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LOCAL STATE’S ATTORNEYS AWARDED BY IDNR FOR WORK WITH CVs
BENTON, Ill. - Two downstate state's attorneys were awarded by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources yesterday in Benton at a regional meeting. Justin Hood, Hamilton County State's Attorney, and...
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DUI CHARGED IN GALLATIN COUNTY CRASH INVOLVING SHAWNEETOWN, HARRISBURG RESIDENTS
GALLATIN CO., Ill. - Two people were injured in an early-morning single-vehicle crash that authorities are attributing to alcohol. The accident occurred on Illinois Route 13 at Southwind Road in...
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Suspect threatens to kill officer and his children
SALINE CO.— A violent Harrisburg crim has been charged with a pair of felonies following a fight outside one of Harrisburg’s eateries. According to information filed in the case, at approximately 5:17...
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Hardin woman’s flight from justice over
Carrie FOUND HARDIN CO. – Missing her family proved a drawback for an alleged thief out of Hardin County on Friday, January 29. That was when Hardin law enforcement got word that Carrie Atkinson,...
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Speakeasy cigar caper lands doper behind bars
SALINE CO.— A Harrisburg man with drug and sticky finger convictions in his past has been charged with two counts of Theft after authorities say he took items from a city business that doesn’t play...
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Now Moutria not only is charged with felonies in Madison…but he has bad teeth...
SALINE CO. – Fewer and fewer people are becoming surprised at the ongoing legal problems of “Harrisburg resident” Dan Moutria, 52. Moutria, who landed in Harrisburg a couple of years ago from Madison...
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Harrisburg councilman charged: Drunk Driving
HARRISBURG – The arrest of a Harrisburg city commissioner for alleged DUI threw the area’s policing entities into somewhat of a temporary turmoil on the evening of Sunday, February 14…less than two...
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Heroic Richland County man wins a victory in difficult court battle
This grainy screencap of a dashcam video obtained in the case of Isaac Capps against police and troopers in Benton shows the moment, about 14 minutes in, where Capps, the subject of an interstate...
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CHESS CLUB DOCUMENTS
In part Despite so many saying for so long that the club didn’t exist, multiple sources have come forward with stories of massive parties, including a Halloween costume party, during which the...
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MURRAY COAL CITED FOR DISCHARGE IN GALATIA AREA
SALINE CO., Ill. - The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency got involved in a coal waste discharge issue near Galatia, press information indicates. According to the release, American Coal in...
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HERRIN MAN SENTENCED ON HEROIN OFFENSES
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS - On February 10, 2016, James N. Taylor, a/k/a “James Taylor, Jr.”, “James Taylor, II,” and “Oolie,” 47, Herrin, Ill., was sentenced for heroin...
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THREE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS RESIDENTS PLEAD GUILTY TO CRACK COCAINE OFFENSE
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS - On February 9, 2016, three southern Illinois residents pled guilty to a crack cocaine offense, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern...
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MARION PRISON INMATE SENTENCED TO AN ADDITIONAL 6 ½ YEARS FOR SERIOUSLY...
William Fuller III, 40, an inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Benton to an additional term of 77 months in prison for...
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MAN WITH GUN TELLS HARDIN COUNTY COPS TO ‘SHOOT HIM’
HARDIN CO., Ill. - An incident tonight in Elizabethtown started out brazen and ended up crazy. According to sources in Hardin County, the whole thing started at about 8:30 p.m. this evening (Tuesday,...
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MORE MINE LAYOFFS: ALLIANCE CORPORATE CALLING IT TEMPORARY
HAMILTON CO., Ill. - Employees of Alliance mine in Macedonia (Hamilton County) have advised that there are 192 miners being laid off at that location. The employees have advised that Alliance is...
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RANDOLPH COUNTY RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR FEDERAL METH OFFENSE
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS - On February 3, 2016, Randall A. Miller, 25, of Percy, was sentenced on a methamphetamine offense, the Acting United States Attorney for the...
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SALINE COUNTY WILL LET LAWSUIT STAND AGAINST STATE PENDING PAYMENTS
SALINE CO., Ill. - While White County has opted to dismiss its pending lawsuit against the state of Illinois after hearing from the state yesterday, Saline County has decided not to go that route just...
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MARION NATIVE INDICTED ON FEDERAL METH CHARGE
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS - Marion native Shara L Peyton née Smothers, 39, has been indicted on federal charges of one count of Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine more...
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IDIOCY ABOUNDS ON FACEBOOK: Harbory can no longer post menu on social...
MARION, Ill. - It's legal, it's Illinois tax dollars at work....and they can't put it on Facebook. And if anyone still wonders why we call it "Fecesbook," we'll hold up the topic of this post as a...
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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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