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Carmi woman jailed after call for domestic dispute
Beth Ann Allen CARMI, Ill. - A young Carmi woman was taken into custody following a domestic dispute with an apparent family member Tuesday. Perhaps the age gap had no bearing on the matter, but...
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Spring planting is near: Join the Arbor Day Foundation in February and...
PSA - Joining the Arbor Day Foundation is an ideal way to get in the mood for spring planting. Anyone who joins the Foundation in February 2019 will receive 10 free Colorado blue spruce trees or 10...
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INDIANA: Senate Committee approves Crime Victims Protection Bill
INDIANA - The Indiana legislature is making strides toward protecting the most vulnerable of crime victims, children...and while it could still be improved upon, new legislation should be a clarion...
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Marion City Police report covers activity in early February 2019
MARION, Ill. – Here’s your Marion City Police report for the time frame covering early February (the 2nd through the5th) 2019, when apparently the arrestees decided to step it up after slacking off a...
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Herrin City Police report for January’s end, 2019
HERRIN, Ill. – Here’s your Herrin Police Department weekly arrest report for the week ending January 28, 2019....and it includes a few juveniles behaving badly. Paul D. Kalpakoff, 29, Buncombe, was...
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Rural West Frankfort shooting being investigated
FRANKLIN CO., Ill. - Franklin County authorities have confirmed that they are investigating a shooting that occurred in the overnight hours last night (Tuesday, February 5 into Wednesday, Feb. 6)....
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Busy early February for Clay County Sheriff’s Department
CLAY CO., Ill. - The end of January was a mild one for Clay County Sheriff's Department deputies despite bitterly cold temperatures, but when the mercury rose at the beginning of February, so did the...
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Motion for Sanctions, Witness Tampering filed against Jasper Co. School District
By jmkraft on February 6, 2019 NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) – The Jasper County Community School District No. 1 has received a Motion for Sanctions against it alleging one of its employees committed witness...
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Dense fog blamed for Willow Hill woman’s accident with truck
JASPER CO., Ill. - Last night's dense fog is being called the reason for a collision that occurred on a Jasper County road near Willow Hill, which sent a local woman to the hospital in Olney. Illinois...
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Alleged ice-slinging stopped by Marion Police Narcotics Unit
MARION, Ill. - The Marion Police Department Narcotics Unit (MPDNU) has scored another hit. Earlier today (Thursday, February 7, 2019), the MPDNU arrested Jacob R. Diefenbach, 30, after an...
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High winds blow truck/semi off the interstate in White County
WHITE CO., Ill. - A semi driver from Florida probably didn't expect the high winds he encountered while on the interstate in White County earlier this morning, but with the weird weather front moving...
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Co-owner of newspaper sentenced in fatal DUI
MARION CO., Ill. - Newspaper ownership is rough. It can drive some of us to drink. Fortunately, however, most of us don't drive after said drinking. But that's not the case with Thomas Joy of...
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So you want $15 an hour for minimum wage, eh….?
ILLINOIS - You're probably going to get it. And if you think things in Illinois are in destructive mode now, just wait til this is implemented. While we've written about this before when the threat...
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Two arrested in connection with Franklin County shooting
Kyle Huetsch FRANKLIN CO., Ill. - A West Frankfort man is in custody in this week's shooting in Franklin County, and another individual was taken into custody apparently relative to the guy's arrest....
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Mt. Carmel woman sentenced for meth-slinging, burglary
Patricia Windle WABASH CO., Ill. - Too many infractions of the law has prompted a Mt. Carmel woman’s removal from the local rolls and submission to the state for some new digs at a women’s prison....
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Knox County, Ind., gets tornado touchdown Thursday
KNOX CO., Ind. - A southwestern Indiana county has received word that it was the site of an actual tornado touchdown yesterday, February 7. Knox County was the site of the tornado; they have the...
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Nitrites in water in Edgar County city; you DO know how that happens, right…?
CHRISMAN, Ill. - There's been a nitrite-in-the-water warning issued by the city of Chrisman in Edgar County as it pertains to their drinking water. Here's what the city released on their Facebook...
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Overnight accident in Clay County sends Jasper County man to Evansville hospital
CLAY CO., Ill. - A man from Yale in Jasper County was transported to an Evansville hospital after a single-vehicle accident this morning in Clay County. Illinois State Police have reported on the...
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SALINE COUNTY: Sentencings from January announced
SALINE CO., Ill. - Saline County's new State's Attorney, Molly Wilson Kasiar, hit the ground running when she took office in December, and the January sentencings show that she's ready and willing to...
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GALLATIN COUNTY: Junction woman dies in single-vehicle auto accident
GALLATIN CO., Ill. - Gallatin County Coroner Tony Cox has released information regarding a traffic accident that occurred this morning in the Shawneetown area, one which claimed the life of a local...
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