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MARION MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO OBTAINING ANABOLIC STEROIDS FROM CHINA
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS - James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today, that on January 28, 2016, Matthew Short, 29,...
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CARRIE ATKINSON APPREHENDED FRIDAY
HARDIN CO., Ill. - A woman well-known for her questionable antics, and who was on the front page of the January Special Edition just a few weeks ago, is in custody after being caught yesterday by...
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BRIEFS FROM AROUND THE DISCLOSURE AREA, 01.31.16
Since there was such a lack of news this weekend (after a fairly hectic news week right before), we figured your best bet was to get a little bit of roundup in one post. While that does nothing for the...
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FORMER BOOKKEEPER FOR PINCKNEYVILLE RURAL FIRE DISTRICT PLEADS GUILTY TO MAIL...
U.S. DIST. COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS - Tammy L. Kellerman, 53, of Pinckneyville, Illinois, the former bookkeeper for the Pinckneyville Rural Fire Protection District (PRFPD), pled guilty...
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ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES CRACKDOWN ON BANKRUPTCY FRAUD
U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS - Earlier today, three individuals were indicted in three separate cases for bankruptcy fraud, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern...
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HARRISBURG POLICE PRESENCE AT MIDDLE SCHOOL IS DUE TO BULLYING
HARRISBURG, Ill. - The increased police presence at Harrisburg Middle School today isn't due to a threat, lockdown, flag, or anything else. We've been advised that it's merely because there has been...
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ILLINOIS STATE POLICE PREPARE FOR 50th SUPER BOWL WEEKEND
ISP DISTS. 12, 19/SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois State Police (ISP) officials unveiled enforcement plans for the 50th Super Bowl weekend. ISP Troopers will strictly enforce moving violations with an...
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Coin event brings out the trash of Saline County….
SALINE CO., Ill. - The glee we all felt over the neatness of the Shawnee National Forest being engraved on a U.S. Mint coin was kind of dampened when a couple of Saline County's smarmiest turned up at...
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WEST FRANKFORT MAN CONVICTED OF DIVERTING MEDICAL MARIJUANA
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS - A West Frankfort man, convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana and Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, was sentenced to 27...
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HARRISBURG CITY COUNCIL SPENDS MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT FECES THAN COPS
Harrisburg Mayor Dale Fowler HARRISBURG, Ill. - Tonight's Harrisburg City Council meeting was more about poop than it was about the human feces that are causing the county to file 1.5 felonies a day....
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Political candidates: Oh, how quickly we forget….
Jason Kasiar SALINE CO., Ill./118th DISTRICT - We've been cracking up lately over how much ink Brandon Phelps' challenger for the 118th District seat has been getting. We're cracking up, not because...
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DEBRIS BURN IN MARION GETS OUT OF CONTROL; EXPLOSIONS HEARD
No citations issued, however MARION, Ill. - Two squad cars and a Marion Fire Department engine responded quickly today to reports of a fire on Stanford Avenue in Marion. Huge billowing pillars of black...
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HARRISBURG: Be sure you get your water surveys in, or the EPA popo might get...
We have to go through this every so often, these water surveys. And my wife just can't stand it. She finds these intrusive and unnecessary...because really, what on earth has CHANGED about a little...
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MORE FROM SALINE COUNTY ON THE LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
SALINE CO., Ill. - The State of Illinois recently paid Saline County $105,030.29 in required statutory reimbursements for the salaries of the State’s Attorney, Public Defender and Supervisor of...
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AND NOW, TWITTER: Ongoing efforts to control what YOU read on the Internet
While we have plenty of people ready to start slapping tinfoil hats on those of us who live this every day, now, the ongoing effort to funnel and filter what YOU read on YOUR feeds has hit Twitter...
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HARRISBURG SCHOOLS CLOSED THIS MORNING FOR BOMB THREAT SWEEP
HARRISBURG, Ill. - Apparently the all-clear has yet to be given, but it appears the bomb threat was an empty one at Harrisburg Middle School this morning. Our original post on the threat, "Harrisburg...
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HARRISBURG SUPERINTENDENT GAUCH: BOMB SQUAD CAME IN OVERNIGHT TO SWEEP SCHOOL
HARRISBURG, Ill. - The effort put forth to ensure student safety at Harrisburg Middle School today was actually a bit more herculean than first thought. Superintendent Mike Gauch just advised about...
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PERRY COUNTY MAN SENTENCED ON EXPLOSIVES AND FIREARM CHARGES
From Samuel Dunson's Facebook page U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS - A Perry County man was sentenced on February 10, 2016, to federal prison on explosives and firearms charges,...
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THEFT FROM HARRISBURG HUCK’S LANDS LOCAL IN JAIL
Tabitha Binkley and the ubiquitous mugshot tatt (considered such because it's positioned to be prominent in Saline's mug shots) HARRISBURG, Ill. - A local girl is the one suspected of a rather brazen...
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RED ZONE SPORTS BAR ALLEGED TO BE VIOLATING LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - A residency requirement is the basis for a license pull at a popular bar in Williamson County...but after a bit of gyrations, the license was put in order. One of the...
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