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Four charged with southern Illinois meth conspiracy
BENTON, Ill. - Four people have been charged with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in southern Illinois, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Steven D. Weinhoeft...
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No answers yet on Johnston City man killed in pedestrian accident
WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - Authorities still haven't released any more official information other than "it happened" following the death of a young Johnston City man late last week in Marion. Williamson...
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BENTON: Another school employee charged with sex with student
BENTON, Ill. - Every time an employee of a school district - doesn't matter if it's a teacher, an administrator, an ancillary staff position, a bus driver - is charged with a sex crime, it causes...
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Hardin County Sheriff’s Department releases warning about…ahem…certain kinds...
HARDIN CO., Ill. - We know we are solidly in the new millennium if the sheriff of one of Illinois' smallest counties is having to issue a warning about cell phone photos certain males seem dead set on...
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Join the Arbor Day Foundation in October, receive 10 colorful trees and bushes
CARBONDALE, Ill. - The Arbor Day Foundation will brighten up your fall by offering 10 colorful trees and bushes when you join the organization in October. The free trees are part of the nonprofit...
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Gentleman celebrated at age 100 by city council a few years back dies at 103
Sam and Eva Jones MARION, Ill. - A Marion gentleman who was honored by the city council just a few years back when he hit the century mark has died at age 103. Sam Jones is the guy; he and his wife -...
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SAFE sponsors film covering ‘climate change’ and the burning of wood
(but....SAFE is okay) CARBONDALE, Ill. - Building on the accepted science that climate change is real and caused by human activity, the film "BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal?” will be showing at the...
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Benton man sentenced to federal prison for defrauding Southern Illinois...
BENTON, Ill. - Cary E. Mosley, 48, of Benton, Illinois, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for defrauding his former employer, Southern Illinois Healthcare (“SIH”), Steven D. Weinhoeft,...
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Voters take issue with judicial candidate in the First Circuit
Steve Green, in a promotional pic for his law 'practice.' It's 'practice' because, as you can see, he never quite gets it right. WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - Information coming in from Williamson County...
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We love our southern Illinois mounds!
POPE/MASSAC COs., Ill. - The whole of Illinois (and indeed, pretty much most of the Midwest as well as the east and southeast) is dotted with what many call "Native American burial mounds." You know...
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WHY do we get all the nutty cases…?
I'm guessing - only GUESSING - that because it's election season, and because the civil war in this country between those who have sense and those who lack it is firing up, this would be why the...
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Anna resident supplies information questioning Edmonds’ fitness to hold office
"It appears that the rules of criminal conduct do not extend to attorneys during an election year" Tyler Edmonds JOHNSON CO., Ill. - A resident of Anna in Johnson County has done her research, and has...
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ISP District 19 announces September activity and enforcement stats
CARMI, Ill. – Illinois State Police District 19 Commander, Captain Cory Ristvedt, has announced activity and enforcement figures for the month of September. Troopers in District 19, which includes...
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Two women injured in Carbondale crash
CARBONDALE, Ill. - A two-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon in Carbondale sent two area women to hospitals with what Illinois State Police say are incapacitating injuries. ISP in District 13 DuQuoin...
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SENTENCING FINISHED: Reichert will spend the next nine and a half years in IDOC
JACKSON CO., Ill. - The push to completely decriminalize cannabis in the state of Illinois won't help those who traffic large amounts illegally. That's the thought that was one the minds of supporters...
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Man sentenced over DUI crash-with-injuries in Gallatin County
GALLATIN CO., Ill. - The man behind the wheel during a DUI crash in Gallatin County that cost a motorcyclist his leg has been sentenced to Illinois Department of Corrections. Gallatin County State's...
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MURPHYSBORO TRUMP RALLY CROWD MASSIVE…AND GROWING
The people are lined up for MILES to see and hear Trump JACKSON CO., Ill. - The early arrivals this morning at the Southern Illinois Airport in Murphysboro had the right idea...because the venue was...
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Video: President Trump at Murphysboro, IL, October 27, 2018
From our friends the Edgar County Watchdogs By jmkraft on October 28, 2018 Murphysboro, IL (ECWd) – This is the complete, unedited video of President Trump in Murphysboro, Illinois on October 27,...
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HARRISBURG MAN KILLED ON ROUTE 34 CRASH
ISP said alcohol was a factor in the traffic crash SALINE CO., Ill. - A young Harrisburg man was killed yesterday in a single-vehicle crash on Route 34 in Saline County. Illinois State Police report...
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Challenge for Jackson County officials as human remains found by hunters
JACKSON CO., Ill. - Fortunately for some family, somewhere, Jackson County officials - and not Carbondale officials - are leading the investigation into the discovery of human remains Sunday. But it...
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