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MEDIAN RENT IN 20 MAJOR ILLINOIS COMMUNITIES
CAITLIN WILSON AUG 15, 2014 Fewer Americans are making home ownership a top priority than before the recession and accompanying housing market collapse, according to the Washington Post. Only 61...
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GOOD NEWS: IT’S CHEAPER TO OWN A CAR IN ILLINOIS THAN MOST OTHER STATES
KEVIN HOFFMAN AUG 15, 2014 What if you were told Illinois is one of the least expensive states to own a car? This might be hard to fathom, but Illinois is indeed one of the 10 cheapest states in terms...
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TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONSOLIDATION
ALDEN LOURY AUG 14, 2014 Without question, Illinois has too many units of local government. The U.S. Census Bureau counts nearly 7,000 units in Illinois—about 2,000 more than any other state. The...
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FORMER CITY ALDERMAN/MAYOR DEAD IN INDIANA CRASH
GIBSON CO., Ind./FAIRFIELD, Ill.—A man who lost his life in a morning crash yesterday in Gibson County has been identified by officials as a former Fairfield alderman and mayor. Harold Tubbs, 72, was...
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HEAVY RAINS FORECAST FOR THE REGION THIS EVENING
The mess that hit us overnight, now off to the east…but more is to come SOUTHERN ILLINOIS—Overnight storms dumped nearly two inches of rain on the region, and in some locations, flood watches have been...
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THE PROBLEM WITH ‘THE PURGE’ IS THAT IT’S GOING TO BE THE WRONG PEOPLE PURGED
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS—In the wake of the riots and other acts of idiocy in Ferguson, Missouri, since last weekend, over the past couple of days we’ve seen some even more intense idiocy going on here in...
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Weight Loss Doc Forced Female Colleague To ‘Motorboat’ Her Breasts: Report
The Huffington Post | By David Moye Posted: 08/16/2014 8:57 am EDT Updated: 08/16/2014 8:59 am EDT A weight loss doctor in Martinsburg, West Virginia, was canned after she repeatedly exposed herself at...
View ArticleHamilton County Wreck Luckily Results in No Fatalities
HAMILTON CO., Ill. — A wreck early this morning could easily have been a tragedy, but luckily ended with no reported fatalities. According to the preliminary traffic crash investigation, the driver...
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13-YEAR-OLD TOLONO BOY RECEIVES STATEWIDE RECOGNITION FOR BLOOD DRIVE WORK
KEVIN HOFFMAN AUG 15, 2014 An estimated 38 percent of the nation’s population is eligible to donate blood, yet only 10 percent do so each year, according to the American Red Cross. The importance of...
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FORMER CHIEF DEPUTY CHARGED AGAIN, THIS TIME IN HARDIN
Bobby Deppen HARDIN CO., Ill.—The former Hardin County chief deputy who’s been on unpaid leave since he was first charged with Johnson County felonies in June has now been charged in Hardin County....
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WHICH ILLINOIS SCHOOLS HAD THE BIGGEST INCREASE IN COLLEGE TUITION FOR 2014-15?
BRENDAN BOND AUG 15, 2014 It’s almost like clockwork. Every year, most schools, whether they are private or public, see an increase in college tuition costs. We went through Illinois private and public...
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ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN WARNS ILLINOIS RESIDENTS OF “MICROSOFT” TECH SUPPORT...
ILLINOIS—Attorney General Lisa Madigan today reported Illinois residents are being targeted by phone scammers who pose as representatives of Microsoft or related technology support service providers,...
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CARBONDALE POLICE CHIEF FIRED AFTER MULTIPLE CONTROVERSIES
FORMER Carbondale police chief Jody O’Guinn CARBONDALE, Ill.—Carbondale’s police chief was fired this morning, city officials reported at 9 a.m. City officials averred the real reason for the...
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State to dump private Illinois Lottery manager
By Greg Hinz August 15, 2014 The bumpy marriage between the state and the private company that operates the Illinois Lottery is ending in a divorce. Gov. Pat Quinn’s office confirmed to me today that...
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Florida’s Newest Public Masturbator Tells Cops He’s House Hunting: Police
The Huffington Post | By Andy Campbell Posted: 08/16/2014 10:13 am EDT Updated: 08/16/2014 10:59 am EDT Florida is known for its public masturbators. Yet public indecency suspects are always trying to...
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FOLLOW LAKE COUNTY EXAMPLE TO FIX VA PROBLEMS IN ILLINOIS
NANCY MATHIESON AUG 18, 2014 Last week Congress approved and the President signed into law a $16.3 Billion plan to ease health care delays at Veterans Affairs facilities amidst recent corruption...
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THIS MONTH’S PRINT HEADLINES, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2014!!
Can you believe it’s almost Fall?? This year has flown by…and there’s been plenty of news to report, especially throughout the Summer. That’s why we run papers every three weeks, at least three times...
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Nightly NewsCap: Here’s a roundup of a BUSY weekend and news day, in AUDIO
Here’s Lyndi in prime form, comin atcha with the headlines from the past weekend as well as today, Monday, August 18, 2014, in AUDIO. Topics covered include: Former Fairfield mayor/alderman killed in...
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WOMEN MISSING FROM SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA; IS THERE A CONNECTION?
INDIANA—Two women from southwestern Indiana are currently subjects of an intensive search effort, by both authorities and their communities, after going missing, one last week, one in early July....
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FAMILIES OF THE DECEASED IN CARBONDALE VOICE THEIR RESPONSE TO NEWS OF...
CARBONDALE, Ill.—The reaction to the news of former Carbondale police chief Jody O’Guinn’s termination yesterday was captured in interviews with family members of the two young people who lost their...
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