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BAD ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 45 AT WASSON ROAD
SALINE CO.—We are getting initial reports of a very bad traffic accident on Highway 45 at Wasson Road in Saline County. According to eyewitnesses, vehicles involved are a church van a van from Wabash...
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WILLOW LAKE MINE SHUTTING DOWN
EQUALITY—We’ve confirmed with multiple sources that Willow Lake Mine is in the process of shutting down mining operations. According to sources, the prep plant is the only operations that will remain...
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THIS MONTH’S PRINT HEADLINES, HEARTLAND NOV./DEC. 2012 ISSUE!
Here are your print headlines for the November/December 2012 print version of Disclosure Heartland, on stands in all north county locations. This issue is on stands until on or about December 14/15;...
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PRESS RELEASE FROM RICHLAND CO. STATE’S ATTY: REMAINS ID’d AS HATAWAY
Ed Hataway, missing since Sept. 16, 2012 RICHLAND CO.—In a strange jurisdictionally-twisted case, Richland County state’s attorney David Hyde this morning issued a press release stating that the...
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Scum is as scum does: Low-life crim, scam artist attempt to defraud lottery...
Scampbell and Frye, posing on a Facebook page LAWRENCE CO.—Never let it be said that we don’t call a spade a spade around here. It was brought to our attention that a local site—Hometown News, who was...
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FOIA under attack: Former state rep threatens Illinois’ transparency law
By Adam Andrzejewski– Founder, For The Good of Illinois Illinois citizens and the media have decent access to government information through our Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Because sunlight is...
View ArticleSERIOUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN SALINE COUNTY
SALINE CO.—We are learning of a very bad traffic accident in Saline County having occurred about 7 p.m., with LifeFlight having been called. Ambulances were called in from Gallatin County, but the...
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Unbelievable: State cuts DCFS budget in May, then gives them half a million BACK
ILL.—Trust the state of Illinois to manage to find a way to suck up to that threat to all children everywhere, DCFS. Yes, the Department of Children and Family Services, a nearly 50-year-old boondoggle...
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ATTENTION CARBONDALE: Black Oak authors at Morris Library Tuesday!
CARBONDALE—Southern Illinois University’s Morris Library will be the site for the next Black Oak Media authors book signing Tuesday, 1 to 3 p.m. on the first floor Rotunda. The Black Oak authors have...
View ArticleNo cause of death as yet for Olney couple found in their cabin Sunday
OLNEY—Authorities haven’t yet disclosed a cause of death for an Olney couple found last night (Sunday, 12.02.12) in their cabin on North Prairieton Road. The bodies of Barry Bergbower, 48, and his wife...
View ArticleFORMER IDOT EMPLOYEE NOT CHARGED; ONLY FINED
JACKSON CO.—A resignation that prompted a considerable amount of backlash from local supporters turned into an investigation that turned into a fine as of yesterday, according to reports from the...
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Another state worker in trouble, another slap on the wrist
….unless, of course, you are a government-supported employee. ILLINOIS—Here’s a new low in how state employees can get away with crimes the rest of us would be imprisoned over. According to scant...
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ALERT from DuQuoin area and on up to Coles County
Here’s information from the Illinois State Police regarding a shooting that took place yesterday:
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How the HELL does a test for dope by feds read “false positive”?
BENTON—Remember this photo? This one. It ran last week. Apparently that wasn’t right. This is a photo of a test that ostensibly was run on a “powdery substance” being found in former Gallatin County...
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Morning fire destroys southwest Calhoun home
South West Calhoun House Fire ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 6 Richland Co.—These are a series of photos taken at approximately 9:45 a.m. Wednesday morning southwest of the Calhoun area. The house belongs...
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Meth blast victim recovering; no charges pending yet (WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTO...
SALINE CO.—The victim of an alleged meth blast November 30 is recovering in St. Louis, but there are still no charges against any of the four who were in the vehicle when the shake & bake mini lab...
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Hardin County Ambulance Service gets cutbacks — Down to one ambulance
HARDIN CO. — Hardin County Ambulance Service employees were shocked Wednesday, December 5, to learn they had been reduced to just one ambulance over night. A county board meeting held Tuesday, wherein...
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Charges against former ISP investigator DISMISSED
Kelly Henby COLES/RICHLAND COs.—It appears that one of the first steps new Coles County state’s attorney Brian Bowers took upon ascending to the office was to dismiss a bogus charge against a former...
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AUTHORITIES: MAJOR CHILD PORN ALLEGATIONS AGAINST ELDERLY MAN POSSIBLE
Hubert “Skip” Davis LAWRENCE CO.—Complaints by grade-school age girls against an elderly Lawrence County man lead to his arrest this morning by Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department officials. Hubert C....
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EMBEZZLEMENT AT LOCAL CHURCH ALLEGED
Jason Laws ALBION—An Albion man has been charged with a Class X felony theft count and two Class 3 counts of forgery involving theft from a very popular Albion church. Jason Laws, 44, who has been...
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