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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE READERSHIP AREA, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
As of 4 p.m. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS - A winter weather advisory and hazardous weather outlook has been issued for our readership area of southern Illinois, as well as other states surrounding. The weather...
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LATE-NIGHT INTERSTATE ACCIDENT SENDS ONE TO HOSPITAL
FAYETTE CO., Ill. - An accident late Friday night sent a truck driver from Ohio to the hospital in Salem. Illinois State Police said preliminary investigative details indicate Stephen James, 50, of...
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THIS ISSUE’S PRINT HEADLINES, DECEMBER 2016!
Here we are with the unexpected second of three issues for the month of December. Don't get too giddy yet about us going weekly...we're still trying to master twice a month. But this is indeed two...
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DOUBLE-DIPPING JUDGE COSTS ILLINOIS TAXPAYERS $1.6 MILLION
Weeks after 'retirement,' a Central Illinois chief judge is rehired as a 'city administrator' for a small town. Here's how the system was gamed for $1.6 million of pay, perks and judge...
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MAN ALLEGED TO HAVE CAUSED CRASH IN FRANKLIN COUNTY ARRESTED
HAMILTON/FRANKLIN COs., Ill. - The McLeansboro man alleged to have caused a vehicle crash after a high-speed chase was located mid-week this pas week. In typical Franklin County style (meaning:...
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CAR DEALERSHIP PRESIDENT ENTERS PLEA TO TAX EVASION-RELATED CHARGE
FAYETTE CO., Ill. - In a resolution to an almost-year-old case in Fayette County Circuit Court, a local car dealership's president has entered a plea to one of the three charges he was facing...
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**UPDATE** – ARMED ROBBERY IN MARION WITH INFANT IN CAR ADDRESSED BY AUTHORITIES
UPDATE 12:30 P.M. The name of the alleged robber has been released. Callie Buchanan, Jr., 25 of Johnston City has been arrested for Robbery at Circle K in the 1300 block of N Carbon St with additional...
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MADIGAN, STATES ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT WITH SIX MAJOR RETAILERS TO STOP THE USE...
Multistate Investigation Leads Major Retailers to Abandon Unreasonable Scheduling Practice Chicago ─ Attorney General Lisa Madigan, along with attorneys general from seven other states and the...
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FLORA POLICE REPORT, DECEMBER 14-19, 2016
FLORA, Ill. - Flora's Police Chief John Nicholson has submitted activity for his department during the dates of December 14 through the 19th, 2016. Wednesday, December 14 at 12:24 am, Flora Police...
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LAWRENCE COUNTY BOARD MEETING WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21
LAWRENCE CO., Ill. - Here's the agenda for the Lawrence County board meeting to be held tomorrow night; make plans to attend if you don't like what's going on in the county...or even if you DO, to let...
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ONE IN CUSTODY AFTER METROPOLIS HOMICIDE
Allan Stephens MASSAC CO., Ill. - A Sunday shooting resulted in a Metropolis woman's death - and the arrest and charging of her husband with multiple murder counts. Illinois State Police District 22 in...
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BURGLARIES/THEFTS CONTINUE IN WHITE COUNTY: WEAPON REPORTED STOLEN
CARMI, Ill. - A Carmi man reports to police that a weapon was stolen from his residence in town, one of the latest in a string of burglaries reported in White County. Carmi Police state that Randall...
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FORMER LAWRENCEVILLE MAYOR HEMMED UP ON INDIANA DUI
Former Lawrenceville mayor Brian Straub, in one of his Lawrence County mugshots from a couple of years ago. LAWRENCE CO., Ill./GIBSON CO., Ind. - The decline of a former mayor of Lawrenceville...
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DRIVER REPORTS BEING RUN OFF THE ROAD IN WHITE COUNTY
WHITE CO., Ill. - An Indiana man reported to White County Sheriff's officials that he was run off the road on Illinois 141 in White County. Patrick Moran, 24, of Newburgh, Indiana, told sheriff's...
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CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT FEATURES KID RUNNING OUT INTO THE ROAD
CLAY CO., Ill. - The Clay County Sheriff's report for this week includes something that's happened in the area not a few times this month (and which you'll see with the next print edition, on stands a...
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MARION CITY POLICE REPORTS INCLUDE ARREST OF ALLEGED ARSONIST
One of the alleged arsons MARION, Ill. - Police reports from the city of Marion include a man suspected in the recent string of arsons that have destroyed several structures in town. Following three...
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SINGLE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT SOUTHWEST OF NEWTON CLAIMS LIFE OF WHEELER MAN
JASPER CO., Ill. - A single-vehicle accident in Jasper County yesterday took the life of an elderly Wheeler man. Illinois State Police said the wreck occurred on 900th Avenue near North 750th Street,...
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ELDERLY WOMAN INJURED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY CAR IN PARKING LOT
WHITE CO., Ill. - A car-pedestrian accident at Carmi's Walmart sent and elderly woman to an Evansville hospital yesterday. Carmi Police report that the incident happened Wednesday (December 21) at...
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TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT FATAL FOR DRIVER FROM RAMSEY
FAYETTE CO., Ill. - A two-vehicle accident with a fatality happened yesterday afternoon just outside the village of Ramsey in Fayette County. According to Illinois State Police in District 12 who...
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JEFFERSON CO. MAN SENTENCED FOR FIREARM AND HEROIN OFFENSES
JEFFERSON CO., Ill. - On December 21, 2016, L C Richardson, a/k/a “L.C. Richardson,” 38, of Mt. Vernon, was sentenced to federal prison for firearm and heroin offenses, Donald S. Boyce, United States...
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