Chicago has the most rats of any city, says pest-control company
Caitlin Wilson Oct 14, 2014 Watch your step, Chicago. According to pest-control company Orkin, the Windy City was the most rat-infested city in the country in 2013. Orkin based its rankings on the...
View ArticleJohn Thornton Arrested For Alleged Aggressive Mopping
The Huffington Post | By David Moye Posted: 10/14/2014 5:56 pm EDT Updated: 10/14/2014 7:59 pm EDT When John Thornton visited the Double Tree Hotel in Bristol, Connecticut, on Monday night, he...
View ArticleSOVEREIGN CITIZEN WHO RETALIATED AGAINST FEDERAL OFFICIALS BY FILING FALSE...
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS—After nearly two years, the federal prosecution of Cherron Marie Phillips, a/k/a “River Tali,” ended yesterday with Phillips being sentenced to a...
View ArticleBrace yourself for the big tax and fee hikes to come, no matter who wins
Madeleine Doubek Oct 14, 2014 Are you ready for some colossal tax and fee hikes? They’re coming. One way or another, no matter who wins, they’re coming to Illinois and Chicago. Our politicians would...
View ArticleNurse Takes Selfies With Dead Patients, Arrested For 38 Murders
IN NEWS, WORLD NEWS / BY AMANDA SHEA / ON OCTOBER 14, 2014 AT 9:41 AM / Photo from Mad World news website, no attribution As many as 38 patients cared for by the same nurse at a hospital in northeast...
View ArticleWEED MAN BUSTED IN JACKSON? KINDA LOOKS LIKE IT
Deborez Taylor’s DOC mug JACKSON CO., Ill.—There might be a shortage of weed in and around Jackson County as of today, as authorities have arrested a man with a unique name with a whole lot of pot....
View ArticleDrunken Zombie Santa Accused Of Trespassing Into St. Paul Home
The Huffington Post | By David Moye Posted: 10/15/2014 1:15 pm EDT Updated: 10/15/2014 4:59 pm EDT Tom Sullivan’s family should be forgiven if they thought the zombie apocalypse had arrived Saturday...
View ArticleFORMER ALTAMONT MAN FACES FEDERAL COMPUTER HARASSMENT & EXTORTION CHARGES
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, BENTON, Ill.—A federal grand jury in Benton, Illinois, has charged Stephen B. Mislich, 23, of Bowling Green, Ohio, and formerly of Altamont, Illinois, with 4 counts of...
View ArticleWho’s endorsing whom in the Illinois governor’s race?
Kevin Hoffman Oct 14, 2014 The November 4 election is almost here, and candidates in the Illinois governor’s race are in the midst of cranking out attack ads, collecting last minute campaign...
View ArticleWAYNE COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH FIREARM OFFENSE
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, BENTON, Ill.—Alvin L. Ewing, II, 50, of Fairfield, has been charged in United States District Court in Benton with being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Stephen R....
View ArticlePersonal ethical failures at heart of Illinois corruption
Kent Redfield Oct 16, 2014 New laws alone can’t stop Illinois corruption. A former governor was convicted of public corruption a few weeks ago. What many Illinoisans probably found surprising wasn’t...
View ArticleNightly NewsCap: Lyndi returns, stitches and all, for your news in AUDIO!!
Here’s our Lyndi returning to the microphone once again after a week’s hiatus and a little bit of tooth surgery, getting healed up and delivering your Nightly NewsCap for the evenings of Wednesday and...
View ArticlePatient Woke Up From Colonoscopy Wearing Pink Panties: Lawsuit
The Huffington Post | By Andy Campbell Posted: 10/16/2014 2:45 pm EDT Updated: 10/16/2014 2:59 pm EDT The story of a hospital patient waking up after surgery in women’s unmentionables just got...
View ArticleAND THE GOLDEN HAMMER AWARD GOES TO….THE CDC!!!
IS A $1 BILLION PAYROLL Enough – to Safe Guard the Health of American Citizens? “Taxpayers paid out $6 billion in salaries and $25 million in bonuses to an elite corps of health care experts at the...
View ArticleINMATE ESCAPES HARDIN COUNTY JAIL IN E’TOWN
HARDIN CO., Ill.—According to our sources on the ground in Hardin County, an inmate at the little local jail has escaped the facility, this at about noon today. Robert H. Rush from his Facebook page...
View ArticleGALLATIN CO. HIGH SCHOOL IS IN A CONTEST, ASKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT
Gallatin County High School ASKS YOU TO COMMIT TO SAFE DRIVING Celebrate My Drive® powered by State Farm® encourages safe driving with a chance to win big in Junction (October 17, 2014) — GCHS staff...
View Article13 crazy things to know about the 2015 Illinois state budget
Kevin Hoffman Oct 16, 2014 The Civic Federation recently published an analysis of the 2015 Illinois state budget, examining operating and capital budgets enacted for fiscal year 2015, which began July...
View ArticleUPDATED INFO ON THE MAN WHO RAN IN HARDIN COUNTY THIS MORNING
HARDIN CO., Ill.—Authorities have submitted some photographic information regarding the man who ran from police custody this morning in Elizabethtown. Robert H. Rush, 30, is apparently still on the...
View ArticleBUSY FEDERAL COURT DOCKET INVOLVING DOWNSTATE ILLINOISANS
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT ILLINOIS—The District Court system in the Southern District of Illinois had a busy week this past week in both Benton and East St. Louis. They’re presented here...
View ArticleWRECK IN MARION SAID TO BE CAUSED BY DRIVER’S SEIZURE
MARION, Ill.—Authorities are advising that a wreck occurring at about 11:30 this morning in Marion may have been due to the driver having a seizure. The driver, eastbound on Illinois Route 13 through...
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