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THURSDAY’S VANDALISM DAMAGE IN HARRISBURG: PHOTOS
HARRISBURG—The damage to several retail stores or services in Harrisburg either late Wednesday/early Thursday (May 8/9, 2013) was documented by sources in town who experienced it first-hand. It appears...
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ISP gets no-bid contract to start the process of giving us our rights back
ILLINOIS—There are plenty of things wrong with the story coming out of the Pantagraph in Springfield this morning, despite the hopefulness many feel about it. The bottom line is this: Illinois is not...
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MOTORCYCLE WRECK CONFIRMED IN CRAWFORD COUNTY
CRAWFORD CO.—Reports of a collision involving at least one motorcycle—and maybe two—in the Oblong area of Crawford County have been confirmed by sheriff’s department officials. We’re still learning...
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TRIAL FOR COSTON IS OFF FOR MAY
After insistence in late March from Judge Tom Foster, a May 21, 2013 trial date had been set in the double homicide case of Danny K. Coston, shown above being escorted out of the White County...
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Catch-and-release Trout hemmed up as of mid-June
RICHLAND CO.—Richland County state’s attorney David Hyde has set precedent for every sex offender in his county: if you beat someone up, you can get out of a charge of Failure to Register as a Sex...
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Fire house construction halted; contract invalid
ALBION—The recriminations about the new Albion Fire Department construction aren’t over, at least as of the last city council meeting, held Monday, May 6. It was there that the public also learned that...
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Deputy relieved of duty: Backlash over background, but facts can’t be changed
HARDIN CO.—Once again, Tom Maynor has made the spotlight in the pages of Disclosure. Only this time, it’s because he’s no longer employed in his chosen vocation. Maynor, 39, of Harrisburg, has been...
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Guilty verdict in two-week murder trial
LAWRENCE CO.— The First Degree Murder conviction of 21-year-old Tyler McQueen on May 3, 2013, was a surprise to some and not so much to others. As relatively rare as successful appeals and the...
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More stink raised over airport lease
EDGAR CO.—A woman who has years of public service under her belt and who has been entrusted with handling petitions for leniency for Terry Peyton has come under scrutiny in recent weeks for her...
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Former mayor now a federal convict
U.S. DIST. COURT, BENTON/BRIDGEPORT—More than a decade of corruption in the small Lawrence County town of Bridgeport came to an end Wednesday morning, May 8, 2013, when their sitting mayor, Max Schauf,...
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What lies ahead for Harrisburg?
HARRISBURG—The appointment of Harrisburg Mayor Eric Gregg to Illinois’ Prisoner Review Board was not an unexpected thing when it occurred on April 26, 2013. However, what’s ensued in the weeks...
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Tragedy follows ATV death
One of many photos Lily Jones’ father, Zephrum Jones, took of himself and his daughter after the death of her mother, Andrea Weiler. Jones and Weiler had only split about eight months prior to her...
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CRAWFORD CO.– Preliminary reports are that there has been a one vehicle wreck, occurring at approximately 10:30 p.m. (May 13, 2013) east of Oblong with an amputation involved. It was reported that they...
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Indictments handed down by federal grand jury involving Jasper County residents
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS—Press release from the U.S. Attorney: A federal grand jury in Benton, Illinois, has charged seven individuals with methamphetamine related offenses,...
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SALINE COUNTY GRAND JURY RESULT: Not what we thought
SALINE CO.—There was one indictment that came out of the Saline County Grand Jury two days ago: Tevin Jamal Tate, 21, who was indicted on a single count of armed robbery of the Casey’s store in Carrier...
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The mysterious Claremont turn accident, revealed…the high-speed chase, not so...
RICHLAND CO.—Richland County Sheriff Andy Hires has come off one FOIA for information and has denied another. The mysterious accident that no one at the sheriff’s department could tell us about, then...
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How can anyone NOT KNOW about Max Schauf…?
We heard someone coming out of one of our vendor locations this afternoon exclaiming over the front-page story about former Bridgeport may0r Max Schauf being convicted on the federal level in his Mail...
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HANGING IN ELDORADO CONFIRMED THURSDAY
UPDATE 1: Sources close to the family have informed us that Mike Talkington had been in the company of two individuals who dropped him off at his brother’s house in the 500 block of Bruddick Street,...
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CHILD MURDERER SENTENCING DELAYED
SALINE CO.—The fate of convicted child killer Ricky Turner II, 35, has been delayed as authorities work out what a source close to the investigation called an “issue” with the pre-sentencing report in...
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Tragedy in Marion: McLeansboro man killed in traffic accident
WILLIAMSON/HAMILTON Cos.—A pedestrian from Hamilton County was struck and killed by a car in Marion (Williamson County) last night, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Authorities have advised that Scott Allen...
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