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Rauner campaign fund grows by $20 million
Caitlin Wilson REBOOT STAFF Jan 2, 2015 Advancing agenda is goal of new donations to Rauner campaign fund. Even though Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner won the election and is set to take the oath of office in...
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BAD CAR CRASH REPORTED IN NORTHERN SALINE
SALINE CO.— Sources indicate there was a bad car crash several hours ago (early this morning, Sunday, January 4, 2015) in the northern part of Saline county. The crash is said to have occurred on...
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Fisherman Says He Saw Bigfoot Bathing … And He Sent Us A Picture!
By: Lee Speigel Posted: 01/03/2015 10:52 am EST Updated: 01/03/2015 11:59 am EST One occupational hazard of reporting on unexplained phenomena: You can always count on waking up in the morning to find...
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Penny The Miracle Dog ‘Safe And Sound’ After 2,400-Mile Adventure
The Huffington Post | By Andy Campbell Posted: 01/03/2015 11:10 am EST Penny for your thoughts, Penny? Penny is a dog. Penny went missing. Penny managed to travel 2,400 miles in the process. Bad...
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Man With Knife In Skull For Hours ‘Wasn’t Aware Of It’
The Huffington Post | By Andy Campbell Posted: 01/04/2015 10:48 am EST Updated: 01/04/2015 10:59 am EST When a Brazilian taxi driver got into a bar brawl, he didn’t know when the fight actually came...
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Honor Judy Baar Topinka by combining treasurer, comptroller offices
Andy Shaw GUEST VIEW Jan 4, 2015 Judy Baar Topinka succession to be focus of Springfield special session. The joy of the holiday season was invariably tempered, for the incoming Rauner administration...
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Transparency trouble at Illinois Department of Transportation, Better...
Patrick McCraney GUEST VIEW Jan 4, 2015 Government transparency is woefully inadequate in many public agencies – including the Illinois Department of Transportation, or IDOT, which over the past...
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Illinois State Police District 12 Issues Winter Weather Travel Alert
EFFINGHAM, Ill.—Illinois State Police (ISP) in District 12 urge motorists to make ready for winter driving, with subzero wind chill forecasted. Drivers are encouraged to prepare their vehicles and to...
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TRANSPARENCY PROVIDED BY OPEN THE BOOKS
“Open the Books is doing the work I envisioned… putting sunlight through a magnifying glass.” U.S. Senator Tom Coburn March, 2014 Thanks to your support, 2014 has been a spectacular year. Here are...
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Lazy “Reporting” in Marshall Advocate
January 2, 2015 MARSHALL, Ill. (ECWd) – If the only mission of a local newspaper was to accurately report what happened during public meetings, without researching the truthfulness of any statements...
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Nightly NewsCap: Ang is at the mic for the weekend roundup in AUDIO
Well, it looks like Ang is the NewsCap deliverer until things change…maybe they will, maybe they won’t…so here you go, your Nightly NewsCap for the evening of Monday, January 5, 2015 and the previous...
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New Mexico Woman Tried To Sneak Gun Into Jail In Her Genitals: Cops
The Huffington Post | By Simon McCormack Posted: 01/05/2015 3:31 pm EST Updated: 01/05/2015 3:59 pm EST Cops say she’s gunna be sorry she tried to sneak a firearm into jail. KOAT reports that...
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Here are the most diverse colleges in Illinois
Kevin Hoffman REBOOT STAFF Jan 5, 2015 Since the early 1900′s, the U.S. has been referred to by some as a melting pot — a land where it’s possible for a variety of cultures, ethnicities, nationalities...
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Tracking 50 years of family changes through Illinois census records
Caitlin Wilson REBOOT STAFF Jan 5, 2015 Illinois census records show changes in number, size of families in state. As the population of Illinois changes, the priorities of the state, its government...
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BODY FOUND OFF FLOODED ROAD IN PULASKI COUNTY
PULASKI CO., Ill.—The cause of death of a person found yesterday outside a submerged vehicle off a Pulaski County Road has yet to be determined, but authorities are examining the matter. The body (the...
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CAIRO MAN SENTENCED FOR FIREARM OFFENSE
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, EAST ST. LOUIS—Deldrick L. Spence, 28, from Cairo, Illinois, was sentenced on January 5, 2015, in United States District Court in East St. Louis,...
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DISTRICT 12 RELEASES RESULTS FROM ROAD DETAILS IN DECEMBER
EFFINGHAM CO., Ill.—Illinois State Police District 12 out of Effingham have issued the following stats on the most recent details for safety on the road. For the Roadside Safety Check (RSC) held during...
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Shooting At VA Hospital In Texas; Reports Of Injuries
By Morgan Winsor @MorganWinsorIBT on January 06 2015 7:49 PM A West Texas military hospital was on lockdown Tuesday night after an “active shooter” was confirmed in the area, according to several...
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Nightly NewsCap: Not a heavy news day, but Ang makes the best of it, in AUDIO!
What do you do when there’s not a lot of news…? Well, you can’t make it up, so you opine!! And here’s Ang to run it all past you for the evening of Tuesday, January 6, 2015 and your Nightly NewsCap!...
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FREEZING WEATHER CREATES CHAOS FOR FIREFIGHTERS AT SCENE OF BLAZE IN...
Photo by Ann Thomas HARDIN CO., Ill.—A fire in the village of Elizabethtown this evening is indeed a battle as firefighters are working with sub-frigid temps that are freezing up the water hoses....
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