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ACTIVE NIGHT IN HARRISBURG, INCLUDING MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
HARRISBURG—Police have had their hands full on the first day of September in Harrisburg. At just after 1 a.m., a car-motorcycle accident occurred on Commercial Drive (U.S. 45) and Sloan, at the...
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ISP RELEASES INFO ON SALINE CO. CAR v. CYCLE
HARRISBURG—Here’s the official press information from Illinois State Police District 19, which worked the accident last night on Commercial and Sloan in Harrisburg. The personal injury crash occurred...
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HARRISBURG BUSINESS MANAGER IN DEADLY MOTORCYCLE CRASH, ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS—One of the managers (CORRECTED) of a popular Harrisburg eatery died yesterday in a motorcycle accident in St. Louis. Mike O. Evans, 32, a manager at Morello’s restaurant in Harrisburg, was...
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No, Lacye…you were banned because you ceased making SENSE
Regular readers might have been following the nonsense rantings of this libwhack on our Facebook page: This raving nutwad was on our page bitching about a perfectly valid subject—Obamacare—telling us...
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FRANKLIN COUNTY OFFICIALS LEADING SEARCH AT REND LAKE
REND LAKE—Authorities are still searching an area of Rend Lake this evening after a young woman was reported to have gone into the water and not resurfaced. Our sources at the scene have reported that...
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STARTLING INFORMATION IN THE MOLLY YOUNG CASE
JACKSON/PERRY Cos.—While there have been no recent developments on the investigatory end in the case of the death of Molly Young, there have been some indirect matters occur recently. Almost...
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SEARCHERS STILL LOOKING FOR MISSING TEEN AT REND LAKE
FRANKLIN CO. (Rend Lake)—A teen missing from a pontoon boat yesterday morning is still the subject of a search out on Rend Lake this morning. From Emilie Turrentine’s Facebook page The 18-year-old,...
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ATV ACCIDENT SENDS TWO JUVENILE GIRLS TO THE HOSPITAL
CARRIER MILLS—Saline County authorities have issued a press release on an incident that occurred Saturday in Carrier Mills. According to the press information, two St. Clair County youths were injured...
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BODY OF MISSING CARMI TEEN FOUND AT REND LAKE
FRANKLIN CO.—The body of a young woman who went missing yesterday morning at Rend Lake has been found. from Emilie Jo Turrentine’s Facebook page According to our sources at the scene, the body of...
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MOLLY YOUNG CASE: HERE’S ONE OF THE KEY ISP AGENTS INVOLVED
JACKSON CO.—The situation with the death of Molly Young, a Carbondale woman who lost her life March 24, 2012, to a single gunshot wound to the head, has captured the attention of southern Illinois and...
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COSTON’S GIRLFRIEND SET FOR JURY TRIAL IN JANUARY
WHITE CO.—At the hearing this morning in White County for a convicted murderer’s girlfriend, a jury trial date was set. Whether things will get to that point, however, remain to be seen. Candice Brown,...
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MAN ACCUSED IN CARBONDALE SHOOTING PLEADS NOT GUILTY
JACKSON CO.—The man who is alleged to have shot another on East Jackson Street in Carbondale in late July entered a plea of “not guilty” yesterday in Jackson County court. Ronald Sanders Jr. In a case...
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What the hell is it with all the car chases or crashes lately??
WILLIAMSON CO.—One of our southern Illinois counties has been plagued with high-speed car chases or erratic driving leading to crashes over the past couple of days. The first went down Sunday...
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ANNY COLLECTOR ON THE RUN? WHITE COUNTY THINKS SO
WHITE CO.—A weekend incident in White County has turned very painful for a Maunie man, and authorities are on the lookout for a car believed to have been used in the commission of an alleged meth...
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NEWSBLAST: VILLAGE BOARD OVERRIDES CHIPPENDALES; **UPDATE**
ELIZABETHTOWN—A village business’ liquor license was on the line and was the subject of discussion at a meeting in Elizabethtown, called specifically for this issue. Here’s our new correspondent Lyndi...
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CARMI MAYOR CITED FOR OPERATING WATERCRAFT UNDER INFLUENCE
FRANKLIN/WHITE Cos.—Carmi’s mayor has been cited for Operating a Watercraft Under the Influence of Alcohol following a boating incident at Rend Lake this weekend. Jeff Pollard, in a photo from the...
View ArticleUPDATE: DOPE AND PARAPHERNALIA FALL FROM CEILING TILES IN COP SHOP
UPDATE 7 p.m. We’ve just talked to Bob Boone…and the PD has it all figured out. Turns out that after there was a significant break-in at city hall/PD in 1985, in which the burglar/thief accessed the PD...
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CONTINGENT OF BIKERS LINE THE STREETS FOR MAN’S FUNERAL
HARRISBURG—Services being held for Mike O. Evans, the young Harrisburg man killed in a tragic motorcycle accident in St. Louis Saturday night, are about to wrap up at the Harvest Deliverance Center on...
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Are people really this confused?
WHITE CO.—We just got a tipline call from someone who appears to be a little confused, and we thought you might be interested in it. Here’s the call: Call Now, here’s what’s wrong with her complaint:...
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ARSONIST SENTENCED IN SALINE COUNTY COURT
SALINE CO.—A convicted arsonist in Harrisburg is headed to DOC. John W. “Bub” Lutwinski, 2010 mugshot John W. (Bub) Lutwinski, 43, of Harrisburg, has entered a guilty plea and was sentenced today...
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