45. Vehicles have been towed from the scene but...
View ArticleAND JUST IN CASE THOSE IN LAWRENCE COUNTY HAVE SHORT MEMORIES…
….here’s a reason you should NOT hang out in this place: It’s because the Schauflings, along with Beverly Preusz, are running it…and you in Lawrence County know who they are: Max Schauf‘s shell...
View ArticleNightly NewsCap! Ang rounds up the weekend headlines as well as today’s in...
Here’s my lovely Ang delivering the news coming in from about late Friday night until this evening, Monday, March 10, 2014! Topics covered include: Crossville resident Luke Burnett charged after meth...
View ArticleA Dot on the Map, After Scandal, Could Be Wiped Off
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ MARCH 10, 2014 nytimes.com Route 301 runs through Hampton, Fla., a city with a population of under 500. Credit Edward Linsmier for The New York Times HAMPTON, Fla. — It’s easy for...
View ArticleBank Robbery Suspect Posts Submachine Gun Selfie On Facebook Before Alleged...
The Huffington Post | by David Moye Posted: 03/10/2014 5:07 pm EDT Updated: 03/11/2014 2:59 am EDT A man accused of three Michigan bank robberies may have metaphorically shot himself in the foot by...
View ArticleKincaid police chief keeps job; city clerk doesn’t
By Jason Nevel Staff Writer sjr Posted Mar. 10, 2014 @ 9:01 pm Updated at 9:55 PM KINCAID — Residents had to be warned repeatedly to calm down Monday night during a city council meeting that saw the...
View ArticleCOUPLE LEAVES BABY IN CART AT WALMART; LATER REPORTS BABY MISSING
The baby in question; a little boy. LAWRENCEVILLE, Ill.—Employees of Lawrenceville’s Walmart were understandably disturbed this morning after what appeared to be an abandoning of an infant at their...
View ArticleFATALITY IN SEMI v. TREE AT SALINE/GALLATIN COUNTY LINE
SALINE/GALLATIN Co. line—A traffic crash has U.S. 45 blocked this morning a half-mile north and south of Texas City, and a fatality has been confirmed in the crash. The crash, said to be a semi versus...
View ArticleATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER, CALLING RISE IN HEROIN OVERDOSES ‘URGENT PUBLIC...
Attorney General Urges Local First Responders to Carry Naloxone, Which Can Save Lives By Reversing Overdoses U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder WASHINGTON-Calling the rise in overdose deaths from heroin...
View ArticleMichele Bachmann Claims Gay People Have ‘Bullied The American People’
The Huffington Post | by Mollie Reilly Posted: 03/10/2014 6:56 pm EDT Updated: 03/10/2014 6:59 pm EDT UNITED STATES – FEBRUARY 27: Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks during the Tea Party...
View ArticleCOUPLE WHO LEFT BABY AT WALMART CHARGED WITH METH OFFENSES
LAWRENCE CO., Ill.—Details have come out in the incident this morning of a baby left at the Walmart parking lot in Lawrenceville, Illinois. The baby in question; a little boy. According to...
View ArticleIL sheriff seizes, sells guns. But does he have the authority?
By Ben Yount | Illinois Watchdog March 10, 2014 ISN’T TALKING: Sheriff Darrell Cox won’t answer questions about seized guns, says it’s political. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Dozens of guns taken from crime...
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