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MARTIN RE-SENTENCED TO SAME SENTENCE AS BEFORE
BENTON—There were no surprises in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois this afternoon when a haggard and extremely thin Raymond Martin once again took a seat at the defense...
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SCENES FROM HATAWAY MEMORIAL SERVICE
OLNEY—A memorial service for Ed Hataway was held at Haven Hill Cemetery in Olney at 10 this morning, complete with military rites. Hataway was considered a missing person from September 16 until...
View ArticleFORMER HARRISBURG MAN ARRESTED IN IOWA FOR MOTHER’S MURDER
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa—Media is all over a case of a former Harrisburg, Ill., man being charged with murdering his mother in Iowa. We’ll let the Cedar Rapids Gazette tell you about Ed Cusic, 44, and his...
View ArticleMAN FOUND HANGED AT CARMI POST OFFICE THIS MORNING
WHITE CO.—A man found hanged this morning at Carmi post office has been publicly identified as Jeffrey Woodham, 59, of Carmi. Woodham was the husband of Sheryl Woodham, of the Guardian Center, a local...
View ArticleInvestigation going on into injury of infant
ELDORADO—Details are sketchy, but it appears that there was an accident earlier today at the home of an Eldorado resident that’s resulted in a baby being airlifted from Ferrell Hospital. According to...
View ArticleTRAFFIC ACCIDENT, SALINE COUNTY, JUST BEFORE 4 P.M.
SALINE CO.—At least one person has been airlifted as the result of a traffic crash in Saline County on 34 one mile west of Harco Road. Our sources are advising that the crash was single-vehicle...
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OLNEY MAN GETS SEVEN YEARS FEDERAL TIME
OLNEY—The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois has announced that yesterday, December 11, an Olney man was headed to federal lockup for a substantial amount of time. Thomas Rottinghaus,...
View ArticleVIOLENT THUG’S FATHER BEING SOUGHT IN BEATING
CRAWFORD CO.–As of about 9:30 p.m., we were alerted that Danny Stifle, the father of violent and most-of-the-time-inebriated (drunked-up) Crawford County crim Jody Stifle and Jody’s brother, Jason...
View ArticleAmbulance crisis could turn deadly
HARDIN CO.—The sorry state of emergency response in Hardin County has taken a potentially deadly turn. Disclosure has learned that due to the lack of support from the county board and years of criminal...
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NEWSBLAST: O’Neill shut down during Richland Co. Board under new chairman
Brian James O’Neill, standing, made a menace of himself at the December meeting of the Richland County board, as usual. RICHLAND CO.—Here’s a newsblast from last night’s Richland County Board...
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NOW IS THE TIME FOR ACTION
I placed a corrected meme and moved it to the bottom of the page so you could see it: The point is this: A school shooting, no matter how tragic, is NOT a reason to begin disarming the populace. Don’t...
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Saline County Courthouse disturbance ends in bloody arrest
◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 6 SALINE CO — At approximately 3:15 pm today (Friday, December 14), Harrisburg police responded to a call by the State’s Attorney’s Office to be on the look out for a black...
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Four busted in Hardin methamphetamine conspiracy
HARDIN CO— According to Hardin County sources close to the investigation, arrests began last night, December 13, and ended at about midnight of four individuals charged with roaming the area and...
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16-hour standoff with SWAT not too cut & dried
WABASH CO.—It appears a Mt. Carmel man charged with Aggravated Unlawful Restraint and Domestic Battery in the wake of a recent highly publicized hostage situation in Mt. Carmel was the target of the...
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Mother charged with beating disabled son; good police work thwarts Eldo violence
SALINE CO.—A Harrisburg woman has been charged with a felony after she spanked her developmentally disabled son with a belt. According to information filed in the case, Tracie D. March, 27, of 104 West...
View ArticleFormer E’town principal being sued by hospital
HARDIN CO.—The former principal of Hardin County Schools in Elizabethtown has apparently fallen on hard times since resigning his position earlier this year. According to a complaint filed in Hardin...
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Amended complaint in OP case allowed: like hanging ornaments on a Christmas tree
(This is a third installment of a multi-part series telling the horror that Disclosure Publisher Jack Howser and his family endured when he and his wife Angela became custodial grandparents of...
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Resentencing results in same sentence from 2011; former sheriff gets life in...
GALLATIN/FRANKLIN COs.—Despite what at times appeared to be desperate pleas on the parts of members of the family, his attorney, and the man himself, former Gallatin County sheriff Raymond Martin...
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Bogus charge dismissed; damages suit pending?
COLES/RICHLAND/WAYNE COs.—In a case that has far-reaching ramifications for the Illinois State Police, a former investigator from Richland County has had a misdemeanor charge against him dismissed in...
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Single-count sex crime: Indecent Solicitation involving children
LAWRENCE CO.—The arrest and subsequent sex-related charge filed against a well-known Lawrenceville man has left some in the community shocked, but those involved in the investigation say there is...
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