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Banker sued in civil case
WILLIAMSON CO.—A well-known Harrisburg businessman now living in Marion has been sued in a civil case in Williamson County on at least one count of battery. But it’s not just any battery. Tom Franks,...
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Mayor’s true colors fly at early July meeting
OLNEY—Several people are expressing disappointment in their most recent choice for mayor after the July 8 Olney City Council meeting, wherein the mayor, in a display of churlish immaturity, shut down a...
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OLNEY—The currently-not-so-smelly, but certainly irritating Brian James O’Neill II addressed the Olney city council last night (Monday, July 22) on mayor Ray Vaughn’s gripe at the July 8 meeting about...
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MAN ELECTROCUTED WHILE WELDING
WAYNE CO.—A tragic accident in Fairfield resulted in a young Mill Shoals man being fatally electrocuted yesterday. Mike Adams, 22, of Mill Shoals, was working at the Dan Atkins residence east of...
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CHANGE OF VENUE GRANTED FOR ACCESSORY IN WESTALL MURDER
LAWRENCE CO.—A motion hearing this afternoon on a change of venue for Helen Marie Westall has an outcome. Westall, reportedly smiling as the elevator door opened, ducked this photo op Public defender...
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E-TOWN FIRE CHIEF REPORTEDLY TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
ELIZABETHTOWN—The Elizabethtown fire chief is dead, apparently of a suicide. The scene on Pearl Street at about 7:30 this evening. Sheriff JT Fricker advised earlier that he was notified in the early...
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The Honeybee Holocaust: EPA’s Final Solution
INDIANAPOLIS – Dow AgroSciences LLC, a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Corporation, after the recent approval of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has begun full scale manufacture of a...
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“Keep the Rivers of Illinois Free” Movement Throws Wrench In “Sustainability”...
“Keep The Rivers of Illinois Free” Facebook Page ILLINOIS – It took less than four days for the “Keep the Rivers of Illinois Free” community Facebook page to illicit, for the moment, a temporary change...
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VILLAGE PRESIDENT REPORTED LAST PERSON TO SEE FIRE CHIEF ALIVE
ELIZABETHTOWN—We’ve confirmed through official sources that the village president (mayor) of Elizabethtown was the last person to see fire chief Tim Dillard alive. Our sources are reporting that Bertis...
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THIS MONTH’S PRINT HEADLINES, JULY-AUGUST 2013 EDITION!
Here are your print headlines for the new print edition, on stands NOW! If you like to hold the paper in your hands to read it, be sure and pick up one for just $3 a copy at the vendor nearest you; or,...
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Barnyard Wipeout & Sheriff’s Deputies
Barnyard Wipeout Contestants Wabash County – My Step-daughter’s very best friend in the whole world kept sending me Facebook messages throughout the weekend, asking me if I was coming to see her do her...
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Is Bill Clutter being PAID by someone to suggest alternative theories to...
EDGAR CO.—The latest head-scratcher to emerge out of the deaths of a young couple in Paris in 1986 involves a well-known southern Illinois PI and a nutcase sitting on death row in Texas who has nothing...
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CAR v. MOTORCYCLE AT GARDEN OF THE GODS
SALINE CO.—Saline County sources are reporting that there was a car versus motorcycle accident this evening, at the Saline County entrance to Garden of the Gods. While we don’t have the exact location,...
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JACK & ANG ON THE MONSTER RADIO FRIDAY NIGHT
MARION—After the vidcast taping tomorrow, we’re heading on over to Marion to appear live on the radio. The Jack & Ang show (minus all the colorful language) will be live on the air with Monica...
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WOMAN WHO WAS PART OF BRUTAL BEATING ARRESTED FOR DUI, DRUGS
WAYNE CO.—The woman who was arrested last year for assisting her husband in the brutal beating of a Fairfield man has been busted again. Jennifer Robertson Jennifer Robertson, 35, wife of local violent...
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DRUG ARRESTS MADE OVERNIGHT
SALINE CO.—Officers of the Southern Illinois Drug Task Force and deputies of the Saline County Sheriff’s Office made several drug arrests overnight, according to a press release by Saline County...
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Obama Waging War on Whistleblowers
NATIONAL—The Obama Administration has pulled down it’s 2008 campaign promises from it’s Change.gov website. Most importantly the promise to ‘protect whistleblowers’ which has disappeared from the...
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FAMILIES POLARIZED OVER FIRE CHIEF’S SUICIDE
HARDIN CO.—Despite plenty of information available, there are some in Hardin County who aren’t understanding the sequence of events that lead to the reporting of the death of Elizabethtown fire chief...
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What’s the Big Fracking Deal? Part One: Frac Sand Mining
Protesters of a frac-sand mine that will be operating on land adjacent to Starved Rock State Park in LaSalle County in North Central Illinois. LaSalle County – Starved Rock State Park looks to be one...
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Child rights activist holding fundraiser for Jessica Evans
WHITE CO.—A fundraiser is set to be held in the memory of Jessica Evans, the 17-year-old who was killed in late August 2012 during a camping trip. Evans’ benefactor is a man who has held other...
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