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Watchdog group wins FOIA lawsuit
EDGAR CO.—Former Richland County resident and current Edgar County Watchdog John Kraft has scored a victory in Edgar County Circuit Court that should send a message to stubborn public bodies who think...
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Charged in First Degree Murder — Crowbar used in bludgeoning
GALLATIN/SALINE COs.—Failure on the part of local authorities to simply do their jobs a few months ago has had a direct bearing on a murder in Iowa. And in the case of one of those local authorities,...
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Death now a homicide investigation
RICHLAND CO.—The case of missing man Ed Hataway is now being considered a homicide, and despite the confusion that now surrounds the matter, Illinois State Police advise that the investigation into...
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Local dirtbag breaks into county ambulance as authorities launch renewed...
HARDIN CO.— According to authorities, a well-known local dirtbag found himself in a bit of a pinch after they say he broke into a Hardin County Ambulance. Information filed in the case alleges that on...
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Board wrangles with prospective ambulance owner issues; proposal stalled til...
HARDIN CO.—The appearance of the Hardin County Ambulance Service’s union representative wasn’t enough to immediately sway the county board from a recent decision to sell the service…but it appears the...
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DETAILS ON UPCOMING ISSUE, DELIVERIES, ETC.
We just got a nice note in the mail from one of our faithful subscribers who is in her EIGHTH year of subscribing to the print version of Disclosure: Received in the mail with a subscription renewal....
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THIS MONTH’S PRINT HEADLINES, DECEMBER 2012/JANUARY 2013!
Hard to believe it’s almost another new year…but here we are, within weeks of it, hence the “January 2013″ at the top of the current edition, on stands beginning Tuesday, December 18, and continuing...
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Remember the report last week about the injured baby in ‘rado…?
Adam Zappa ELDORADO—We finally learned what that was about…and that the story dude was giving authorities wasn’t exactly how it happened, at least according to ISP, who investigated it. The original...
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ARREST MADE IN ALLEGED CHILD SEX ABUSE, HARDIN COUNTY
HARDIN CO.—An arrest has been made in a case involving sexual abuse of an underage child in Rosiclare. Franklin Carl Cowsert, 21, of Rosiclare, has been formally charged with two counts of Aggravated...
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Area dentist sentenced in federal case
Presumably Dr. Walt Dawkins, pre-”Dr. Feelgood” project, this from his Facebook page WAYNE CO./BENTON—The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois announced this afternoon that a former...
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VEHICLE ACCIDENT OUTSIDE ELDORADO: UPDATE
ELDORADO—Official sources have confirmed that the wreck that occurred this morning on Highway 45 outside Eldorado has taken the life of a local girl. Ashlea Brown Gwaltney, 24 and the daughter of David...
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Violent dirtbag beats wife AGAIN
CRAWFORD CO.—It seems a man recently sentenced for beating a young girl has now beaten his wife yet again. JODY STIFLE Official sources say that on Sunday, December 21, 35-year-old Jody (and in some...
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Standoff in Eldorado ends peacefully
SALINE CO.— We have just learned there was a standoff this morning, Tuesday, December 25, in Eldorado at 1128 Benton St. involving the Illinois State Police Tactical Response Team. Official sources...
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Church fire in Robinson
CRAWFORD CO.—Fire crews are working a fire in the 200 block of West Walnut St., in Robinson across from the Elks. This is one of the several photographs featured on the Facebook page of the “Robinson...
View ArticleCar fire reported in downtown Lawrenceville
LAWRENCE CO.—We’ve had a confirmed report of a van on fire on Jefferson Street behind Hardee’s in Lawrenceville. The vehicle is reported as being fully engulfed in flames. We don’t know the origin of...
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Schaufs making a bigger mess in Bridgeport than is necessary
BRIDGEPORT—Of course, in Bridgeport, under-indictment-mayor Max Schauf is ensuring that his ne’er-do-well kid Mark is getting a paycheck by operating (if you can call it that) heavy equipment,...
View ArticleUpdate 6:11 p.m.: Firefighters battle house fire in Robinson
UPDATE 6:11 P.M.: Sources indicate the occupant of the home at 1603 North Randolph is Roxie McCullough. Those same sources indicate that there were no injuries reported as a result of the blaze....
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Update 4:30 p.m.: Water rescue underway near Hutsonville
UPDATE 4:30 p.m.: According to official sources ALL individuals stranded this afternoon on the Wabash River one and a half miles south of the Hutsonville dock have been rescued by the Hutsonville Fire...
View ArticleINFANT DEATH IN CARRIER MILLS CONFIRMED
SALINE CO.—Sources in Carrier Mills have confirmed tonight earlier reports of the death of an infant in Carrier Mills. The baby is a four-month-old boy, who was found unresponsive by his parents around...
View ArticleSTABBING AT POOR BOYS GOES UNPUNISHED; WHO’S TO BLAME?
HARRISBURG—Believe me when we tell you there’s plenty to go around in this first fight of 2013 at the biker bar in Harrisburg that should have been shut down more than a year ago, Poor Boys. The blame...
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