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Police keep close eye on reports of disturbing ‘knockout’ game
By Morgan Winsor, CNN updated 6:22 PM EST, Sun November 24, 2013 New York (CNN) – A sick so-called game known as “knockout” — where teens appear to randomly sucker-punch strangers with the goal of...
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Hollenbeck’s heroism, the evil of Inman, & failures of our system in hitman case
DOUGLAS CO.—The continuation of the series involving a woman whose exploits and subsequent arrest have spanned the Heartland and leads all the way down into Egypt in deep southern Illinois continues...
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Robbery of convenience store, manhunt highlight keep Wabash lawmen busy
WABASH CO.—Aside from Danny McNew’s antics at the beginning of the month of November (see related story), the rest of it has been a slow mover for criminal activity. Getting physical On Nov. 3,...
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Prosecutor torments 12-year-old boy as personal vendetta continues
HARDIN CO.— Hardin County State’s Attorney Tara Wallace has lost yet another bid to convict a woman she has targeted since being elected to office, simply because the woman wrote something on her...
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Terrorism at Edgar County Airport
EDGAR CO.—The investigation into the death of an Edgar County pilot took a dramatic turn on the evening of Monday, November 18, 2013. That was when two airplanes, owned by Bryan Phillips of Terre...
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Jailed 90+ days with no charges — County liable for prosecutor
HARDIN CO.— When Robert Trigg, 30, and his wife Deena Schuff, 26, were arrested in Rosiclare in July they had no idea the nightmare in the guise of state’s attorney Tara Wallace that was about to be...
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Meetings questioned
WILLIAMSON CO.—A happenstance overhear of an apparently unscheduled and therefore, unagenda’d, meeting of Williamson County board members has raised questions over how many full board meetings are...
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Meetings questioned
WILLIAMSON CO.—A happenstance overhear of an apparently unscheduled and therefore, un-agenda’d, meeting of Williamson County board members has raised questions over how many full board meetings are...
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MULTIPLE MURDER COUNTS CHARGED
WILLIAMSON CO.—A Johnston City woman is awaiting extradition from Tennessee after authorities have alleged that she murdered another Johnston City woman in mid-November. Tamera Williams, 30, is being...
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MULTIPLE murder counts charged
WILLIAMSON CO.—A Johnston City woman is awaiting extradition from Tennessee after authorities have alleged that she murdered another Johnston City woman in mid-November. Tamera Williams, 30, is being...
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Unstable wannabe tries Watch group
SALINE CO.— The public’s differing view of whether or not George Zimmerman, who brought more fame as well as shame on the Neighborhood Watch program than any single individual, did the right or wrong...
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The Government’s Secret Plan to Shut Off Cellphones and the Internet, Explained
“I find it hard to imagine why an internet kill switch would ever be a good idea, short of some science fiction scenario.” Dana Liebelson Mother Jones November 26, 2013 Photoillustration by Matt...
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Nightly NewsCap! Lyndi is back with the headlines from the past 24 hours and...
Here’s Lyndi with your Nightly NewsCap for the evening of Tuesday, November 26, 2013, after a busy day of deliveries of the BRAND NEW December SPECIAL EDITION (there will be another paper in December,...
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MOTORCYCLE V. SEMI IN HARDIN COUNTY
HARDIN CO., Ill.—A traffic accident at the intersection of a heavily-trafficked Hardin County roadway has brought out large response in the deep southern Illinois County. While details are scant, we’ve...
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A wreck in Williamson County leaves one young woman with sever injuries
Williamson County, IL - The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a Traffic Crash that occurred at about 1:07 AM on Tuesday, November 26, 2013. The accident occurred when...
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FTA WARRANT LEADS TO DOPE BUST IN MT. CARMEL
** MT. CARMEL – On November 26, 2013, the Mt. Carmel Police went to 1515 W. 3rd Street (Town & Country Motel) to serve a warrant on Andrew J. Kocher. Kocher, age 44, was wanted on a failure to...
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LAWRENCEVILLE MAN ARRESTED IN MT. CARMEL FOR DUI, BATTERY, DRIVING WHILE...
** Mt. Carmel – On November 24th, Mt. Carmel Police responded to a call from Wabash General Hospital. Mt. Carmel Police were made aware of a battery that occurred in the 300 block of East 2nd Street...
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TEENAGED CARTEL KILLER WHO BEHEADED FOUR PEOPLE OUT OF JAIL & HEADING FOR U.S.
** Sara Morrison TheWire.com Yahoo!News Edgar Jimenez Lugo, or “El Ponchis,” is an admitted member of Mexico’s Beltran Leyva drug cartel and a four-time murderer. And, as of early this morning, he’s...
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CARTEL KILLER OF THOUSANDS MAY GO FREE — ALLEGES TORTURE BY MEXICAN POLICE
** Joseph J. Kolb FoxNews.com November 27, 2013 EL PASO, TEXAS – Lawyers for a Mexican cartel enforcer suspected of killing thousands of people in Juarez and now facing trial here for the murder of...
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GIRLS ESCAPE KNIFE-WIELDING STEPFATHER AFTER MONTHS OF CAPTIVITY
** Elliott C. McLaughlin CNN.com November 27, 2013 TUSCON, ARIZONA – Two girls claiming they’d been held captive for several months or more in “filthy living conditions” told police they ran to a...
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