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Police Shoot Homeless Man During Camping Arrest (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | by Sebastian Murdock Posted: 03/24/2014 11:34 am EDT Updated: 03/24/2014 1:59 pm EDT A homeless New Mexico man who was illegally camping in the Albuquerque foothills was fatally...
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SCOTT REEDER: ILLINOIS HAS BECOME THE “TAX HIKE STATE”
03/23/2014 Scott Reeder Reboot Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan proposed a tax hike Thursday that would jack up taxes on those with a personal income of $1 million or more. The plan would tax...
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TOP 10 LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN ILLINOIS: DOING WORK IN THE NORTH SHORE
03/21/2014 Brendan Bond Reboot Illinois Every month the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) rolls out unemployment figures for Illinois towns and cities. While the January 2014 figures...
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Nightly NewsCap! Rounding up the headlines for your day in AUDIO
Here’s Lyndi, with the headlines for the day on the evening of Monday, March 24, 2014! Topics covered include: both sides of the Josh Green termination/resignation situation in Palestine; Saline County...
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Supreme Court rules severance payments are taxable
Tribune Reuters 10:04 a.m. CDT March 25, 2014 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that taxes are due for Social Security and Medicare on severance packages paid to workers...
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MARION POLICE CHIEF TO RETIRE AFTER ONLY THREE YEARS AT THE POSITION
MARION, Ill.—Whether it’s from all the recent turmoil within his department, or whether this is just a natural course of his law enforcement career, the outcome is the same: Beleaguered police chief...
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MADIGAN: PHUSION AGREES TO BAN ALCOHOLIC ENERGY DRINKS
Chicago — Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced an agreement with Phusion Projects LLC to ban the production and sale of its caffeinated alcoholic beverages nationwide, including the popular...
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MAN STILL AT LARGE AFTER ESCAPING FROM ISP CRUISER
HARRISBURG, Ill.—Saline County authorities have confirmed that a man who escaped from an Illinois State Police cruiser last night in town remains at large. Arnold S. Cornett, 26, was in the process of...
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HARRISBURG WOMAN STABBED; IN STABLE CONDITION
HARRISBURG, Ill. — This morning we received reports that Harrisburg resident had been involved in a stabbing situation last night. Brianna Sisk, 20, of Harrisburg was stabbed last night after what...
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TWO CARBONDALE RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH METHAMPHETAMINE CONSPIRACY
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, BENTON—On February 4, 2014, Heather L. Richey, 38, and Leeann M. Simmerman, 20, both of Carbondale, were charged by indictment with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the...
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Nightly NewsCap! Rounding up 24 hours of local headlines in AUDIO
For your listening pleasure, here’s Lyndi with the roundup of the day’s headlines for Tuesday, March 25, 2014, an audio version of our highlighted stories. Topics covered include: Alleged stabbing in...
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Razor Blades At East Moline Park Injure 2-Year-Old
Posted: Mar 24, 2014 4:38 PM CDT Updated: Mar 24, 2014 10:13 PM CDT By Dan Howell KWQC Authorities in East Moline say they found around a dozen razor blades glued to playground equipment this afternoon...
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Illinois Legislators Try to Repeal the First Amendment
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Incumbent politicians hate to be criticized, and in Illinois some of them have decided to do something about it – not by correcting the behavior for which people criticize them, but...
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Jeffrey Ferguson Executed: Man Who Kidnapped, Raped And Killed Teen Put To...
Reuters | by Carey Gillam Posted: 03/26/2014 1:37 am EDT Updated: 03/26/2014 6:59 am EDTBONNE TERRE, Mo., March 26 (Reuters) – Missouri officials executed a man early on Wednesday who was convicted...
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Judge Awards ‘Permanent’ Custody Of Justina Pelletier To State
boston.cbslocal.com By CBS Boston staff March 25, 2014 11:55 PM BOSTON (CBS) — The judge in a year-long custody battle over a Connecticut teen has awarded permanent custody to the Massachusetts...
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ONE OF TWO IN JANUARY METH BUST SENTENCED TODAY
SALINE CO., Ill.—Saline County State’s Attorney has announced another sentencing in Saline County Circuit Court, this of a Carrier Mills woman. Natalie Cannon Natalie M. Cannon, 26, of Carrier Mills,...
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GALLATIN COUNTY MAN INCARCERATED IN DOC AFTER SENTENCING IN RESTRAINT
GALLATIN CO., Ill.—Much is being made over a local Shawneetown man who has been transferred to DOC as of last week. The big deal seems to be that people believe something’s being covered up. The bigger...
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HARDIN COUNTY WORK CAMP VAN INVOLVED IN WRECK IN POPE
POPE CO., Ill.—Information coming out of Pope County indicates that a Hardin County Work Camp van has been involved in a traffic incident in Pope. Reportedly, the van was stopped by a tree-trimming...
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MADIGAN CALLS ON HHS TO OVERTURN FDA APPROVAL OF ZOHYDRO
Chicago — Attorney General Lisa Madigan today called on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to overturn the recent approval of Zohydro ER. A pure hydrocodone pill, Zohydro is 5 to...
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Suspect in Stabbing in Harrisburg Now Being Held at Saline County Detention...
Photo of Brianna Sisk via Facebook HARRISBURG, Ill. — The suspect in a stabbing that occurred in Harrisburg on Monday, March 24, 2014, is now being held at Saline County Detention Center. The suspect...
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