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4:30 p.m. UPDATE: NO fatalities; SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT INTERSECTION IN HARRISBURG
UPDATE 4:30 p.m.: We are relieved to say there were NO fatalities in the wreck that occurred outside of Wok & Roll. The passengers of the white pick-up truck were Bill and Trudy Jensik of Carrier...
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Alleged underage driving and loaded pistol
CRAWFORD CO.—There’s more alleged car thievery going on in the region, this time in the Heartland area of Crawford County. Authorities in Robinson say that yesterday (Thursday, February 28, 2013) two...
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Jack & Ang 3/1/2013 Vidcast [VIDEO]: Terry Payton trial wrapup
Here’s the follow up to the Terry Payton trial, including a recap of the events leading up to the conviction of Second Degree Murder, as well as what we learned about the jury’s decision and how they...
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HARRISBURG REMEMBERS THE LEAP DAY TORNADO
SALINE COUNTY—There was a somber memorial this past Friday, March 1, 2013, a year after the deadly Leap Day Tornado—the tornado without an anniversary date (as we called it in the current print...
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY DEPUTY: CHRONIC DRUNK DRIVER?
From Shaunn Curry’s Facebook page. WILLIAMSON CO.—Once again, Williamson County is in the news, and once again, it’s because of a cop. But this time, it’s not fisticuffs, beating a restrained suspect...
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BOTH DRIVERS AT HARRISBURG WRECK CITED FOR DUI DRUGS
SALINE CO.—Now HERE’S something you don’t see every day. The two-vehicle wreck that occurred at the intersection of Lover’s Lane and Highway 13 yesterday (03.05.13), west of Harrisburg just past IYC,...
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Prosecutor facing intense pressure from victim support groups
JACKSON CO.—Leave it to Mike Carr to really get things rolling in Jackson County. Michael Carr Carr, the former U.S. assistant prosecutor who helped put away Raymond Martin, former Gallatin County...
View ArticleWreck in Hardin, Life Flight Called
HARDIN COUNTY — Approximately 5:45am a wreck occurred on Basset Blacktop near Elizabethtown, IL. Ambulance, Rosiclare Fire Rescue and Hardin County Sherif are on scene now. At least one person...
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Air operations over Hardin County confirmed, NOT an invasion LOL!
HARDIN CO.—War of the Worlds it was not, but more than a few eyes were watching the skies in the tiny county of Hardin in Southern Illinois last night, Thursday, March 7. Facebook sources started...
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Something to sicken you on this fine Saturday morning
EDGAR CO.—Those of you who ACTUALLY followed the Terry Payton trial will likely by turns be both laughing and sickened at the below clip: ‘Served him fairly’? Really?...
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The rest of the story: Horror behind how out-of-control Hardin woman’s...
HARDIN CO.—An Elizabethtown man has sought an order of protection against an ever-more-increasingly notorious Hardin County woman with a heritage that explains her often bizarre behavior. Alex Humm,...
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Firefighter charged with criminal sexual abuse
FLORA—A volunteer firefighter for the city of Flora has been arrested and charged with a serious sex crime. Lance W. Collins, 41, of Flora, was arrested on Tuesday, March 5, after a warrant was issued....
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Authorities waiting for autopsy/tox results in vet’s death
WESTPORT—Lawrence County authorities are waiting for results of an autopsy and toxicology testing to return as they sort out how an Indiana man ended up laying in the roadway on Illinois Rte. 33 in...
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Charges dismissed on law secretary; more filed
HARDIN CO.— The charges against a Rosiclare woman and former secretary to a prominent attorney who was charged in January with representing herself as an attorney have been dismissed. Be that as it...
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Mayoral matchups few across region
SOUTHERN ILL.—The April 9 Consolidated Election 2013 looks to be a mixed bag this year of a handful of hotly-contested mayoral races countered by some communities that have no one running for that...
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Charges upheld in rural shooting
RICHLAND CO.—Scattered testimony, much of it making little sense, and overdramatic statements made by the county’s assistant prosecutor marked a strange preliminary hearing for the young man who’s...
View ArticleDOC officer beaten by inmate
LAWRENCE CO.—A correctional officer working at Lawrence Correctional Center (LCC) in Sumner was reported to have been beaten with a broomstick wielded by an inmate February 21. The correctional...
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Jury convicts teen of Second-Degree Murder
EDGAR CO.—A 17-year-old boy is the latest to claim self-defense in a death case in Illinois, and the latest to have that claim rejected by what’s supposed to be a jury of his peers. Terry Payton, who...
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Woman’s death now considered homicide
CLAY CO.—Sources close to the case of a woman found dead not far from U.S. Highway 50 through Clay County have advised that the case is now being considered and investigated as a homicide. The body of...
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ISP agent sued in federal court; Second such suit in a year
RICHLAND CO./U.S. DISTRICT COURT, BENTON — The feud that began between a retired ISP investigator and a current ISP investigator two years ago and landed in civil court in Richland County in early...
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