READ THE LEAD: Still no charges, arrests, in barroom brawl
One of the biggest problems facing southern Illinois is centered around the law and the courts, and mainly pertains to errant police officers. The piece-of-feces Billy “PeeWee” Darnell. We have whole...
View ArticlePOLICE MAKE ARRESTS IN WALMART COOKWARE THIEVERY
ROBINSON, Ill.—A pair of women have been arrested and charged in the alleged filching of some very specific Walmart items. Victoria Christy Victoria Christy, 34, and Samantha Christy, 27, both of...
View ArticleNo Pants Subway Ride Day hits trains worldwide
FoxNews.com January 12, 2014 Photo courtesy blogs.independent.co.uk If you’re riding the train today and see people without pants – don’t fret – you’re not seeing things. This Sunday is the annual No...
View ArticleWest Virginia chemical spill: Gov says tests are ‘encouraging,’ gives no...
FoxNews.com January 12, 2014 Photo courtesy abcnews.go.com As hundreds of thousands of people in West Virginia are in the middle of their fourth day without clean tap water following a chemical spill,...
View ArticleREAD THE LEAD: Search continues for missing woman in Hardin, Gallatin
This particular Read the Lead was hard-fought-for, as well as unfortunately fraught with some mistakes owing to misperceptions on the part of sources. Chrissy Williams, missing since December 2, 2013...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court could decide how you watch TV
TheDailyDot By Sarah Weber on January 11, 2014Email www.aprsworld.com The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday to accept a case that could have a broad-ranging impact on how we view television on the...
View ArticleCRAZY AFTERNOON DOWN BY THE PARK IN HARRISBURG
HARRISBURG, Ill.—While we’re still gathering details, it appears that one of Saline County’s more prolific crims burst back into the headlines this afternoon with a stunning display of stupid not far...
View ArticleNightly NewsCap: Jade brings the headlines to you in AUDIO
Here’s our lovely Jade with the Nightly NewsCap for the evening of Monday, January 13, 2014….This is Jade’s first NewsCap, so go easy on her Topics covered include: Pharmacy break-in in Rosiclare...
View ArticleFuture Cop Says Protesters Should be Exterminated in “Gas Chambers”
Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com January 13, 2014 A man claiming to be a trainee Sheriff’s Deputy posted a threatening Facebook message aimed at Cop Block, an organization which advocates filming police...
View ArticleSECOND UPDATE ON ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FLU TREATMENT
Here’s the latest from Tom Shaer, spokesperson for Illinois Department of Corrections, on the flu conditions that have affected correctional facilities statewide. Six correctional centers are...
View ArticleRetired Cop Accused of Murdering Man at Cinema for Texting
Associated Press theguardian.com January 14, 2014 TheGaurdian(AP)-Police vehicles outside the Cobb Grove movie theatre in Wesley Chapel, Florida, after one moviegoer shot another during an argument...
View ArticleREAD THE LEAD: Turmoil in school district over…but with casualties
Nothing will get a community heated up faster than problems within their school district. Parents are the first to reach the boiling point; they take out their frustrations on school board members,...
View ArticleBODY FOUND IN JACKSON COUNTY
JACKSON CO., Ill–While details are few, we have confirmed that the body of a white female has been found, reportedly in south Jackson County. Attempts to contact Jackson County sheriff Bob Burns have...
View ArticleCOUNTY BOARD MEMBER GIVES INFO ON THEFTS FROM CIRCUIT CLERK’S OFFICE
WILLIAMSON CO., Ill.—Information provided by Williamson County board member Ron Ellis this morning is shedding more light on the situation regarding alleged theft from the county’s circuit clerk’s...
View ArticleOFFICIALS IN JACKSON “CONFIDENT THE BODY FOUND IS NOT WILLIAMS”
JACKSON CO., Ill.—Officials with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department in Murphysboro have told Disclosure that they are “confident” that the body of a woman found this morning south of Carbondale is...
View ArticleSCENES FROM POLICE ACTIVITY AT HARRISBURG PARK YESTERDAY
HARRISBURG, Ill.—Turns out there was apparently a lot more activity at the park in Harrisburg yesterday afternoon (Monday, 01.13.14) than just Kently Nowakowski getting chased down an alley and...
View ArticleFirst state to approve conjugal visits prepares to end program, citing costs
By Barnini Chakraborty January 13, 2014 FoxNews.com Photo courtesy vocativ.com WASHINGTON – Starting next month, prisoners in Mississippi will no longer be legally allowed to get busy behind bars....
View ArticleKelly Thomas Verdict: Cops Now Have License to Murder
Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com January 14, 2014 The acquittal of two Fullerton, California police officers in the beating death of Kelly Thomas, a homeless man who was pummeled into a coma as he...
View ArticleNightly NewsCap: Jade once again rounds up the headlines in AUDIO
Here’s our Jade once again bringing you the headlines for the evening of Tuesday, January 14, 2014! Topics covered include: Information released on Williamson County circuit clerk’s office thefts; body...
View ArticleREAD THE LEAD: Drowning remains a mystery
One of the frustrating aspects of operating a news organization that doesn’t fear any powers-that-be is watching other media organizations who bow and scrape to the powers-that-be reporting half the...
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