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THINK THERE’S NOT A LOT IN COMMON BETWEEN MARION AND HARRISBURG? THINK AGAIN
It continues to intrigue us the level of crossover between the city of Marion and the city of Harrisburg. And what’s on the front page this month exemplifies that crossover. When we first started...
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WEEKEND WRECKS IN LAWRENCE RESULT IN HOSPITALIZATION FOR TWO YOUNG MEN
LAWRENCE CO., Ill.—Two unfortunate vehicle overturns this weekend (specifically Sunday, July 13, 2014) involved three young Lawrence County men and have resulted in the hospitalization of two of them....
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‘POOR MAN’S POLAR VORTEX’ ABOUT TO BRING COOLER TEMPS
Who WOULDN’T be a little freaked out about a ‘polar vortex’ in the middle of summer in the Midwest? Well. WE aren’t. I mean, the big sweeping cool front coming down out of the Gulf of Alaska is going...
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FLORA MAN SENTENCED TO 24 MONTHS ON FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, BENTON, Ill.—A Clay County man was sentenced on July 10, 2014, to federal prison on gun charges, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of...
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MT. VERNON MAN INDICTED ON METHAMPHETAMINE RELATED CHARGES
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, BENTON, Ill.—Robert A. Tate, 30, of Mt. Vernon, Ill., was indicted on July 8, 2014, on methamphetamine related charges in a two count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury...
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Girl Wakes Up At Her Own Funeral (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | By Simon McCormack Posted: 07/14/2014 12:21 pm EDT It was a happy funeral. A 3-year-old girl who was previously pronounced medically dead awoke at her funeral in Aurora, Zamboanga...
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Nebraska gov, Illinois senator say White House sending illegal immigrant...
Published July 13, 2014 FoxNews.com Elected officials in two states far from the U.S.-Mexico border have claimed that the Obama administration has resettled hundreds of unaccompanied illegal immigrant...
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Nightly NewsCap: News from around the region the way you can LISTEN to it…AUDIO!
Lyndi is back and rounding up this weekend’s and today’s headlines for the Nightly NewsCap Monday, July 14, 2014 edition in AUDIO! Topics covered include: Lawrence County deputies deal with vehicles...
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2 Men Suspected Of Smoking Heroin In Chuck E. Cheese Restroom
The Huffington Post | By David Moye Posted: 07/14/2014 4:16 pm EDT Updated: 07/14/2014 4:59 pm EDT Two men face drug possession charges after allegedly smoking heroin in the bathroom of a Chuck E....
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ANOTHER LOCAL IS HAVING A BOOK PUBLISHED!
It’s always an exciting thing when a local person in little old southern Illinois accomplishes such a thing as writing and having published a book. We have a great assortment of writers downstate whose...
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Study: Corruption in Illinois costs $1,308 per person
CHAD MERDA MON, 07/14/2014 – 8:05PM It’s no secret that Illinois is filled with corruption, so much so that an overwhelming 89 percent said it’s common here. And now we can put a dollar amount on how...
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Strange bedfellows are fixing to get a little more strange in Williamson County
With the proposed resignation of Williamson County’s long-time state’s attorney, a name has surfaced to be moved into the role. However, as is the usual case in Williamson, even THAT may come with some...
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BIG CORPORATIONS HAVE AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF POWER OVER OUR FOOD SUPPLY
by MICHAEL SNYDER ECONOMIC COLLAPSE JULY 15, 2014 From our fields to our forks, huge corporations have an overwhelming amount of power over our food supply every step of the way. Right now there are...
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AG MADIGAN HIDING ON QUINN’S ANTI-VIOLENCE PROGRAM
ILLINOIS VIOLENCE PREVENTION AUTHORITY (IVPA) Neighborhood Recovery Initiative Damon Arnold, M.D., M.P.H, Co-Chair Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Co-Chair Barbara A Shaw, Director Sun-Times: ”A...
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Nightly NewsCap: A look at what’s going on in the region in AUDIO
Here’s Lyndi with a light Nightly NewsCap for the evening of Tuesday, July 15, 2014! Topics covered include: Big drug/criminal activity bust in Wayne County rounds up some of the usual suspects;...
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First Woman Charged on Controversial Law that Criminalizes Drug Use During...
Jul 13, 2014, 2:33 PM ET By GILLIAN MOHNEY via WORLD NEWS A Tennessee woman is the first to be charged under a new state law that specifically makes it a crime to take drugs while pregnant, calling it...
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WEIRD ALLEGED SEX DOINGS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY
Hey, things are and likely will continue to be weird in Lawrence, right? So it stands to reason that that would extend to the alleged sex lives of some of the denizens there as well. But in all the...
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Working Mom Arrested for Letting Her 9-Year-Old Play Alone at Park
CONOR FRIEDERSDORF JUL 15 2014, 7:53 AM ET In South Carolina, a 46-year-old black woman has been arrested for letting her daughter play in a nearby park while trying to earn a living. “The mother,...
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REPEAT CARRIER MILLS CRIM BUSTED IN WHITE COUNTY
In our Read the Leads, we like to give you a taste of what’s in the current issue…and we REALLY like to show you some of the crim coverage we give to the many counties we cover in southern Illinois. We...
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Illinois Man Trapped in Jail for 31 Hours Sues for Trauma
Jul 15, 2014, 12:28 PM ET By ALEX PEREZ via GOOD MORNING AMERICA An Illinois man who was accidentally imprisoned behind a jail’s steel door for 31 hours is suing for negligence and trauma. Farad Polk...
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