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Gallatin squatters arrested
Jeremy Johnson Jessica Cox Austin Perrone GALLATIN CO. – A local couple whose brazen antics in a house in which they’d been squatting for months has been arrested and charged in Gallatin County…and...
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City sued over business default
HARRISBURG – Another project by Dale Fowler has put the city of Harrisburg in a bad position and a local business in the hot seat after an alleged default on a loan. Fowler, now 59th Senate district...
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MARION: Police report for December 8 through 14th with some new names
MARION, Ill. – It’s been a while since we’ve had a report on what Marion PD have been up to, so let’s remedy that…here ya go, police activity in Marion from December 8 through December 14, 2017, with...
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Watch out!! Sheriff Vick is running another Traffic Safety Campaign
WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - Because he wants you to be informed as well as driving safely, Williamson County Sheriff Bennie Vick would like to announce an upcoming Traffic Safety campaign. Through the next...
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Williamson County commissioner candidate dies
Steve Reiter is shown here at his radio job at WINI in Murphysboro from 2016; he lost the job when he, on-air, called Williamson County Commissioner Brent Gentry a “child molester” and accused him of...
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Former police chief dies in two vehicle collision, Herrin
JACK NOTE: As of today - Tuesday, January 2 - ISP finally identified both Mitchell and Nelson; here's their presser, which we received this afternoon: Illinois State Police Zone 7 Investigations is...
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Sesser man killed in single-vehicle crash, Franklin Couty
FRANKLIN CO, Ill. - Illinois State Police said that a man from Sesser lost his life in a single-vehicle crash that occurred at about 10:30 p.m.last night, Tuesday, January 2. ISP said that preliminary...
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Phelps Finnie votes to override veto of Student Loan Bill of Rights, measure...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – To help ensure that students have access to fair and honest education loans, state Rep. Natalie Phelps Finnie, D-Elizabethtown, joined together with lawmakers from around the state...
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ISP Districts report December activity and enforcement
ILLINOIS - The various State Police Districts around Illinois have released their year-end overall stats, and now it's time for the December 2017 stats. DISTRICT 12, EFFINGHAM Illinois State Police...
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POLICE ACTIVITY IN RIDGWAY; SEARCH WARRANTS CARRIED OUT
RIDGWAY, Ill. - The Gallatin County village of Ridgway lit up this afternoon around 4 p.m. when law enforcement officials arrived at a residence to execute a search warrant. As of about 6:30 p.m., a...
View ArticleGolconda drinker busted driving without license
SALINE CO.— A Golconda woman with a history of alcohol-related legal woes was taken into custody after police say she was caught driving without a driver’s license. According to the information filed...
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Punches thrown and a vehicle theft lands Shawneetown trio behind bars
GALLATIN CO.— A trio of Shawneetown residents have been charged with violence, drugs and taking off with an SUV that didn’t belong to them. According to court documents, on November 28, 2017, Scott J....
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Eldorado convicted child beater busted for drugs possession
SALINE CO.— An Eldorado woman who became a convicted felon after she admitted to beating a child and was already serving a DUI drugs sentence has been charged with possession. The formal charges allege...
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White man awaiting trial in Carmi violates Gallatin OP
GALLATIN CO.— A White County man, who faces at least six felony counts in three criminal cases there, has been charged with ignoring an order of protection in Gallatin County. According to information...
View ArticleRunning from police lands tired perp in jailed
HARDIN CO.— A Rosiclare man has been charged with running from a police officer following a traffic stop he didn’t want to participate in. Taylor Paul Joiner, 28, of Ferrell Road, Rosiclare, has been...
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Crim with seven cases from 2017, four still awaiting trial busted for drug...
SALINE CO.— A Harrisburg crim who wrapped up last year with no fewer than seven arrests, three convictions in which he still owes $7,496 in fines and fees and four separate cases, all awaiting trial,...
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Curry charged AGAIN
SALINE CO. – The man who’s quickly becoming known as the terror of Wasson has been arrested – and bonded out – again after a row with his wife…and neighbors are stating that their concern is that...
View ArticleHard times in Hardin for property tax payers
HARDIN CO. – Taxpayers in Hardin County are, one after another, reporting their extreme displeasure over increases in property tax. This year’s upticks are actually an accumulation of about three...
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Audit results near; so do the election dates
SALINE CO. – The countdown to the revealing of what a west coast auditing firm has discovered about Saline County government finances has begun, and is reported to be ready for the county board on...
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SEARCH WARRANT EXECUTED
Stephen Pfifer RIDGWAY – The execution of a search warrant at a residence in Ridgway in early January prompted speculation about ongoing drug activity, but authorities said it was nothing of the sort –...
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