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Tour the Chicken Coops of Carbondale!
CARBONDALE, Ill. - Carbondale keeps finding new and unique ways to attract tourists to the community. Below is a press release about one of them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Keep...
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BENTON: Police still searching for man allegedly involved in shooting
From Alan Bennett's Facebook page BENTON, Ill. - Authorities are still searching for a man who is alleged to have shot a woman at her home in Benton Sunday afternoon, May 28. Police say that Alan W....
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Cave-in-Rock man seeks protection from ex-wife and son he says are...
RODNEY STEWART HARDIN CO.— A Cave-in-Rock man with a history of violence and driving drunk has taken out a set of orders of protection claiming his ex-wife and minor son worked together in an attempt...
View ArticleRidgway teen sentenced to 12 months
GALLATIN CO.— Aaron E. Johnson, 19, of 520 East Main St., Ridgway, has been sentenced after pleading guilty to one of a pair of misdemeanor charges. Johnson was facing charges of Unlawful Use of...
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’rado man jailed after arguing with girlfriend
DEREK TRAVELSTEAD SALINE CO.— An Eldorado convicted felon with a history of violence has been charged with a domestic. According to information filed in the case, on May 10, at 11:07 p.m. Eldorado...
View ArticleGolconda man charged with burglary, giving drug to minor
POPE CO.— A Golconda pair are in some serious trouble after authorities say they took off with items that didn’t belong to them and one of the pair gave a drug to a minor. Jacob L. Dunstan, 18, of 625...
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Serial criminal charged with stealing checkbook
Misty Rector GALLATIN CO.— A serial criminal with convictions in multiple downstate counties has been charged with thieving, for which she has been prosecuted in the past. Information filed in the case...
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Victim thumps burglar with board, neighbors hold for police
NATHAN MOORE SALINE CO.— A West Frankfort man has been jailed after police say he was thumped with a board by the woman whose garage he broke into. According to information filed in the case, on May...
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Peoples fires back at racketeering charges
(This is a continuation of the coverage of the massive lawsuit filed against Peoples National Bank [PNB] by Grand Rivers Community Bank [GRCB] back in March, which coverage was abrupted in the May 2017...
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Harrisburg woman seeks to help those abused
Nicole Bryant SALINE CO. – A Harrisburg woman is reaching out to women in the southern Illinois area after a horrific event of domestic battery nearly claimed the life of her daughter. Christy Bryant...
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BATTERY CHARGED
Brittany Lane WILLIAMSON CO. – A woman known for her proclivity for cops is back in the headlines again after an alleged physical altercation with her most recent state trooper babydaddy. Brittany L....
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Community rallies against violence
XZAVIER GIBBS HARRISBURG – Harrisburg is finally coming to figure out just how the many shootings, burglaries and physical attacks over the past five years or so have come to pass …and who, ultimately,...
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Three years later, Pravin Varughese’s death makes Investigation Discovery
CARBONDALE, Ill. - The people who are actively stifling the investigation into the February 2014 death of SIU-C student Pravin Varughese are probably enduring some puckering right now owing to the...
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HIKERS LOST AT BELL SMITH SPRINGS
A view from the Blue Trail at Bell Smith Springs POPE CO., Ill. - At sundown this evening, two people have been reported missing at Bell Smith Springs in the Eddyville area of Pope County. Rescuers are...
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Marion Police report for end of May is a BUSY one
MARION, Ill. - Marion City Police had a busy Memorial Day weekend last weekend, and the police report reflects it. Bailey Atterberry, 20 of Marion has been issued a citation for Obstructing/Resisting...
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY: Sheriff Vick announces upcoming Traffic Safety Campaign
WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - Williamson County Sheriff Bennie Vick would like to announce an upcoming Traffic Safety campaign. Through the next several weeks, Roadside Safety Checks will be scheduled during...
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FRANKLIN COUNTY HOSPITAL FIRE; BOMB THREAT REPORTED
FRANKLIN CO., Ill. - A fire was reported at Franklin Hospital in Benton at just before 6 p.m. this evening, Sunday, June 4, 2017. We don't know the extent of the fire but we do know that mutual aid...
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PRESS CONFERENCE AT FIRE DEPARTMENT TO UPDATE ON BOMB THREAT AT FRANKLIN...
Chief Operations Officer Derek Johnson, left, and Benton Fire Chief Shane Cockrum BENTON, Ill. - Several phone towers are being pinged tonight after two bomb threats were called in at Franklin Hospital...
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THIS ISSUE’S PRINT HEADLINES, JUNE 2017!!
The site's rockin today so we took time out of the increasingly-hectic schedule to show you what's in the current issue on stands right now with THIS ISSUE'S PRINT HEADLINES! Print Headlines are what...
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HARRISBURG GIVES BACK: Pool parties being planned
HARRISBURG, Ill. - A wonderful idea has emerged from the community forum held a couple of weeks ago in Harrisburg. A local woman, Cindy Winters, has issued this press release: "I am making a challenge...
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