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INCIDENT AT PACKAGE STORE UNDER CONTROL IN THE ‘BURG
HARRISBURG—Reports of a man brandishing a knife and walking around a package store in Harrisburg prompted a swift police response tonight, Saturday, May 25, 2013. Sources on-scene at J&J’s...
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Steroid recall includes Southern Illinois
ILLINOIS—In the wake of five Illinois patients suffering complications from receiving steroid injections containing Methylprednisolone Acetate, the drug is now being recalled. Including the five from...
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POLICING THE POLICE IN HARRISBURG
HARRISBURG—The tech team is here for the holiday weekend filling us in on what went down last night after the incident at J&J’s in Harrisburg. We call Chris and Jade our “tech kids” because they...
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“ONE TICKET, PER HOUR, PER SHIFT UNTIL JUNE 20″
HARRISBURG—As a follow up to our post last night about Harrisburg police, some public input has come along that shows exactly WHY people need to be “policing the police” now more than ever before. One...
View ArticleMotorcyclist okay after collision Tuesday in Carmi
WHITE CO.—What appeared to passersby to be a devastating accident turned out to be a truck-motorcycle collision with minor injuries and a single citation in Carmi yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, May 28,...
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BYPASS INTERSECTION LOCATION OF TWO CRASHES IN THREE DAYS
HARRISBURG—Information from Keith Brown, Saline County Sheriff, has come in about yet another crash on the Bill Franks Bypass outside of Harrisburg, the second crash in three days this week. The first...
View ArticleCRASH WITH INJURY REPORTED ON INTERSTATE THIS MORNING
WHITE CO.—Illinois State Police has gotten crash information to us from an incident that occurred at about 6:25 this morning, Thursday, May 30. At that time, a driver of a 2007 Freightliner semi...
View ArticleDRIVER FALLS ASLEEP, OVERCORRECTS WHEN HE WAKES UP DURING HIGHWAY CRASH
ENFIELD—Illinois State Police worked a two-car accident last night (Thursday, May 30, 2013) in Enfield on Highway 45 that resulted when an Evansville driver fell asleep at the wheel. ISP said that the...
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WANT TO PROTEST FRACKING? HERE’S WHAT YOU LOOK FOR
GALLATIN CO.—I had a treat this morning. “Trying to develop viable, alternate energy sources” (aka FRACKING, which has been proven to contaminate water aquifers, destroy topsoil with chemicals that are...
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TREES DOWN IN HARRISBURG PARK FROM 05.30.13 STORM
HARRISBURG—While riding around researching something in Harrisburg today, we couldn’t miss some of the storm damage, especially where it affected the city park. At West South and Capital. Note the...
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HAMILTON COUNTY FLOODING OFF 242
HAMILTON CO.—Pictures were taken at approximately 1:30 p.m. yesterday (May 31, 2013), in the vicinity of the Piopolis turns area, on Illinois 242 between Wayne City in Wayne County and McLeansboro in...
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Shawneetown Coal Days looking for parade entries for next weekend!
SHAWNEETOWN—Fest season throughout Illinois is gearing up, and the activities in South Counties start in Shawneetown this week with Shawneetown Coal Days, June 4-8, 2013. The focus this year in the...
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Hamilton County man okay after crash on Dahlgren Blacktop
HAMILTON CO.—A McLeansboro man who lost control of a vehicle earlier this morning is reported to be okay after he crashed in an embankment off Dahlgren Blacktop. Illinois State Police report that...
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SONNY D GOES CRAZY IN ENFIELD
WHITE CO.—The Sportsmen’s Club in Enfield was the scene of a dangerous weekend incident with the pictured gentleman at the heart of it. Sonny D. Southall, not holding still for the jailcam According to...
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JUDGE’S DAUGHTER TAKEN BY AMBULANCE AFTER POSSIBLE O.D.
HARRISBURG—The daughter of an appellate court judge was transported by ambulance last Friday morning after what witnesses are saying was an apparent drug overdose. Christy Stewart, from her Facebook...
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HARRISBURG FELON HEMMED UP ON ALLEGED BATTERY
HARRISBURG—Details are still sketchy, but we’re hearing that Harrisburg-area drug felon Joshua Ragan has gotten in trouble as of last night over an incident with his girlfriend. Ragan, 37, is reported...
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GateHouse Media: This is NEWS???
HARRISBURG—We were appalled to see this story on the website at what’s left of Harrisburg’s paper. Yes, you CAN…close down offices and still give your corporate bigwigs huge bonuses. After trashing...
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SOURCES: Judge’s daughter UPDATE
SALINE CO.—A source close to the situation with appellate judge Bruce Stewart’s daughter Christy has slid some information our way as an update to yesterday’s story. From Christy Stewart’s Facebook...
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COLLISION ON HIGHWAY 13 AT CARRIER MILLS BLACKTOP
SALINE CO.—Our sources are reporting a wreck that occurred at approximately 2:30 p.m. at Route 13 and Carrier Mills blacktop, almost three miles east of Harrisburg. No details on how the wreck...
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OP FILED IN CASE OF JUDGE’S KID V. JUDGE’S KID
SALINE CO.—An order of protection has been issued by a First Judicial Circuit judge in the case of offspring of two south counties judges. The OP was available online this morning (June 4, 2013) in...
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