HOW ABOUT SOME ICE PELLETS WITH THAT PRE-ST. PADDY’S DAY DRINK
SO. ILLINOIS—In keeping with the bizarre weather trends we’ve been seeing since last Fall, the National Weather Service has announced the following: URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER...
View ArticleLake County judge: Inmate can’t leave to jail to see dying father
By Lee Filas Article updated: 3/14/2014 6:15 PM Daily A woman charged with killing a 3-month-old child in Waukegan cannot leave the Lake County jail to visit her dying father at a Milwaukee veterans...
View Article“We’re supposed to uphold the law, not break it”
By Patsy Kelly Updated: Saturday, March 15, 2014, 5:56 pm Published: Saturday, March 15, 2014, 5:10 pm TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) – After a Wabash Valley sheriff’s deputy was charged with using excessive...
View ArticleTurnout could swing GOP race for Illinois governor
SARA BURNETT Associated Press March 15, 2014 STL In this March 5, 2014 file photo, Illinois Republican primary gubernatorial candidates from left, State Sen. Bill Brady, State Sen. Kirk Dillard,...
View ArticleHow ANDalyze is bringing water testing to the mainstream
By James Janega, Blue Sky Reporter March 14, 2014, 2 p.m The clean-tech challenge of finding water impurities faces a small problem. A few, actually. Champaign-based ANDalyze, a company that sprang...
View ArticleWill missing jet prompt change in aviation system?
SCOTT MAYEROWITZ AP March 16, 2014 STL In this March 13, 2014 file photo, university students hold a candlelight vigil for passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Yangzhou, in...
View ArticleWind power line proposal irks some Midwest farmers
JIM SALTER Associated Press March 16, 2014 In this Aug. 23, 2013 file photo wind turbines are silhouetted by the setting sun as they produce electricity near Beaumont, Kan. The plains of Kansas could...
View ArticleSt. Louis homicides up in 2013, but overall crime dipped 5.4 percent, police say
January 14, 2014 6:45 am By Joel Currier ST. LOUIS • Homicides in St. Louis were up in 2013 while overall crime fell last year for the seventh straight year, St. Louis police say. Though...
View ArticleTRAFFIC ALERT IN POPE COUNTY FOLLOWING CRASH
POPE CO., Ill.—We’ve received a report of a serious traffic accident down in Pope County. Massac Fire is responding to a motor vehicle accident in POPE County on 145, and a lot of calls are going out...
View ArticleMISSING WOMAN JORDANN ROBINSON HAS BEEN LOCATED
HERRIN, Ill.—We’ve been advised that Jordann Robinson, the woman first reported missing last night, has been located in Carbondale, this after her mother had filed a missing persons report with...
View ArticleHARDIN COUNTY TEACHER KILLED IN SUNDAY ACCIDENT
POPE CO., Ill.—Authorities have released the identity of the person killed in a two-car accident Sunday, March 16, on Illinois 145 approximately two miles south of Route 146. The deceased is Tamela...
View ArticleKeeping juries in the dark
By Bill McClellan March 17, 2014 STL Earlier this month, St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch wrote an essay in this newspaper in which he urged the Missouri Legislature to pass a revision of...
View ArticleATF Raids Ares Armor In Direct Violation of Court Issued Restraining Order
gunssavelives.net MARCH 15 2014 BY DAN CANNON Photo from: gunssavelives.net UPDATE 3/16: Apparently the temporary restraining order obtained by Ares Armor was revised to include a clause to “not...
View ArticleHouse Republicans Want To Sue The President For Not Arresting People For...
By Matt Ferner Posted: 03/14/2014 5:23 pm EDT Updated: 03/14/2014 5:59 pm EDT Huffingtonpost The Republican-controlled House passed legislation on Thursday to force President Barack Obama to crack down...
View ArticleBill would give state control over wind turbine rules
By Doug Finke State Capitol Bureau Posted Mar. 16, 2014 @ 10:00 pm sj-r Since the first wind turbine was installed in Illinois, it’s been the purview of county governments to set the rules for siting...
View ArticleWANT TO EARN AN MBA? CONSIDER ONE OF THESE TOP BUSINESS SCHOOLS IN ILLINOIS
03/12/2014 Lily Oberman Staff writer Reboot Illinois U.S. News & World Report recently released its school rankings for 2015 — ranking universities across the United States in categories like...
View ArticleWHICH COUNTIES HAVE THE HIGHEST PROPERTY TAXES?
02/18/2014 Brendan Bond Staff Writer Land of Lincoln Lowdown How high are your property taxes? Here are the Top 25 median property tax bills by county in Illinois. These figures represent county-wide...
View ArticleBOTTOMS UP! WHERE DOES ILLINOIS RANK ON THE LIST OF BEER TAX BY STATE?
03/17/2014 Brendan Bond Staff Writer Land of Lincoln Lowdown When you buy a six-pack at the store or a round at the bar, not all the money you pay goes to the brewery or the distributor. There’s a tax...
View ArticleFOUR ACCIDENTS IN FIVE WEEKS PROMPTS DOT INSPECTION AT BYPASS
HARRISBURG—After four major accidents in five weeks, including one fatality, the Saline County Sheriff’s Office was informed this morning that the Illinois Department of Transportation will study the...
View ArticleWELFARE REFORM STARTS WITH THE FORTUNE 100
KICKING OFF NATIONAL SUNSHINE WEEK “Welfare Reform Starts With The Fortune 100” By Stephen Moore, March 17, 2014 Read Front Page Column- Investors Business Daily “Corporate welfare is so well hidden...
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