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New Humanist Forum: “Who Owns National TV News?”
CARBONDALE, Ill. - The next New Humanist Forum is Sunday, January 15th at 12:15pm at Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship, 105 N. Parrish Lane, Carbondale, Ill. Eileen R. Meehan, SIU professor in the...
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH OF I-70
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS - Welcome to winter weather, the first snowfall of which ensures whether or not people remember how to drive since the LAST snowfall we had. Everybody is kinda flipping out about the...
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MARION CITY POLICE REPORT, END OF DECEMBER/BEGINNING OF JANUARY
MARION, Ill. - There was quite the run of alleged criminal activity the last week or so of December 2016, and the first couple of days of January 2017, among them, a guy who is alleged to have offered...
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MAN STUCK ATOP DEVIL’S SMOKESTACK AT GotG
Garden of the Gods SALINE CO., Ill. - There's been no word on the outcome regarding a call earlier this afternoon about a man stuck atop a popular formation at Garden of the Gods on the Saline County...
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CANADIAN RESCUED FROM ICY PERCH AT GotG
One of the markers at Garden of the Gods SALINE/HARDIN COs., Ill. - A young man from Canada is very fortunate that the rescuers from Hardin County know their way around Garden of the Gods, and more...
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CANADIAN RESCUED FROM GotG IDENTIFIED
Gillis on top of the smokestack SALINE CO., Ill. - The Canadian man who had to be rescued from a rock formation at Garden of the Gods yesterday has been identified by authorities. According to a press...
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ARRESTS MADE IN STOLEN CAR, WEAPONS INCIDENT AT CIRCLE K, MURPHYSBORO
Action early this morning at the Circle K JACKSON CO., Ill. - Authorities were called to the scene of yet another Circle K robbery very early this morning, this one in Murphysboro in Jackson...
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ATKINSON HEARING CONTINUED TO NEXT THURSDAY
William "Bill" Atkinson, Saline County Detention Center mugshot SALINE CO., Ill. - A well-known Harrisburg man's preliminary hearing on sex assault charges has been moved to next week. Bill Atkinson,...
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HERRIN MAN TURNS HIMSELF IN ON WARRANT ON LIVE FACEBOOK VID
From Derrick Edwards' Facebook page WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - A young Herrin man is at least having a realistic (and somewhat amusing) attitude about his alleged misdeeds. Derrick Edwards is the man seen...
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JACKSON COUNTY MAN SENTENCED FOR METH OFFENSES
JACKSON/PERRY COs., Ill. - On January 11, 2017, Charles W. Yearian, a/k/a “Chuckie,” 40, of Murphysboro, was sentenced to federal prison for methamphetamine offenses, Donald S. Boyce, United States...
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Somebody please tell TWC to stop naming winter storms…
Be prepared.... ILLINOIS - We're the subject of another "take it easy when driving on icy roads" press release from Illinois State Police District 12 out of Effingham, and they're referencing another...
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ISP District 19 announces 2016 Activity and Enforcement
CARMI, Ill. - Illinois State Police District 19 Commander Captain Cory Ristvedt announced today activity and enforcement figures for calendar year 2016. Troopers in District 19, which includes Wabash,...
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Marion Police report highlights activity over just a couple of days
MARION, Ill. - The Marion police report for activity in the city is fairly heavy considering that it covers only a couple of work: January 9th through the 11th....and it includes a couple of...
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XTRA: Need for clean home may have prompted Big John shoplifting incident
Tracy A. Patton SALINE CO.— A Shawneetown woman has been charged with walking out of an Eldorado store with household cleaning items without bothering to pay for them. Court documents show that Tracy...
View ArticleHarrisburg repeat drunk driver busted for DUI in Shawneetown
GALLATIN CO.— A Harrisburg repeat drunk driver, recently out of prison for DUI, could be headed back if convicted in Gallatin County. The criminal history of Johnathan Cody Lightner, 31, of 1400 Butler...
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Decision to be made about babydaddy in Hardin County
BREAUNA KUMOREK HARDIN CO. – An embarrassing situation has emerged for a young Hardin County gal whose opinion of herself has probably overgrown reality, due to her most recent job. Breauna Kumorek,...
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Harrisburg ‘Gypsy’ facing drug charges following traffic stop
James Robert “Gypsy” Shoulders SALINE CO.— A Harrisburg man who has spent the better part of a decade in prison is now facing felony drug charges. According to reports, the incident began to unfold...
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Barefoot escape of West Frankfort man short lived
Charles Scott Moore SALINE CO.— An unemployed West Frankfort man, wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant, earned himself another felony charge after he was found with dope in Saline County. According...
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Anna Bixby alleged felon gets more traffic citations; bond still not revoked
KYLE EICHORN AND TERRIE WINGO EICHORN SALINE CO. – One of the women who is hemmed up in a major set of theft and fraud counts in Saline County managed to get in trouble yet again…and it appears she...
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Foil of meth spilled on floor sparks domestic violence
David M. Parker SALINE CO.— It appears that a convicted doper and her live-in drug provider got on each other’s nerves after he claims he ran out of meth. The story unfolded December 29, 2016 at 4:41...
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