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ROBINSON OFFICER OKAY AFTER MEDICAL ISSUE LAST NIGHT
CRAWFORD CO.—Sources have reported to us this morning that long-time Robinson police officer Dan Strauch is showing improvement after an “unknown medical issue” late last night prompted a call for...
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Liberty lovers lean toward New Hampshire
NATIONAL— In an ever-growing popular movement dubbed the Free State Project, thousands of Americans have and are planning to pack up their lives and move to the state of New Hampshire. The exodus has...
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The full moon continues to bring out the dense amongst us….
ELDORADO—The wild and weird happenings this full moon weekend has hit Saline County. Apparently unable to read the post at this link, Julie Ann Williams, 42, mother to the now-charged Dylan Williams,...
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Deadline looms as city tells county: We will stop responding to fires, unless…
SALINE CO.—The inability of the city of Harrisburg to collect thousands of dollars in unpaid charges from city residents when municipal fire departments respond to fire calls continues to vex local...
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INCIDENT AT PACKAGE STORE UNDER CONTROL IN THE ‘BURG
HARRISBURG—Reports of a man brandishing a knife and walking around a package store in Harrisburg prompted a swift police response tonight, Saturday, May 25, 2013. Sources on-scene at J&J’s...
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“National Security” chief retirement worries privacy advocates
U.S.—As if most Americans don’t already know that their e-mails are being dumped into and sorted by the National Security Agency, aka Spook Headquarters, actually headquartered, at least in part, in...
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Steroid recall includes Southern Illinois
ILLINOIS—In the wake of five Illinois patients suffering complications from receiving steroid injections containing Methylprednisolone Acetate, the drug is now being recalled. Including the five from...
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POLICING THE POLICE IN HARRISBURG
HARRISBURG—The tech team is here for the holiday weekend filling us in on what went down last night after the incident at J&J’s in Harrisburg. We call Chris and Jade our “tech kids” because they...
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“ONE TICKET, PER HOUR, PER SHIFT UNTIL JUNE 20″
HARRISBURG—As a follow up to our post last night about Harrisburg police, some public input has come along that shows exactly WHY people need to be “policing the police” now more than ever before. One...
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Fourth death in Menard max prison, three previous dubbed murders
MENARD—The number of prisoner deaths inside the walls of Menard maximum-security prison in Chester continues to rise. According to an Illinois Department of Corrections spokesperson a 30-year-old man...
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Posting it here because of butthurtitis
I’ve been wanting to post this all weekend but news just kept breaking and it precluded it. Which is good. But anyway, here’s an awesome meme I found on someone’s F^c*book….Others can post such things,...
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Probation worker arrested in wake of judge’s cocaine overdose
ST. CLAIR CO.—Another arrest has been made in the wake of newly-elected St. Clair County judge Joe Christ, 49, being found dead at a fellow judge’s hunting cabin in Pike County, having overdosed on...
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Police hunt for perps who threw pups out of moving car
ALORTON—State police are searching for the person or persons responsible for throwing a pair of puppies out of a moving car in the Metro-East area. Reports indicate that at approximately 2:30 a.m....
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Judge’s Chamber Bar & Grill site of violent armed robbery
PEORIA—A bar in downtown Peoria was the site of a violent armed robbery, Sunday, May 26 after the bartender asked a patron a simple question: to show some ID. According to reports, at approximately...
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Recall efforts target incumbents who vote for restrictive gun laws
STATE/NATIONAL—With the battle over the right to carry concealed raging through Illinois, incumbent lawmakers may want to take a look at what is going on in Colorado. Known to be one of the more Second...
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Vehicle Flip on Hwy 50 by Claremont
RICHLAND CO.—Once again Richland County’s sheriff’s department has not been releasing information on serious situations involving wrecks and crimes going on throughout the County. At approximately...
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National security compromised in wake of latest China cyber attack
Littoral Combat Ship NATIONAL—A new report out by the Department of Defense’s Defense Science Board indicates that China has hit the United States yet again, this time with a cyber attack that has...
View ArticleMotorcyclist okay after collision Tuesday in Carmi
WHITE CO.—What appeared to passersby to be a devastating accident turned out to be a truck-motorcycle collision with minor injuries and a single citation in Carmi yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, May 28,...
View ArticleCARBONDALE MAN DIES IN WAYNE COUNTY ACCIDENT
WAYNE CO.—A single-vehicle accident last night has claimed the life of a Carbondale man. Illinois State Police advise that Kevin L. Kimmel, 37, of Carbondale, was driving a 2004 Jeep Liberty westbound...
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BYPASS INTERSECTION LOCATION OF TWO CRASHES IN THREE DAYS
HARRISBURG—Information from Keith Brown, Saline County Sheriff, has come in about yet another crash on the Bill Franks Bypass outside of Harrisburg, the second crash in three days this week. The first...
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