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Japan orders cancellation of U.S.-grown wheat after GMOs detected
UNITED STATES—Get ready for grain prices to react to the latest commodities news: Japan has recently cancelled its order (Thursday, May 30, 2013) of wheat from the U.S. because of prospective...
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DUMPSTER DIVING OF A DIFFERENT SORT IN LAWRENCEVILLE
LAWRENCE CO.—An observant reader captured this photo of a dumpster-diving man out back of the Lawrenceville post office this morning (Sunday, June 2, 2013) around 6 a.m. Now, we here in southern...
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Sakurajima Volcano: Massive eruption caught on film [VIDEO]
WORLD—The Sakurajima Volcano, in Kyushu, Japan, was captured on separate video cameras in a massive explosion spewing lava and ash. Date is unclear; the vid was posted by dutchsinse, one of the...
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WOMAN BEATEN AFTER MAD GRANDMA BARGES INTO HOME
FLORA—A Flora woman is in pretty bad shape tonight after a brutal beating over what appears to be a visitation issue. Melody Hagen Flood, 21, a former beauty pageant queen, had to be carried out of her...
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SONNY D GOES CRAZY IN ENFIELD
WHITE CO.—The Sportsmen’s Club in Enfield was the scene of a dangerous weekend incident with the pictured gentleman at the heart of it. Sonny D. Southall, not holding still for the jailcam According to...
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What ELSE could “change of plea” mean??
WABASH CO./U.S. DISTRICT COURT, BENTON—Intelligent readers were getting a chuckle out of a front-page story in the weekend edition of what’s left of Mt. Carmel’s newspaper. The article was about the...
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ACCIDENT SOUTH OF FAIRFIELD; DRIVER EXTRICATED BY PASSERSBY
WAYNE CO.—A reader reports that he and some others assisted a driver after they observed what appeared to be a freak accident on U.S. 45 south of Fairfield. According to our reader, the accident, which...
View ArticleALLEGED DOMESTIC DISPUTE LEAVES MAN HOSPITALIZED
WABASH CO.—An incident that started off as a reported argument ended with a man hospitalized after “falling off the hood” of a vehicle. Local media has it that Martin S. Tennes, 49, “suffered a serious...
View ArticleEMERGENCY ORDER OF PROTECTION ISSUED AGAINST BEATEN YOUNG WOMAN
CLAY CO.—The woman who claimed she was beaten Saturday night by a grandmother of her stepson has been the subject of an order of protection, filed by the grandmother who is accused of inflicting the...
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JUDGE’S DAUGHTER TAKEN BY AMBULANCE AFTER POSSIBLE O.D.
HARRISBURG—The daughter of an appellate court judge was transported by ambulance last Friday morning after what witnesses are saying was an apparent drug overdose. Christy Stewart, from her Facebook...
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HARRISBURG FELON HEMMED UP ON ALLEGED BATTERY
HARRISBURG—Details are still sketchy, but we’re hearing that Harrisburg-area drug felon Joshua Ragan has gotten in trouble as of last night over an incident with his girlfriend. Ragan, 37, is reported...
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ARSON SUSPECT REPORTED ARRESTED ON DUI
Craig “Whitey” Fuller CRAWFORD CO.—An arson suspect released Tuesday, May 28, after posting $10,000 cash bond is back behind bars tonight, this according to family members. Family sources have...
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GateHouse Media: This is NEWS???
HARRISBURG—We were appalled to see this story on the website at what’s left of Harrisburg’s paper. Yes, you CAN…close down offices and still give your corporate bigwigs huge bonuses. After trashing...
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FLYERS CAUSING UPROAR THROUGHOUT OLNEY
RICHLAND CO.—Citizens of the city of Olney are very upset over the following flyer being found tossed onto their porches or walkways in recent days, folded up and in ziploc baggies: And as much offense...
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SOURCES: Judge’s daughter UPDATE
SALINE CO.—A source close to the situation with appellate judge Bruce Stewart’s daughter Christy has slid some information our way as an update to yesterday’s story. From Christy Stewart’s Facebook...
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Another credit downgrade for Illinois, thanks to pension issues
ILL.—Things continue to take a downhill turn for the state of Illinois. Seemingly obsessed by completely manageable issues like gay marriage and the decriminalization of marijuana for medical purposes,...
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COLLISION ON HIGHWAY 13 AT CARRIER MILLS BLACKTOP
SALINE CO.—Our sources are reporting a wreck that occurred at approximately 2:30 p.m. at Route 13 and Carrier Mills blacktop, almost three miles east of Harrisburg. No details on how the wreck...
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From last year: Clip of TV host having a SERIOUS RANT about FRACKING [VIDEO]
NATIONAL—We don’t very often have anything to do with “celebrities” and their opinions one way or another on issues that impact us in our day-to-day lives. But Australian Business Insider had this...
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Dear Pat Quinn: WHO THE HELL CARES WHETHER YOU SIGN THE GUN BILL OR NOT
Dear Gov. Quinn (said with tongue firmly in cheek; I’m sure that by now, you are “dear” to no one) You are an arrogant ass. I opined in a Facebook post a couple of days ago about whether or not you’d...
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OP FILED IN CASE OF JUDGE’S KID V. JUDGE’S KID
SALINE CO.—An order of protection has been issued by a First Judicial Circuit judge in the case of offspring of two south counties judges. The OP was available online this morning (June 4, 2013) in...
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