MADIGAN ALERTS CONSUMERS TO ATM HACKING SCHEME DURING ‘MONEY SMART WEEK’
CHICAGO—Attorney General Lisa Madigan today alerted Illinois residents to an increased risk of unauthorized withdrawals on their accounts after banking regulators reported that hackers are...
View ArticleSOUTHERN ILLINOIS ROLLER GIRLS IN FULL SWING
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS—April showers aren’t getting the Southern Illinois Roller Girls down. On the 5th they took on Demolition City Roller Derby’s Dolls and left with a strong victory. This is the fourth...
View ArticleSESSER MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CONVEYING FALSE ALLEGATIONS OF A TERRORIST PLOT...
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, BENTON/JEFFERSON CO., Ill.—The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced that Ray Allen Flener, 25, of Sesser, Illinois, pled...
View ArticleEDGAR ON TERM LIMITS: GOOD POLITICS, BAD GOVERNING
04/8/2013 Brendan Bond “Bruce Rauner’s term limits proposal is smart politics, but not good governing.” That’s the opinion of former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, who spoke at a term limits symposium...
View ArticleU.S. MAP OF FAILED STATE PARTITION PROPOSALS; WELCOME TO FORGOTTONIA
04/8/2014 Madison Bondi It’s no secret that Illinois has a rivalry that goes deeper than even the Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox war, and it is between the Chicagoland area and downstate Illinois....
View ArticleWHERE ARE AMERICANS MOVING?
04/8/2014 Caitlin Wilson In a country that stretches from sea to shining sea, Americans are often on the move. Americans moving themselves by renting a truck from Penske Truck Rentals moved to these 10...
View ArticleMedicare database reveals top-paid doctors
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR SERDAR TUMGOREN April 9, 2014 STL FILE – This Jan. 31, 2010, file image released by Miami Dade College shows Dr. Salomon Melgen, posing for a photo at the book signing of...
View ArticleOfficials: 10 kids taken to hospitals after waitress accidentally serves alcohol
By Adam Sege and WGN-TV Tribune reporter 6:30 a.m. CDT, April 9, 2014 Ten children were taken to local hospitals after a waitress served alcohol by mistake Tuesday night during a girl’s birthday party...
View ArticleHead of struggling Illinois airport gets raise
Updated 8:19 am Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Seattlepi.com MASCOUTAH, Ill. (AP) — The director of a southwestern Illinois airport that has never turned a profit since opening with great fanfare 16 years...
View ArticleCTBA STUDY: TAX BREAKS FALL SHORT OF THEIR JOB CREATION, BUSINESS-BOOSTING...
03/31/2014 Lily Oberman According to a recent report published by the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability (CTBA), tax breaks may not be the best way to boost job growth. Many state governments...
View ArticleMen rescue huge alligator snapping turtle that was stuck in drainage culvert
www.wafb.com Posted: Apr 08, 2014 1:45 PM CDTUpdated: Apr 09, 2014 6:38 AM CDT By Tyana Williams Photo from: www.wafb.com BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -A wrestling match pitting a courageous man against one...
View ArticleVIGIL BEING HELD FOR EFFINGHAM COUNTY MAN KILLED AT FT. HOOD
Honor Mission Candlelight Vigil Sgt. Timothy Owens USA Effingham. IL 11 APR 14 Mission Details The friends and family of Sgt. Owens have requested the presence of the PGR at a candlelight vigil...
View ArticleTHE LATEST ON CHICAGO PENSION REFORM
04/9/2014 Caitlin Wilson After a lengthy back-and-forth about specifics in Chicago’s MEABF and LABF pension reform bill, SB 1922, some updates to the bill have become available, according to a summary...
View ArticleHole 29 feet deep appears in Beavercreek front yard
www.whio.com Posted: 11:06 a.m. Tuesday, April 8, 2014 By Breaking News Staff BEAVERCREEK — A hole about 29 feet deep was discovered in the front yard of a Beavercreek home Monday evening. The...
View ArticleMostly Nekkid Lady Goes On Rampage Inside McD’s; Breaks Stuff, Eats Ice Cream
www.dreamindemon.com April 9, 2014 at 4:56 am by Jaded Pinellas Park, FL — In a video recently posted to LiveLeak, a 41-year-old woman, clad in nothing but a thong, is seen rampaging through a Pinellas...
View ArticleATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN: BILL PROTECTING BUSINESSES FROM PATENT TROLLS...
SPRINGFIELD—Attorney General Lisa Madigan today applauded Senate lawmakers for passing legislation to protect Illinois small businesses from “patent trolls” that acquire patents to profit from...
View ArticlePeeved ex-employee relieves himself of $5,001
By Rhonda Simmons Posted: Tuesday, April 8, 2014 4:00 pm Updated: 2:37 pm, Wed Apr 9, 2014 A Culpeper jury ordered an ex-town employee in Culpeper County Circuit Court on Monday to pay $5,001 to his...
View ArticleAtheist Attacks Roommate He Thinks Is Jesus: Cops
The Huffington Post by David Moye Posted: 04/09/2014 4:47 pm EDT Updated: 04/09/2014 4:59 pm EDT Gustav Potthoff has a cross to bear: He’s a self-proclaimed atheist accused of attacking his roommate...
View ArticleHAMILTON CO. FIGHT INVOLVING A BASEBALL BAT; ONE SENT TO HOSPITAL
HAMILTON CO.–An incident occurred last Friday night (April 4, 2014) in rural Hamilton County, around 1 to 2 a.m., between two individuals who were seen by several people fighting. Hamilton County...
View ArticleTaxing exercise? Critics say Missouri Department of Revenue is going overboard
By Virginia Young April 10, 2014 STL JEFFERSON CITY • State legislators say they never intended to tax exercise. But in several decisions over the last 12 years, the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled...
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