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PLEA ENTERED IN DUI DEATH OF BICYCLIST IN CARBONDALE
Seth Loyd JACKSON CO., Ill.--The accused in a car-bicycle collision that resulted in the death of the cyclist has been settled in Jackson County Circuit Court except for the sentencing. Seth Loyd, 23,...
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MARION PRISON INMATE SENTENCED TO AN ADDITIONAL 5 YEARS FOR ASSAULTING...
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS--Erick Roman, 38, an inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Benton to...
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CHICAGO MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MAILING BOMB THREATS & THREATS OF VIOLENCE...
U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS--The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Derrick Dawon Burns, 22, of...
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INJURIES INVOLVED IN MARION CRASH AT MAIN & COURT STREETS
MARION, Ill. - One person was injured in a crash that occurred in Marion at approximately 8:30 this evening, Thursday, August 20, 2015. The accident took place at the 4-way stop on Main and Court...
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LATEST IN THE ANNA BIXBY SITUATION: IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK
Remember all that hoopla going on over a pretrial hearing that Barb Wingo and Terrie Eichorn had held for them in late July? And all the media outlets ran with it, making it like it was some kind of...
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VIGIL HELD FOR 4-YEAR-OLD WHO DROWNED AT HERRIN PARK
MARION, Ill.-- Family and friends gathered this evening at the Ray Fosse Park in Marion for a candlelight vigil for four-year-old Amir Odell Fenner. The child was found in a pond at Herrin Park on...
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY TO SUFFER DUE TO STATE HAVING NO BALANCED BUDGET
WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - The taxpayers of Williamson County are about to get some really, really bad news. Disclosure's Williamson County correspondent has learned of monies from four funds from the...
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CAR-MOTORCYCLE COLLISION, SALINE COUNTY, SENDS TWO TO HOSPITAL
SALINE CO., Ill.--A collision between a passenger car and a motorcycle has sent the motorcycle operator and his passenger to out-of-area hospitals. The collision occurred on U.S. 45 at Mandella Trce...
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MURPHYSBORO CRIM DETAINED AFTER ALLEGED ROBBERY ATTEMPT, CARRIER MILLS
SALINE CO., Ill.--Apparently the pickings in Murphysboro have gotten slim enough that they're sending their crims to Saline County for alleged robbery attempts. Such was the case last night in Carrier...
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Members of meth-connected ATV theft ring now facing additional charges —...
SALINE CO.— An Eldorado man whose charges of theft of a four-wheeler were featured in the last issue has moved to Harrisburg and has been charged with the same offense in a different case. And one of...
View ArticleShawneetown appears to be focus of county criminal activity
GALLATIN CO.— Criminal activity in the county appears to have been centrally located in Shawneetown over the past several weeks. Ronald D. Shea, 43, of Junction, has been charged with Driving While...
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Marion man, Rosiclare man and Harrisburg woman charged with theft
SALINE CO.— A local Inn has joined the ranks of businesses in the area that have been the victim of theft, but the local Walmart seems to remain a favorite with local thieves. A Harrisburg teen has...
View ArticleMarion man charged with attempted murder of Harrisburg woman
SALINE CO.— As of press time of this issue (August 23), a Marion man was being sought on an outstanding Saline County warrant charging him with Attempted First Degree Murder. According to preliminary...
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Anna Bixby employee takes out Orders of Protection against members of the board
Barb Wingo, shown in inset over the property where the office of the Anna Bixby Women’s Center are located adjacent to the park in Harrisburg, is said to still be puling strings behind the scenes at...
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County’s Housing Authority “One Strike You’re Out” criminal policy: Is it legal?
HARDIN CO.—One of the many people hemmed up in the early July massive pill sweep in Hardin County has had a civil suit filed against her by the county’s housing authority. Shantelle Foster, 32, of...
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Village in limbo has debt, water problems; county left to handle it
The audience at the August 20 meeting of the Williamson County Board was listening attentively and some had suggestions as to what to do about the overflow of water to the community of Whiteash’s sewer...
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Gunshot incident being investigated
SALINE CO.—No arrests had been made by late August in a shooting incident that occurred in the city of Harrisburg mid-month, however, authorities are saying charges are pending once the investigation...
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CITY OF MARION APPROVES PURCHASE OF FIRE TRUCKS
MARION, Ill. - Marion's City Council has approved the purchase of two new fire trucks. At last night's city council meeting, the announcement was made regarding the two trucks that are being replaced....
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO METH OFFENSE
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS---On August 20, 2015, Michael A. Boyt, Jr., 19, of Marion, pled guilty to one-count of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States...
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MURPHYSBORO RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR CRACK COCAINE, FIREARM OFFENSES
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS---On August 20, 2015, Martell L. Brown-Wright, a/k/a “Low Key,” 29, of Murphysboro, was sentenced in federal court in Benton, the United States...
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