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COSTON APPEAL ARGUMENT SET FOR TOMORROW IN MT. VERNON
One of our lead articles in the August-September issue of Disclosure has a familiar face on the front page…and the timing of what’s going on tomorrow in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, is eerie. Jessica Evans It...
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ONLY IN ILLINOIS: TWO WORDS THAT HAVE KEPT LAWMAKER TERM LIMITS IN ILLINOIS...
MATT DIETRICH AUG 22, 2014Term limits in Illinois will never happen as long as judges abide by a 1994 interpretation of two words in the Illinois constitution. On this week’s “Only in Illinois,” we...
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FORECLOSURE DISCOUNTS IN ILLINOIS INDICATE BIGGER MARKET ISSUE
CAITLIN WILSON AUG 20, 2014 A July report from RealtyTrac (a real estate services company that researches housing trends throughout the country) found that foreclosed homes in Illinois sold for some of...
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5 WAYS ILLINOIS FAILS ITS DISABLED CITIZENS
KEVIN HOFFMAN AUG 22, 2014 UCP study details state’s shortcomings for serving disabled citizens. Illinois–for the eighth year in a row– ranked near the bottom on an annual study that measures how well...
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Florida Meth-Cooking Mom Busted By 7-Year-Old: Cops
The Huffington Post | By Hilary Hanson Posted: 08/19/2014 5:37 pm EDT Updated: 08/19/2014 5:59 pm EDT A Florida mom is in trouble after police say her 7-year-old son helped alert them to her...
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JUSTICE FOR ROCKY BRANCH PROTESTORS PROTESTING HEAVY EQUIPMENT MOVEMENT
** UPDATE ** Cottage Township resident Glenn Kellen was arrested while protesting at 9:49 a.m. this morning. Kellen was carrying a cross reading “GOD SAVE ROCKY BRANCH” (seen in the photo above)...
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WRECK ON CLAY AND RICHLAND CO. LINE; HWY 50 CLOSED FOR COUPLE HOURS
Scene on the Big Muddy Creek bridge. UPDATE 12:45 p.m.: The wreck occurred right on the bridge that crosses the Big Muddy Creek on Highway 50. Traffic is clearing up on the east side of the wreck, but...
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MADIGAN INVESTIGATING IMMIGRANT WORKER ABUSE AT CHINESE BUFFET RESTAURANTS IN...
Attorney General & Illinois Department of Labor Issue Subpoenas, Urge Immigrant Workers to Report Discrimination, Wage Violations CHICAGO, Ill. ─ Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a...
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MT. CARMEL POLICE LIST RECENT ARREST REPORTS
MT. CARMEL, Ill.—The following subjects were arrested by the Mt. Carmel Police, in this report provided by MCPD’s Ryan Turner. On August 22, 2014, Coleton E.D. Seibert, age 20, of West Salem was...
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FORMER EAST ST. LOUIS POLICE OFFICER’S PRISON SENTENCE UPHELD
U.S. DISTRICT COURT/SOUTHERN DISTRICT, Ill.—A former East St. Louis police officer lost his bid to have his 30-month federal prison sentence overturned, the United States Attorney for the Southern...
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OLNEY CITY COUNCIL WILL APPROVE MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITY AUG. 27
OLNEY, Ill.–At last night’s Olney city council meeting (Monday, August 25, 2014) the council had on the agenda to come out of executive session and vote on a development agreement with a company for 18...
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COMPARING ILLINOIS’ LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE TO REST OF MIDWEST
KEVIN HOFFMAN AUG 25, 2014 With the November elections fast approaching, incumbent Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner are busy spinning unemployment data to their advantage. But by...
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COSTON DOUBLE-MURDER APPEAL IN HANDS OF JUSTICES
Shallow arguments made by defense; MANY questions still remain WHITE CO.— On the second anniversary of the White County double-murder of 17-year-old Jessica M. Evans and 22-year-old Jacob C....
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Nightly NewsCap: A major news day in the area, brought to you in AUDIO
Lyndi rounds up the news from the past 24 hours for the evening of Tuesday, August 26, 2014, and it has been a HUGE one…enjoy! Topics covered include: Semi wreck in Wayne County hospitalizes driver and...
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY WOMAN SENTENCED IN FATHER’S DEATH
Cindy Stearns WILLIAMSON CO., Ill.—A woman who was determined to have been accountable for her elderly father’s murder has been sentenced in Williamson County circuit court. Cindy Stearns, 55, of...
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IROQUOIS COUNTY CORRUPTION SUCCESSFULLY ROOTED OUT
We first wrote about what the Edgar County Watchdogs (now known as Illinois Leaks) were doing to bust up corruption in Iroquois County in the Spring of 2013. Now, Reboot Illinois has given a nod to the...
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COUNTY BOARD DEALING WITH RETIREMENT FUND CRISIS
There’s nothing like the state of Illinois when it comes to allowing a private entity to control public funds. And yet, that is what’s going on across all the counties and municipalities in the...
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Woman Allegedly Beats Man Who Farted In Her Face
The Huffington Post | By Hilary Hanson Posted: 08/21/2014 12:56 pm EDT Updated: 08/21/2014 2:59 pm EDT A South Carolina woman was arrested Monday after allegedly hitting a man she said “passed gas” in...
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ONE YEAR SINCE THE DEATH OF PILOT IN EDGAR COUNTY
EDGAR CO., Ill.—Today is a sad anniversary in Paris, Illinois, located in Edgar County. Rusty Bogue It was one year ago today that an aircraft being piloted by Rusty Bogue, 33, of Paris, went down in a...
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JULY ROUNDUP: ILLINOIS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY METRO AREAS, CITIES AND COUNTIES
KEVIN HOFFMAN AUG 26, 2014 For a second consecutive month, Illinois unemployment rates fell in all 102 counties. July also marks the fourth successive month that jobless numbers dropped in each...
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