Twins, 7, Attack Carjacker With Fists and Rubber Snake
By Sabrina Elfarra ABC News Apr 18, 2014 Photo courtesy of www.dailymail.co.uk A car thief was forced to pull over after a couple miles in the stolen vehicle because twin boys, age 7, who were in the...
View ArticleSub Search for Missing Jet to Be Finished in Week
By MARGIE MASON Associated Press ABC News April 19, 2014 Photo courtesy of abcnews.go.com A robotic submarine looking for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet is expected to finish searching a patch of...
View ArticleSt. Louis priest charged with having sexual contact with boy at school
By Susan Weich April 19, 2014 STL ST. LOUIS • New criminal sexual abuse allegations arose Friday against a St. Louis priest with close ties to Archbishop Robert Carlson. Prosecutors charged the Rev....
View ArticleWoman Finds Dead Body During Easter Egg Hunt
Posted: 04/18/2014 5:20 pm EDT Updated: 04/18/2014 5:59 pm EDT HuffingtonPost KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee woman says she made a grisly discovery while hunting for Easter eggs in her back yard...
View Article4 French Journalists Abducted in Syria Freed, Safe
By ELAINE GANLEY and DIAA HADID Associated Press ABC News April 19, 2014 Photo courtesy of www.wtsp.com Ten months after their capture in Syria, four French journalists crossed the border into...
View ArticleHAVE AN AWESOME EASTER, READERS!
Here, have some flowers. From the yard at the Harrisburg house… And from the office at the farm in Calhoun. Thank you for your support, readers! You know we love you.
View ArticleIf You Support Legal Marijuana, Memorize These 13 Stats
By Hunter Stuart Posted: 04/19/2014 2:58 pm EDT Updated: 04/19/2014 3:59 pm EDT Regardless of your feelings about legalizing marijuana, it’s hard to deny that legal weed would be a bonanza for...
View ArticleIllinois one of 10 worst states for retirement
By John Brady 3:44 p.m. CDT April 19, 2014 KSDK Finding the best place to retire in is a little bit like looking for a mate. There are lots of pretty ones out there. To help weed out the more...
View ArticleTeen Accused Of Peeing In Reservoir ‘Didn’t Piss In The Fu–ing Water’
By Sebastian Murdock Posted: 04/18/2014 10:23 am EDT Updated: 04/18/2014 4:59 pm EDT HuffingtonPost An Oregon teen denies urinating in Portland’s water supply — an alleged bathroom break that caused...
View ArticleS. Korea ferry captain, 2 others arrested
By Eunice Kang and Calum MacLeod USA TODAY April 19, 2014 Photo courtesy of http://www.usatoday.com The captain of a South Korean ferry that sank off the southwest coast of South Korea this week with...
View ArticlePolice: Husband and wife — both officers — dead in murder-suicide
By Peter Nickeas and Manya Brachear Tribune reporters 11:35 a.m. CDT, April 20, 2014 A Cook County Sheriff’s Office correctional officer and his wife, a Chicago police officer, were found shot to death...
View ArticleThe End Of Facebook – FB Caught Scamming Its Users
April 18, 2014 by Joe Martino I write this as our FB page with 420,000 fans only has the ability to reach a few thousand people with every post; less than 1% of the fans we worked so hard to acquire....
View ArticleHEAD-ON CRASH IN GALLATIN COUNTY SENDS OCCUPANTS TO AREA HOSPITALS
GALLATIN CO., Ill.—A two-vehicle head-on collision has resulted in a citation for one driver, and hospitalization for everyone involved. Illinois State Police were called to work the crash yesterday...
View ArticleNaked Man At Walmart Says He Got The Wrong Drugs
The Huffington Post by Andres Jauregui Posted: 04/18/2014 11:15 am EDT Updated: 04/18/2014 11:59 am EDT A South Carolina man who walked into a Walmart wearing nothing but his shoessaid he went “crazy”...
View ArticleMT. CARMEL POLICE RETRIEVE STOLEN ITEMS; ARRESTS MADE
WABASH CO., Ill.—A press release from Mt. Carmel police has an outcome of a recent stolen goods situation in that town. Mt. Carmel Police have advised of the arrest of two individuals in connection...
View ArticleIllinois proposes $100 patient card for medical marijuana users, drops gun ban
By Jim Algar, Tech Times April 20, 6:51 AM Illinois officials have reworked the state’s medical marijuana rules, lowering an annual patient registration fee to $100 and removing a previous ban on gun...
View ArticlePowdered Alcohol Has Arrived
Posted: 04/21/2014 11:46 am EDT Updated: 04/21/2014 11:59 am EDT Talk about a powder keg. Palcohol may soon be at a liquor store near you. The product was recently approvedfor consumption by the...
View ArticleMORE NEWS OUT OF MT. CARMEL, INCLUDING A WAD OF CASH
MT. CARMEL, Ill.—Mt. Carmel police are active today with more press release information, one situation regarding “found” money; another regarding a reward for a wanted person. MCPD reports that a...
View ArticleJEFFERSON COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO IN EXCESS OF THIRTEEN YEARS IN FEDERAL...
JEFFERSON CO./U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS—A Jefferson County man was sentenced on April 17, 2014, to federal prison on crack cocaine charges, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for...
View ArticlePipeline delay gives boost to Obama’s political base
BY JEFF MASON AND STEVE HOLLAND WASHINGTON Sun Apr 20, 2014 10:03am EDT (Reuters) – The latest delay to a final decision on the Keystone XL oil pipeline will reinforce a White House strategy to...
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