HALBROOK ANNOUNCES HE’LL NOT SEEK ILLINOIS HOUSE RE-ELECTION IN 2014
Monday, September 9, 2013 by Illinois Review SPRINGFIELD—Yet another Illinois House Republican says he won’t seek a second full term in 2014. Brad Halbrook Rep. Brad Halbrook says he will leave when...
View ArticleWILLOW’S LITTLE BROTHER TAKEN INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY BY DCFS
EFFINGHAM CO.—A spokesperson for Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has informed Disclosure that the brother of Willow Long was taken into protective custody on Tuesday. Willow Long’s...
View ArticleDISCREDITING OF “THIRD CRIME SCENE” IS UNFOUNDED AT THIS TIME
EFFINGHAM CO.—We’ve received reports that a mainstream news outlet is attempting to discredit us about the third crime scene in the Willow Long murder case. We just want to state for the record that we...
View ArticleHERE IS EVERYTHING THAT’S WRONG WITH THE YOUTH OF AMERICA TODAY
EFFINGHAM CO.—This guy is the very definition of uninformed. Also, a moron. Here’s what this lil m-ron was talking about: He’s got one thing right, and one thing only: he has the right to voice his...
View ArticleDriver air evac’d out after wreck on Highway 130
EDWARDS CO.—A wreck on Illinois 130 in Edwards County has left a driver with injuries and being flown from the scene. According to Edwards County Sheriff Darby Boewe, the wreck, which occurred shortly...
View ArticleVIDEO SHOWS TEARLESS ‘WEEPING’ FROM WILLOW’S GRANDMOTHER
EFFINGHAM CO.—Excellent work on the part of an Effingham County radio station, as conducted earlier today: Greg Sapp with 979 XFM (and WCRA AM 1090) obtained not just an audio interview with the...
View ArticleEIGHT-YEAR-OLD KILLED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, BUT…
…it happened two years ago. Mary Zumwalt Jophlin In the wake of the ongoing news pieces about Willow Long being murdered in Effingham County, a Facebook share has been making the rounds. It’s a link to...
View ArticleHOUSE FIRE SOUTH OF PARKERSBURG
RICHLAND CO.—A house caught on fire at 4565 Wayne Lane, Parkersburg, at approximately 7:45 this evening (Sept. 13). Several police and fire rescue vehicles could be seen from the road, but the house...
View ArticleFOSTER TO COSTON: ‘IF I COULD GIVE YOU MORE TIME, I WOULD’
WHITE CO.—Danny Coston is headed to inprocessing at DOC, where he will stay for the next 53 years; effectively, the rest of his natural life. And speaking about that 53-year sentence, after an...
View ArticlePIPE BOMB FOUND AT VINCENNES UNIVERSITY
VINCENNES, Ind.—Preliminary reports are, either police on patrol found, or a call to the Vincennes police station sent police out to locate, a pipe bomb this morning at 5 a.m. This photo was from:...
View ArticleSTARBUCKS CORPORATION TO GUN CARRYING CUSTOMERS: NOT IN OUR STORES
NATION — Starbucks Corporation, the largest coffeehouse company in the world, is about to become very inhospitable to its firearm carrying customers. The Seattle, Washington based coffee chain has...
View ArticleGRAND JURY BEING HELD TODAY IN WILLOW LONG DEATH CASE
EFFINGHAM CO.—We learned early this morning that a grand jury was being held today in the Willow Long murder case. For those who aren’t familiar with how the grand jury works, basically, this is going...
View ArticleTRUE BILLS OF INDICTMENT HANDED DOWN IN DERYKE CASE
EFFINGHAM CO.—The grand jury in Effingham has upheld the charges as issued against the man accused of murdering Willow Long. From Justin DeRyke’s Google+ page The grand jury has returned three true...
View ArticleBAND TEACHER CHARGED IN OUT-OF-STATE CHILD SEX ALLEGATIONS
OBLONG (CRAWFORD CO.)—Students at Oblong schools in Crawford County have been told that their band teacher has “family issues” and will “need to be gone for awhile” after the man was charged in...
View ArticleTHIS MONTH’S PRINT HEADLINES, SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2013!
Better late than never, here are your print headlines for the current issue of Disclosure, which hit the stands last Tuesday and Wednesday, September 10-11, almost eclipsed by the tragedy in Effingham...
View ArticleWhy we’re nowhere near the state park while the movie is being filmed
MAKANDA—There are a couple of reasons why, even after we’ve received copious messages, emails and calls about it, we’re not heading down to Giant City State Park while the filming of “Gone Girl” is...
View ArticleScanner traffic: Man attempting to break in to well-known Harrisburg woman’s...
HARRISBURG—Scanner traffic as of about 12:45 indicated a kind of scary scenario in Harrisburg: A well-known local woman, L’Erin Ragon, called in to police at that time, stating that a black man was...
View ArticleDERYKE APPEARS, ENTERS ‘NOT GUILTY’ PLEA TO ALL THREE MURDER CHARGES
EFFINGHAM CO.—The man accused of murdering little Willow Long has entered a plea in his case: not guilty to all three counts. This was expected today, as Justin DeRyke, 22, the uncle of the late Willow...
View ArticleDISCLOSURE STAFFER GETS HANDWRITTEN “CONFESSION” FROM JENNIFER INMAN
HEARTLAND – On nothing more than a hunch, a Disclosure staffer wrote a letter reaching out to alleged solicitor of murder, Jennifer Inman, who is being confined at the Douglas County Jail, where her...
View ArticleILLINOIS DNR TO 4-WHEELERS: $15 TAG!! YOU’RE IT!
Illinios – ATV riders need to prepare to start chipping in to help the grossly underfunded DNR budget after January 1, 2014. That’s when a new law requiring a $15 permit for four-wheelers is expected...
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