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Teacher Danielle Watkins Threatened To Fail Student Who Wouldn’t Have Sex...
The Huffington Post | By David Moye Posted: 07/17/2014 6:29 pm EDT Updated: 07/17/2014 6:59 pm EDT A high school English teacher in Connecticut was charged with sexual assault and selling marijuana...
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Microsoft Commits to Wind Farm in Illinois
Kevin Smead - Renewables July 17, 2014 On the heels of Apple’s purchase of a third solar farm in North Carolina, Microsoft announced its “largest wind project to date” on Tuesday. Microsoft committed...
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Nightly NewsCap: Ang returns for one more evening of ‘capping for your AUDIO...
Here’s Angela with another audio news roundup, as, she explains in the ‘cap, Lyndi’s still sidelined with late-breaking info that will be a big centerpiece in the upcoming July-August edition on stands...
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ANOTHER ATTACK ON A PRISON GUARD AT SHAWNEE CORRECTIONAL
JOHNSON CO., Ill.—Another alleged inmate attack on a prison guard has occurred at Shawnee Correctional Center in Vienna, Illinois. This incident, according to press information from Tom Shaer, DOC...
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THE MARCHERS ARE TAKING OVER…THIS ONE, FROM WEST FRANKFORT
FRANKLIN CO., Ill.—What happens when a dumb, bleached-blonde 20-something dingdong goes shopping in West Frankfort and allegedly helps herself to a five-finger discount? It gets put on Facebook, of...
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Will There Be An Earthquake Near You? New Map Shows Risk
By Douglas Main Posted 07.17.2014 at 4:56 pm Will there be an earthquake near you in the near future? Well, I won’t claim to be able to tell the future, but the U.S. Geological Survey has just released...
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TRAVEL THESE 10 CREEPY ILLINOIS ROADS… IF YOU DARE
LEAH ANSEL JUL 16, 2014 Illinois, with its many historical sites and state parks, is the perfect state for road trips. It’s also the perfect place for a very creepy road trip. Mysterious Heartland, a...
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YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THESE 10 NEW ILLINOIS LAWS
LEAH ANSEL JUL 18, 2014 On January 1, many new Illinois laws went into effect, including prohibiting cell phone use while driving and a speed limit increase on some Illinois highways. Since then, the...
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PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF POLICE SUBJECT OF ARTICLE TODAY…AND THEY MISSED THE POINT
We’re sitting here aghast over an article the Southern Illinoisan has produced for today’s paper about the public’s perception of police. This is one of those feel-good articles that, for those who...
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Daniel Lee Warn Allegedly Robs El Pollo Loco Restaurant And Returns For Lunch
The Huffington Post | By David Moye Posted: 07/19/2014 8:40 am EDT Updated: 07/19/2014 8:59 am EDT A man suspected of burglarizing an El Pollo Loco in Costa Mesa, California, has been arrested after he...
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CALIFORNIA CITY WILL FINE COUPLE $500 FOR NOT WATERING BROWN LAWN, STATE WILL...
by MARY BETH QUIRK CONSUMERIST JULY 19, 2014 When you’re in a steady relationship, communication is clear. Because when mom says to do one thing, and dad says another, the kids get really confused....
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MULTIPLE POWER OUTAGES IN VINCENNES AS ACCIDENT, HIT-&-RUN, REPORTED
VINCENNES, Ind.—Authorities at this hour are dealing with a power outage in sections of Vincennes, Indiana, that might have resulted from a car accident, following which a truck is being sought for...
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Harrisburg man issued traffic tix in Jefferson County under questionable...
JEFFERSON/SALINE COs.—A July 8 incident in Jefferson County involving a Harrisburg man has created a situation wherein the man is stating his rights were violated, and the police are stating that the...
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Franklin Co. drug death under investigation
FRANKLIN/SALINE COs.—Authorities are apparently ignoring calls for more information as it regards the death of a young man on July 4. Aaron Matthew Emery, 20, most recently of Carrier Mills in Saline...
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ID of local has little impact on death case
JACKSON/SALINE COs.—The revelation that a Saline County boy was reported to be among the last persons to see Southern Illinois University-Carbondale student Pravin Varughese alive has had little impact...
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Effingham City ignores the law, seems ambivalent about child porn in library
EFFINGHAM— A stunning display of both arrogance and ignorance was beheld at the Tuesday, July 15 meeting of the Effingham City Council, unfortunately to no one’s surprise. The council continued...
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Youth battered, police mute
OLNEY—A situation of either a hit-and-run driver, or a fight, that reportedly started at a location between Olney and Noble and ended at the Olney McDonald’s restaurant has left friends and family of a...
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Autopsy report made public
EFFINGHAM CO.—Effingham County authorities, acting on a request from Disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, allowed editorial staff to view the autopsy report of Willow Long. And while the...
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County closes road, but Open Meetings Act violations could undo it ALL
Showdown coming in civil court as injunction ordered against township SALINE CO.—Machinations on the part of Peabody Coal supporters, in concert with a Saline County public official, have managed to...
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FOUR-YEAR ORDEAL ENDS
LAWRENCE CO.—An Aggravated Battery case filed against a Lawrenceville businessman in 2010 has ended in a nolle prosequi filing in Lawrence County circuit court. The case, filed by former Lawrence...
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