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CAVE-IN-ROCK FRONTIER DAYS!
It’s another Cave-in-Rock Frontier Days for the year, as the annual fest was going on in downtown Cave today, where we snapped a few shots. Are you in one? Let us know! Hardin County Sheriff JT Fricker...
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GOLCONDA SHRIMP FEST 2014!!
Another fest in the southern Illinois area that REALLY has had some action going on this weekend (and people coming from far away to be involved in it) is Goldconda’s Shrimp Fest. Golconda, located on...
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Newborn Baby Girl Rescued From Sewer Pipe In China
Huffington Post UK | By Sara C Nelson Posted: 18/09/2014 16:17 BST Updated: 18/09/2014 16:59 BST Dramatic footage of a newborn baby girl being cut from a sewer pipe in a college dormitory has...
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Illinois judge rules police entitled to Swat raid over parody Twitter account
by Ed Pilkington | The Guardian September 19, 2014 The police hadn’t even come for him. When four fully-armed officers of a Swat team burst into Jacob Elliott’s house in Peoria, Illinois in April they...
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Dog Branded With Profanity Gets Cosmetic Surgery
The Huffington Post | By Andrew Hart Posted: 09/19/2014 7:16 pm EDT Updated: 09/19/2014 7:59 pm EDTA pit-bull puppy named Felicity that was branded with the “f-word” by chemical burns had cosmetic...
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Admitting That Gun Control Doesn’t Work, DC Mayor Calls For More Gun Control
By Brian Anderson September 17, 2014 The great thing about arguing gun control with leftist ninnies is that you don’t have to argue at all; they talk themselves into a corner leaving us pro-2A types...
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Medical marijuana pay-to-play in Illinois; Trib rolls out 12 ideas for new...
Brendan Bond Sep 19, 2014 Pay-to-play is common in Illinois. Ask anyone who remembers the Rod Blagojevich years. But while pay-to-play is generally synonymous with political contributions in return...
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See how a millionaire’s tax might work out west; third gov candidate gone?
Brendan Bond Sep 18, 2014 One of the non-binding questions on the November ballot will be whether voters support a proposed “millionaire’s tax” in Illinois. While a potential tax increase has some...
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TOWN & COUNTRY DAYS, ELDORADO!
Sorry for the the delay, but you wouldn’t BELIEVE the number of pics we have from this event: the Town & Country Days Parade, held yesterday, September 20, 2014! Enjoy!
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Jimmy Morgan Jr., ‘Game Of Thrones’ Fan, Stabs Intruder With Medieval Sword
HuffPost | By Buck Wolf Posted: 09/21/2014 11:48 am EDT Updated: 09/21/2014 11:59 am EDT “Valour Morghulis,” they say on “Game of Thrones,” and to the uninitiated that means, “All men must die.”...
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FAA Orders Edgar County Airport to Suspend All Work
By John Kraft, Edgar County Watchdogs September 22, 2014 · 0 Comments SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd – News they don’t want you to know) – In a surprisingly timed, but not unexpected move (for us), the...
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Florida Man Allegedly Threatened To Shoot Drive-Thru Employee Over Burger
The Huffington Post | By Steven Hoffer Posted: 09/21/2014 11:50 am EDT Updated: 09/21/2014 11:59 am EDT Sometimes you just crave a burger. A Florida man is accused of threatening to shoot a Checkers...
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Top Illinois graduate schools as ranked by U.S. News and World Report
Brendan Bond Sep 19, 2014 Along with ranking undergraduate programs at National Universities, National Liberal Arts Colleges, Regional Universities, and Regional Colleges, U.S. News and World Report’s...
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AREA REPORTER HAS PASSED AWAY AFTER MASSIVE HEART ATTACK
We are deeply saddened to report the passing of a dear friend, and fellow area reporter, Becky Malkovich. Becky Malkovich, 53, whose family is from the Benton area and ran the local paper for decades...
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AUTHORITIES REPORT YOUNG MAN MISSING IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY
Robert M Boaz Williamson County — Sheriff Bennie Vick has advised that there is a current investigation concerning a Missing Person. The Sheriff’s Office was notified at 6:46 p.m., on September 21st,...
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Nightly NewsCap: Capping off your Monday evening with news in AUDIO
I meant to mention the other day…welcome to the one-year anniversary of the Nightly NewsCap!! We came up with the idea on September 20 of last year and have enjoyed a pretty consistent run of it! We...
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MISSING WILLIAMSON COUNTY MAN FOUND DECEASED
Robert M Boaz WILLIAMSON CO., Ill.—The young man missing from Williamson County has been found deceased. Family members are saying that Robert M. Boaz, 19, of the Herrin area, has been found dead....
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HAS THE DEATH OF AN EDWARDS COUNTY CHILD BEEN RESOLVED?
There is nothing more sorrowful than the death of a child; but compound that death by the fact that it happened as a result of a suicide, and that does indeed make it all the more sorrowful. However,...
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Using the fear Ferguson symbolizes to grow, together
Peter Creticos Sep 22, 2014 Prior to August 9, Ferguson, Missouri was a relatively non-descript northern St. Louis county community that registered barely in the consciousness of most people living in...
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Unusual Illinois high school mascots
Caitlin Wilson Sep 22, 2014It’s football season in Illinois, and many of us aren’t just rooting for the Bears. High school athletes are also participating in fall sports such volleyball and...
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