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DRUG TAKE-BACK SCHEDULED FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY
WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - Williamson County Sheriff Bennie Vick is proud to announce that the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office is participating in the next National Prescription Drug Take Back Event....
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Southern Illinois Roller Girls present Brawl-O-Ween
MARION, Ill. - On October 22, 2016, the Southern Illinois Roller Girls will be presenting an all day co-ed roller derby scrimmageathon. For this event, which has sold out of all 60 skater slots, they...
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What, exactly, is Billy Mikey Cummins doing now…?
Cummins' most recent mug...at least from August JACKSON/SALINE COs., Ill. - We received word earlier this week that one of Harrisburg's more notorious crims had been busted yet again. The person...
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FIVE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH METH OFFENSE
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS - Five southern Illinois residents were indicted on October 4, 2016, for a methamphetamine offense, the United States Attorney for the Southern...
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DRIVE-THRU AT ELDORADO HUCK’S TAKEN OUT THIS MORNING
Photo submitted ELDORADO, Ill. - Sleep or lack thereof may have been the cause of a misjudgment in space at a drive-thru this morning left quite a bit of damage at a local Huck's early today. Sources...
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HIGH-SPEED CHASE OUT OF FRANKLIN INTO JEFFERSON ENDS WITH STOP STRIPS
FRANKLIN/JEFFERSON COs., Ill. - A crazy car chase out of Franklin County last night, at twice the limit across communities where the posted speed barely exceeds 35 mph, ended in spike strips in...
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Saline has OTHER races on the ballot, too
SALINE CO. – There are other races on Saline County ballot besides the state’s attorney’s race (see back page article for that). To wit: There are actually going to be losers in the county board seat...
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The day Tarable Wallace has been dreading for three and a half years has arrived
HARDIN CO. – The day that Tara Wallace has dreaded since about June 2013 is about to arrive. Wallace is the incumbent state’s attorney in Hardin County, and the date June 2013 is when she fell – with...
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Pope County: Incumbent sees challenge for county board seat
POPE CO. – There isn’t a lot to say about the election in Pope County except that they’re having one. Apparently, though, folks in Pope seem to be okay with their elected officials, who are doing as...
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What’s going on in Gallatin County that there are no contested offices?
GALLATIN CO. – In recent years, interest in public office in Gallatin County has dwindled exponentially. What once was a hotbed of political competition has now become a passive little southern...
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First price increase in four and a half years coming in November
You’re looking at a rare sight here – several of the initial issues from 2003, the first year of Disclosure’s publication. These have become so rare that people have sold them on eBay and other outlets...
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Have stunts pulled in prosecutor’s race implicated county clerk?
COUNTY CLERK KIM BUCHANAN SALINE CO. – If folks aren’t appalled enough at the level of stunts pulled in this election season’s presidential race, they have no further to look than the state’s...
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Alleged sex assault muddies county race
WILLIAMSON CO. – The election season 2016 may be one for the record books regarding prosecutors having to make a decision on whether or not to charge candidates for wrongdoing during the election...
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Conspiracy to control state politics uncovered in southern counties
SALINE CO.— The tale of exactly how a lowly prison janitor was plucked out of his broom closet to become a bank executive and ultimately a candidate for state senate is actually not as unusual as some...
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PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK SET FOR SALINE COUNTY
HARRISBURG, Ill. – The Saline County Sheriff’s Office will be participating in another round of the Prescription Drug Take Back program. The event is scheduled for this Saturday, October 22, 2016 from...
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FATALITY IN SALINE COUNTY SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH
SALINE CO., Ill. - A West Frankfort woman is dead after a single-vehicle crash yesteday on Illinois oute 3. Illinois State Police, who assisted Saline County working the crash, said it occurred just...
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POLICE PRESENCE ON COLLEGE STREET CONNECTED TO GAP BREAK-IN, THEFT
Submitted by a College Street reader HARRISBURG, Ill. - Many residents on College Street in Harrisburg were startled Tuesday morning (October 18) when at about 8 a.m., police converged on the...
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IDENTITY OF WOMAN KILLED IN ROUTE 34 CRASH RELEASED BY ISP
Photo submitted SALINE CO., Ill. - Illinois State Police have released the identity of the woman who was killed in the Thursday evening crash in Saline County. ISP said that the deceased has been...
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ANOTHER SHOOTING IN CARBONDALE; AUTHORITIES LOOKING FOR SUSPECT
CARBONDALE, Ill. - Another shooting has occurred in the city of Carbondale, and police are looking for help from the public in bringing the alleged suspect in. The incident occurred last night shortly...
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The out of touch, reaching out to the outraged, fails again
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS - Three weeks after probably the biggest faux pas a newspaper in southern Illinois has ever committed, The Southern Illinoisan, which could have just passed over the endorsement of a...
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