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Johnson Co. residents perplexed over lack of reference to reality of...
Not much was being said about the accident that seriously injured two men (one of them being former Johnson County Deputy Cyle Harner, seen here with his father, former Johnson County Sheriff Charles...
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Curry redux: Fourth bond violation this year, still out running around
This photo, taken on West Church Street April 14, shows Dan “Pegleg” Curry being somewhere he wasn’t supposed to be per bond conditions (a bar); however, he was not taken in on a bond violation. He...
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Saline felon busted in Williamson, alleged to possess firearm, cannabis
Kashmere Ahmed Barners MARION – One of Harrisburg’s frequent flyers caused quite a stir in the city of Marion in the neighboring county of Williamson after he was busted by a Marion Police Department...
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Getting ready for summer
At the main boat launch in Golconda, the ramp was covered in muck during the second week of May, and so city crews were out removing several inches of sand, mud and debris that had washed up onto the...
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CHASE THROUGH FOUR ILLINOIS COUNTIES, TWO MORE STATES, ENDS IN WRECK IN INDIANA
SO. ILL. - Multiple counties in three states were involved in what was at times a high-speed chase that started about 5:40 p.m. Monday, May 14, when a man from McLeansboro drove off from a Hardin...
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SHARP-EYED VIDEOGRAPHER CATCHES MONDAY’S CHASE INTO KENTUCKY
....and this, we have to say, is PRICELESS!! The police chase that occurred Monday evening had four southern Illinois counties, several southern Illinois police departments, and three states and THEIR...
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Rend Lake water break causing SERIOUS problems for users
SO. ILL. - Those who are users of the water Rend Lake provides have been inundated the last couple of days, but not with water. Instead, there's a lack thereof. Apparently there's been a leak in a...
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BOIL ORDER IN EFFECT FOR THOSE WITH WATER SERVICE FROM REND LAKE
The Emergency Management Agencies of Franklin, Williamson, Jefferson, Jackson, Perry, Hamilton and Saline counties in southern Illinois have announced that water systems that receive water from the...
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Jackson County resident charged with drug offenses
JACKSON CO., Ill. - On May 8, 2018, Dwayne L. Watson, aka “C,” 44, of Murphysboro, was charged by indictment with two counts of Unlawful Distribution of Heroin and one count of Unlawful Distribution...
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Ninth annual Hemp History Week to feature over 2,000 local celebrations...
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. - On June 10, Southern Illinois Growers Network and Food Works will host a industrial hemp forum with guest speakers to celebrate the 9th Annual Hemp History Week, a national...
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Safety urged in the Shawnee National Forest after weekend incidents and fatal...
One of the markers at Garden of the Gods SALINE/POPE COs., Ill. - Authorities in Saline County are urging visitors to the beautiful Shawnee National Forest to BE CAREFUL, as there have been a number of...
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Man wanted in Union County caught in Williamson
James R. Webb MARION, Ill. - The man listed as wanted in Union County several weeks ago has been apprehended in the city of Marion in neighboring Williamson County. Authorities there have advised that...
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Lusk Creek BBQ competition going on in Golconda!
Firing up the smokers on the main drag in Golconda GOLCONDA, Ill. - There's never a shortage of things to do in Pope County...they have one of the largest deer population in downstate, they have the...
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Mugful of trouble brewing in Carbondale
CARBONDALE, Ill. - The city of Carbondale is never a place where they're at a loss for controversial situations going on. Things are somewhat nonsensical in Carbondale (and indeed, in Jackson County...
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Great-grandmother gets custody of young boy as mom continues to find trouble
GALLATIN CO. – A guardianship case has been filed against a former Gallatin County woman whose antics with her own kids hade it into a Saline County Order of Protection last September. According to...
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Three-state, 8-county varying-speed chase nets Hamilton County guy and chick...
ILLINOIS/KENTUCKY/INDIANA – A situation that sort of typifies the state of things in the Midwest emerged on deadline for the last issue of Disclosure and was so involved and arduous that it literally...
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Republican Party sued in Fed Court
Bob Winchester HARDIN CO. – A long-time politician in Hardin has taken to the federal court realm after he has alleged that his long-held position with the state’s Republican Party was thwarted by...
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Mayoral bid prompting outrage in Harrisburg
Former Harrisburg mayor Eric Gregg (March 2011-July 2013), who resigned his position to go on to make enemies at the governor’s office, has announced he’s seeking the office of mayor next year. Eric...
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Cops surround semi in Franklin County after erratic driving reported
Screencap from the below vid FRANKLIN CO., Ill. - A reader has captured a video of a semi in Franklin County that was making travel on Route 37 treacherous earlier this afternoon. Our reader, Kain...
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Former city treasurer sentenced; actually will spend time in federal prison
Ryan Thorpe, from his LinkedIn page ZEIGLER, Ill. - The former city treasurer of the City of Zeigler is going to federal prison. Here's what the U.S. Attorney's office has to say about it. On the...
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