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Seeing the Elephant: My Foray into Local Politics
Four months ago, I decided to do something I had not thought of doing before, with little money and little experience, and with a lot of personal reservations: I decided to run for public office. It...
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A BIG MIDDLE FINGER SALUTE TO CASEY’S CORPORATE
We can’t call for a boycott in the state of Illinois because it’s illegal to do so. So that’s not what we’re going to do. However, we are going to tell you about something utterly, unutterably STUPID....
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What does fed prosecutor’s race for SA mean for Tina Naas Martin’s case?
JACKSON/GALLATIN COs.—Just caught wind of the big, big race for state’s attorney in Jackson County, this involving the two attorneys who are duking it out to become Mike Wepsiec’s replacement, Matt...
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GUILTY PLEA: Nothing like being obsolete as soon as the paper gets on the...
….at least in Wabash County. The pissy Ms Whittler, from a couple weeks back Former Mt. Carmel city treasurer Ericka Whittler had an appearance in court Monday, March 12 (about the time we were getting...
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GUILTY PLEA: Nothing like being obsolete as soon as we’re on the stands….
….at least in Wabash County. The pissy Ms Whittler, from a couple weeks back Former Mt. Carmel city treasurer Ericka Whittler had an appearance in court Monday, March 12 (about the time we were getting...
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Awwww….ain’t she sweet??
Something for your evening entertainment: That little Dorothy-looking creature on the left is the former Mrs. Raymond Martin, now known as Tina Naas. Our little web search turned this up earlier...
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THIS DAY’S ELECTION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN NOVEMBER’S
If only this were still the way it was done.... Today, more than any other day this year, Illinoisans have a very important task: NOT the selection of a Republican presidential candidate who can defeat...
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Man accused of beating corpse of dead girlfriend found guilty of misdemeanor...
WAYNE CO.—We’d say “only in Wayne County,” but the sad fact is, it’s kind of happening all over: violent, freaky people are charged with the most heinous of crimes, and they get by with a considerably...
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Absentee ballots pushed one judicial candidate over his competitor?
FRANKLIN CO.—We just received word that judicial candidate for the Second Circuit on the Dem ticket, Kent Renshaw, who was declared the winner of the Primary last night, may not have won after all....
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Same 11 people vote for town pest as they always do….
RICHLAND CO.—You never can tell what weirdness is going to emerge in Richland County elections, especially where there’s a contested race (because that doesn’t happen very often). BJODeux., tardamundo...
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Raymond Moss, going to DOC….AGAIN
SALINE CO.—One of the juries we were sitting on last night came through at about the time we turned in: 9 p.m., and with a verdict of guilty in one of the cases against Raymond Moss. Raymond Moss Moss,...
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AREA MAYOR IN HOSPITAL WITH EMERGENCY SURGERY
Eric Gregg, Harrisburg mayor HARRISBURG—We’re hearing that Harrisburg Mayor Eric Gregg has been taken to Deaconess for emergency surgery today. The surgery has been reported to have been on his colon;...
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City worker seriously hurt in heavy equipment accident
HARRISBURG—If the feds have anything to say about anything going on in Harrisburg, they’ll probably start with city worker Ray Brown. Brown had the misfortune to have been injured last night (03.20.12)...
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Hope Center head investigated over alleged filching of TRASH BAGS from...
Steve Smith EDWARDS CO.—Not much ever comes out of little Edwards County unless it’s just scandalous enough to warrant a look-see. And this is. We learned about the allegations against Steve Smith, who...
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WILLIAMS MAKES IT A WASH; EDWARDS CITIZENS PISSED
David Williams. Oh wait. That's a weenie. Oh wait... EDWARDS CO.—Nothing like the predictability of public officials. I’d even wager that if we hadn’t put the post up about Steve Smith and the trash...
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UPDATE on city worker’s accident, Harrisburg
HARRISBURG—We’ve finally received new information on the dire situation with city worker Ray Brown, injured in a freak accident two nights ago (Tuesday, 03.20.12) in the storm zone in Harrisburg. In...
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Car theft spree in ‘rado allegedly by juvenile and “drug thugs”
ELDORADO—We received official word late last night that a local miscreant got a wild hair last Friday and went a little nuts in Eldorado. According to Eldorado sources, one Aaron Rector, 15, is the...
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News & Reviews with Jack & Ang Podcast Episode #11
Disclosure News’ Jack & Ang Howser discuss the day’s local Southern Illinois News Topics covered for Saturday, March 24, 2012: Mad As Hell Intro, Earthquake Update, The Trayvon Martin Tragedy,...
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Now WHY would police chief NOT want us to know about his nuptials??
ELDORADO—We learned last week that Eldorado’s favorite disease (Freeman Shannon Todd Deuel, police chief of Eldorado, aka STD), is a lil upset. We are hearing that he’s upset that we found out that...
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EARP IS AS EARP DOES: Flav makes Jenkins’ case for him
RICHLAND CO.—Flavius Earp is living up to the reputation his family has set for themselves. The Urps: Flav on left, the late Scott on right; don't know who the purty boy in the middle is. The...
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