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FATAL CAR-BICYCLE CRASH, SALINE COUNTY
SALINE CO.—Illinois State Police worked a collision at 12:54 this afternoon (Wednesday, May 1) in Saline County that involved a vehicle and a bicycle, and was fatal for the cyclist. ISP advises that...
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SPARKS SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS ON SEX CHARGES
David Sparks SALINE CO.—Saline County’s Assistant State’s Attorney Eva Walker has done it again. The state’s attorney’s office announced today that David G. Sparks, 46, of Eldorado, was sentenced...
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Another water department employee in court…but this one’s a little different
JOHNSTON CITY —Now here’s something you don’t see every day. You’re all probably aware of the water department debacles that have hit towns in southern Illinois…such as Linda Heyde in Marion, or...
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EVANSVILLE SHOOTING/DRUG SUSPECT BUSTED IN HARRISBURG
Maurice Gardner SALINE CO.—An alleged crime that occurred in Evansville in early April has taken a local turn as of today. A suspect in a possible drug deal that went bad and devolved into a robbery...
View ArticleMAN FOUND HANGING, CUT DOWN BY RELATIVE, SAID TO BE OKAY
SALINE CO.—What appears to have been an attempted suicide yesterday on the Saline County side of Equality was thwarted by a relative who quickly intervened. According to Gallatin County officials (whom...
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SENTENCING FOR THREE IN SALINE
SALINE CO.—The Saline County State’s Attorney’s office has been busy getting convictions in several cases recently, and this week has been no exception. Adam Robert Evans Yesterday (May 8, 2013), Adam...
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RAMPANT VANDALISM LAST NIGHT IN HARRISBURG
HARRISBURG—Reports are coming in this evening of some overt vandalism occurring in the late night/overnight hours last night, May 8 through this morning, May 9, 2013. Our sources are indicating that it...
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THURSDAY’S VANDALISM DAMAGE IN HARRISBURG: PHOTOS
HARRISBURG—The damage to several retail stores or services in Harrisburg either late Wednesday/early Thursday (May 8/9, 2013) was documented by sources in town who experienced it first-hand. It appears...
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GRAND JURY BEING CONVENED IN SALINE
SALINE CO.—Our sources in Harrisburg have advised that a grand jury has been convened at the Saline County courthouse as of this morning, and they are currently at lunch (12:45), to return shortly. We...
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Couple face drug charges
SALINE CO.—A Harrisburg couple face drug charges. Authorities say a Harrisburg woman and her boyfriend have been sentenced to prison after she got caught stealing starter fluid to help make meth....
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Where ‘somewhere in Harrisburg’ did auto altercation take place?
SALINE CO.—Not very much is known about the details surrounding the arrest of and charges against Ian Hamilton…and that’s leaving Harrisburg residents very curious about what’s behind the lack of...
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“Wenzel weed” heir busted on meth charges
HARDIN CO.— A man who has been rumored to have been sought after by as many feds as local potheads has been busted on meth charges. According to authorities, Charles Nick Wenzel, 43, whose father Burt...
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Accused rapist has half his face removed in Springfield surgery
SALINE CO.—An accused rapist who has had serious surgery due to a skin cancer created concern among his alleged victims and their families in late April after they claimed authorities weren’t...
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Village police chief gets slap on the wrist for violence
GALLATIN CO.—The case of a Gallatin County man who is a cop in the Williamson County village of Creal Springs has gone exactly the way he said it would, and those who know the petulant police chief are...
View ArticleLawyer’s nephew turns himself in
SALINE CO.—As of press time, no charges had been filed against a nephew of Harrisburg’s hotshot attorney, Robert Wilson. However, authorities confirmed during the last week of April that the report...
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Boy known as ‘problem child’ in Gallatin wrecks at rural location, sends...
GALLATIN CO.—A local boy known across two counties (Gallatin and Saline) for being a troublemaker has been hemmed up in Gallatin after wrecking a car in an early-morning outing Sunday, April 21, 2013....
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TRIAL FOR COSTON IS OFF FOR MAY
After insistence in late March from Judge Tom Foster, a May 21, 2013 trial date had been set in the double homicide case of Danny K. Coston, shown above being escorted out of the White County...
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Deputy relieved of duty: Backlash over background, but facts can’t be changed
HARDIN CO.—Once again, Tom Maynor has made the spotlight in the pages of Disclosure. Only this time, it’s because he’s no longer employed in his chosen vocation. Maynor, 39, of Harrisburg, has been...
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What lies ahead for Harrisburg?
HARRISBURG—The appointment of Harrisburg Mayor Eric Gregg to Illinois’ Prisoner Review Board was not an unexpected thing when it occurred on April 26, 2013. However, what’s ensued in the weeks...
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SALINE COUNTY GRAND JURY RESULT: Not what we thought
SALINE CO.—There was one indictment that came out of the Saline County Grand Jury two days ago: Tevin Jamal Tate, 21, who was indicted on a single count of armed robbery of the Casey’s store in Carrier...
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