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TWO INJURED IN TUESDAY CRASH
SALINE CO.—Information has been released about the wreck we covered here yesterday at the site. Saline County sheriff Keith Brown advises that two Saline County residents were injured in the two-car...
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BICYCLIST STRUCK IN HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT; POLICE LOOKING FOR MOTORIST
FLORA—Police in and around Flora in Clay County say they are looking for a car that was earlier today (Wednesday, June 5) involved in a hit-and-run accident with a woman on a bicycle. According to...
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A little seismic activity between Sumner and Berryville
LAWRENCE CO.—While no one so far has reported that they actually felt anything, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recorded a little shaker eight miles south of Sumner at 2:35 a.m. this morning,...
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Pro gun activists up in arms over concealed carry extension
STATE—Illinois pro gun activists are up in arms over a 30-day extension granted Gov. Pat Quinn by the Seventh U.S. Court of Appeals Tuesday. That extension delays the signing of a bill that would...
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WHITE: MICHAEL JACKSON NOT SUCH A SMOOTH CRIMINAL
WHITE CO.— A Carmi man who thought it was a good idea to make little extra cash by selling drugs online maybe to cut out the overhead was sentenced to six years in a federal prison Tuesday (June 4,...
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Two judges down, one dope dealing probation officer to go
ST. CLAIR CO.— With one judge dead face-down in what is figuratively said to have been a “mound of cocaine” and another resigning, one probation officer has done what thousands of voters sometimes take...
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CRAWFORD CO.—We are hearing reports of a tank battery that has exploded east of Flat Rock tonight (Wednesday, June 5, 2013). Preliminary reports are that a truck hit a tank battery at approximately...
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ARSONIST ALLEGED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FLAT ROCK EXPLOSION
CRAWFORD CO.—The tank battery explosion last night (Wednesday, June 5, 2013) in Flat Rock is said to have been no accident. Preliminary reports show that authorities believe Craig “Whitey” Fuller, 31,...
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POT BUST EFFECTED, GROW OP TAKEN DOWN (across the river)
PRINCETON, Ind.—Someone’s alleged grow operation bit the dust yesterday in Princeton, across the Wabash river from Mt. Carmel here in Illinois. Gibson County, world-famous for their sandy soil and thus...
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WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE MOVED TO GOREVILLE, HAD THEY KNOWN…?
GOREVILLE—We can say with definitiveness that if we’d known in the 80s that the village of Goreville had mandated that every head of household own a gun, we’d have moved there post haste. Goreville....
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DID POLICE CAUSE DEATH OF INFANT IN TEXAS HOUSE FIRE?
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.—The use of force in restraining people who do nothing except to “refuse to obey a direct order” from an officer of the law may have been the cause of the death of an infant in San...
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KEVIN WILLIAMS CHANGES HIS PLEA TO…
GUILTY. Kinda like I said he would, two days ago. Man, Andrea has her work cut out for her if this is what the mainstream dweebs are churning out. You can’t go around sucking up to the FORMER bigwigs...
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AND THE DOMINOES FALL: ILLINOIS COUNTIES SECURING RIGHT TO CARRY
ILLINOIS—Screw the governor, screw the attorney general, and screw anyone who gets in the way of what the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has already ruled as of last December. Individual counties in...
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REPORT OF SERIOUS TWO-CAR WRECK ON 130
UPDATE 9:45 ROADS ARE OPENING BACK UP, WRECK IS CLEARED. More as we get it; below is the original post. RICHLAND CO.—Reports have come in of a bad wreck that occurred at approximately 8:30 p.m....
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Another coach hemmed up for sex counts; this one suicidal
TENNESSEE (via JACKSON CO.)—All too often, people attracted to folks too young for them will find jobs within a profession that takes them close to those young people. George “Rico” (Suave?) Laise,...
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OUR UNITS OF GOVERNMENT CONTINUE TO FAIL US; NOW IT’S THE USGS
LAWRENCE CO.—An alert on the U.S. Geological Survey page has caused considerable concern for those who keep an eye on river levels in and around Lawrence County. We’ll let the USGS tell it; this is...
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WOMAN BATTERED IN HOME INVASION LAST WEEK HOSPITALIZED THIS MORNING: **UPDATE**
UPDATE 1:30 P.M. OUR SOURCES HAVE INDICATED THAT SHE’S BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AS OF THIS AFTERNOON. MORE AS WE GET IT, KEEP WATCHING. Below is the original post. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
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TEEN GIRL SWERVES TO MISS DEER; CRASHES
WHITE CO.—All involved in a traffic crash on U.S. 45 in White County—the driver, her passenger, and a deer she swerved to miss—are okay this morning…with the exception of may be the girl’s car....
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FUNDRAISING EFFORT STEPPING UP FOR POLICE CHIEF
MT. CARMEL—We’ve learned that the chief of police of the city of Mt. Carmel, John Lockhart, is undergoing treatment for cancer. A fundraising effort is underway to assist in his expenses. T-shirts with...
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Judges’ kids in bitter OP battle
HARRISBURG—A spat between the adult children of two of Harrisburg’s best-known judicial families grew heated after a late-May incident that sent one of them to the hospital, then prompted a petition...
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