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ARRESTS MADE IN CONNECTION WITH FUGITIVE HARDIN COUNTY MAN
Robert H. Rush, submitted photo SALINE CO., Ill.—There have been some attendant arrests made in connection with the escape of Rob Rush, the 30-year-old Hardin County man who broke from a Hardin County...
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SOME OF YOU IN SALINE AND GALLATIN MAY HAVE NOTICED HELICOPTER ACTIVITY
A Canadian CH-146 Griffon, 430th Helicopter Squadron, Garrison Valcartier, Quebec City, Quebec, flies over WI., during exercises, at PATRIOT 2006, July 21, 2006. PATRIOT is the premier National Guard...
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Only in So. Illinois: sheriff seeks re-election despite MULTIPLE federal sex...
PULASKI CO.—In the oftentimes unbelievable political arena that is the state of Illinois, there’s going to be some extremes in unbelievable office-holding. And in Pulaski County, the sheriff’s race is...
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Battle for seat on Williamson County Board
Republican challenger for county board hopes to improve Williamson WILLIAMSON CO.—Dennis Falmier is the Democrat candidate running against Republican Ron Ellis for County Commissioner in Williamson...
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Saline County ballot full of selections for county board; many judges up for...
SALINE CO.—The Saline County ballot is a busy one in a couple of areas, and woefully lacking in others. The big draws in this election cycle are of course the sheriff’s race (see pages 1 and 7) and the...
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Buchanan battles to keep clerk seat
SALINE CO.—In 2010, the movement in Saline County for offices up for grabs was following the Republicans, and one such Republican was seeking the seat held for years by Democrat Willie McClusky: That...
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Tolley campaign touts him as the one Saline County needs
SALINE CO.—One of the hotly-contested offices in Saline County this election is one that was the hot ticket in 2010: That of County Clerk. County Board member Bruce Tolley is running for that office,...
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“A Fresh Look” is the slogan for Liz Lively for county clerk in Williamson
WILLIAMSON CO.—Liz Lively is the Democrat candidate running for Williamson County Clerk. Lively says her reason for wanting to be elected is to be able to serve Williamson County in a different...
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Nightly NewsCap: News of the day (and weekend) in AUDIO!
Here’s Lyndi sounding good and rounding up your headlines for the past 24 hours (Monday, October 20, 2014) and the previous weekend (Friday-Sunday, Oct. 17-19!) Topics covered include: Court...
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JUSTICE FOR PRAVIN VARUGHESE IN HIS HOMETOWN; VIDEO
Pravin Varughese MORTON GROVE, Ill.—As announced in an October 9, 2014 post here at the site, the city of Morton Grove, the hometown of the late SIU-C student Pravin Varughese, took up the cause for...
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CHILD PORNOGRAPHER ARRESTED IN JACKSON COUNTY…& THE REST OF THE STORY
Bryan Beal JACKSON CO., Ill.—A DeSoto man with a history of child pornography has been arrested again in Jackson County. And locals are wondering what the heck is going on in Jackson County that...
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Nightly NewsCap: An erratically-busy day in the area, brought to you in AUDIO
Here’s Lyndi rounding up the headlines for the evening of Tuesday, October 21, 2014, in your Nightly NewsCap! Topics covered include: Lawrenceville Casey’s suffers a break-in, one arrested;...
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RIDGEWAY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MARIJUANA MANUFACTURING OFFENSES
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS—Ryan Earl Bess, 33, of Ridgeway, Illinois, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Benton to an indictment charging him with one count...
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CALIFORNIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSING METHAMPHETAMINE AND FIREARM IN...
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT, ILLINOIS—Thomas Gregory Lilley, 36, of Fontana, California, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Benton to charges that he possessed...
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Nightly NewsCap: Headlines the way you like em, in AUDIO!
Here’s Lyndi once again, rounding up the day’s headlines for you, audio-version, for your Nightly NewsCap for the evening of Wednesday, October 22, 2014! Topics covered include: The family of a missing...
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CHICAGO MAN INDICTED FOR MAKING BOMB, VIOLENCE THREATS AGAINST SIU-C
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS—The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Derrick Dawon Burns, 21, of Chicago,...
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ISP REPORTS ON LOCAL SEATBELT PATROL STATS
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS—Illinois State Police Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrol (OREP) in Gallatin County, held October 17, was the subject of an ISP press release today, and along with some other...
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ALBION MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO METHAMPHETAMINE OFFENSE
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS—Dillion Wayne Bailey, 30, of Albion, Illinois, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Benton to an indictment charging him with one...
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SEVEN PERRY COUNTY RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH METHAMPHETAMINE CONSPIRACY
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS—Seven Perry County residents were indicted on October 7, 2014, in an indictment, charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United...
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LOCAL WOMAN ARRESTED IN SALINE COUNTY ON MULTIPLE COUNTS
SALINE CO., Ill.—A Harrisburg woman has been arrested again and charged with a host of counts stemming from misuse of funds, ostensibly from Harrisburg’s public library. L’Erin C. Ragon L’Erin Ragon,...
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