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Carmi Police arrest local man on dom batt; DUI arrest also effected
Danny Stephens CARMI, Ill. - Carmi Police had a relatively easy pre-holiday weekend, although the couple of people arrested probably would beg to differ. It seems like everything broke loose Sunday,...
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Richland County Clerk announces candidates for 2019 election
RICHLAND CO., Ill. - Richland County Clerk Alice Mullinax has released candidates who have filed for various offices throughout the county for the upcoming 2019 Consolidated General Election. Mullinax...
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Indiana man charged after raping 11-year-old he met on Tinder
It's another case of "but she said she was 16!!" Travis McAdams DEARBORN CO., Ind. - Another young person has ostensibly managed to ruin his life after believing what he was reading on a social...
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AG Madigan issues guidance on impact of immigration status on employee rights
Madigan issues guidance to increase awareness of State and Federal laws governing immigration and employment Just in case Lisa's confused... ILLINOIS - Attorney General Lisa Madigan today released...
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Reptile rock in pants leads to search for alleged perp
We get some press releases about some strange stuff...and this is one of them "Yeah I'll just...stuff this reptile rock into my tidy whities...no one will EVER notice." WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - Sheriff...
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Oxygen tank reported stolen; domestic broken up in Carmi police activity
CARMI, Ill. - A report of an item stolen - inexplicably - and a break-up of an alleged domestic battery comprise today's Carmi city police report. The inexplicable theft is of an item only few would...
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Man missing from Johnston City; authorities asking for public’s help
Shawn P. Murphy, photo provided JOHNSTON CITY, Ill. - Authorities in the Williamson County town of Johnston City are asking for the public's assistance in locating a man missing from the area. Shawn...
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Hearings begin in Marion on candidates’ petitions
Hearing board for commissioners Marion City Clerk Alice Rix, Mayor Anthony Rinella and Commissioner Angelo Hightower MARION, Ill. - For the first time ever in the city of Marion, two candidates are...
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Crims give cops and courts a holiday break in this week’s Felony Friday
WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. – With last week’s Felony Friday being a big fat one, this week’s looks somewhat…anemic. However, rest assured the cops and courts have been busy, and apparently it was the crims...
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AG Madigan sues diabetic supplies reseller for defrauding thousands of consumers
ILLINOIS - Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit Friday (December 28, 2018) against a Chicago diabetic supplies reseller and its owner who advertised online that his company would purchase...
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Edgar County wins $154,000.00 lawsuit, Watchdogs’ opinion validated
By jmkraft on December 27, 2018 PARIS, Ill. (ECWd) – After more than five years of arguments and two years of legal wrangling, RIDES Mass Transit District loses lawsuit designed to extract more than...
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Coles County – Brian Bower, the best of 12 for Associate Judge?
By Kirk Allen on December 27, 2018 BRIAN BOWER COLES CO., Ill. (ECWd) – The Coles County State’s Attorney, Brian Bower, was selected to fill a vacancy for an associate judge position in the 5th...
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Someone’s finally doing something about Jordan McGuire
McGuire's most recent sex offender registry info WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - A registered sex offender who has escaped the local law by fleeing the country might finally be brought to justice, if...
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Guy who wants to be a girl finally transferred to women’s prison…and people...
It's a MAN, baby! ILLINOIS - The headlines all over the state this week are as vomit-inducing as the actual situation. Check this out: Chicago Reader: "Trans woman Strawberry Hampton reports continued...
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Indiana DUI driver files to change plea in fatal crash; motion hearing coming up
Ashley Sanders GIBSON CO., Ind. - The woman who was behind the wheel in a fatal September DUI crash that claimed the lives of two young men has changed her plea in the Gibson County, Indiana, case....
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Domestic situation leads to stabbing death; woman charged in Karnak
Victim had criminal history, with most recent charges of Agg Batt - including one Class X - filed in September Christie Brown PULASKI CO., Ill. - A woman in Pulaski County is behind bars after a...
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Formal charges yet to be filed in case of Kinmundy man suspected of car...
Randal Armstrong MARION CO., Ill. - The Christmas Eve burglary of several cars at a church in Kinmundy may have developments, but the holidays are holding up any indication of them. However, a local...
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Charges reported filed against former Johnson County deputy after fatal crash
Cyle Harner on left (because of course there's no mug shot), former sheriff Charles Harner on right. Sometimes, nepotism isn't a god idea. JOHNSON CO., Ill. - There's finally been a development in the...
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Hamilton County warrant served on Mt. Carmel man in MCPD report
MT. CARMEL, Ill. - A Mt. Carmel guy hemmed up in Hamilton County is one of four incidents featured in this Mt. Carmel Police Department activity report covering the holiday at the end of December. The...
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Second arrest made in Palestine tavern burglary
Keondre Weck PALESTINE, Ill. - Palestine Police Chief Jeff Besing said last week that other arrests would likely be coming in the break-in and theft at the town’s popular Saratoga Tavern…and now, that...
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