BETH BENTLEY IS STILL MISSING; CAN YOU HELP?
SO. ILL.—Just wanted to take a moment to remind you that this woman went missing in Jefferson County three years ago this month: Benedetta (“Beth”) Bentley Here’s what we know about her case: Benedetta...
View ArticleUPDATE on Claremont turn/U.S. 50 wreck…sort of
RICHLAND CO.—We received a set of photos of the wreck that was called “fiery” by those who were passing by the scene; according to these photos, there doesn’t look to be too much fire damage, if any....
View ArticleHigh-speed chase from Lawrence to Richland being investigated
LAWRENCE/RICHLAND Cos.—There was indeed a high-speed chase last night (May 6, 2013) between Lawrence County and Richland County, this according to those who live off U.S. Route 50 that cuts across...
View ArticleMAX SCHAUF NOW A CONVICTED FEDERAL FELON
STILL Bridgeport mayor Max Schauf U.S. DISTRICT COURT, BENTON—Max Schauf, mayor of Bridgeport, has entered guilty pleas to ALL FOUR of his federal indictments as of this morning, 05.08.13. We have the...
View ArticleLIGHTNING STRIKE AT TANK BATTERY SUSPECTED CAUSE OF MASSIVE FIRE
CLAY CO.—An apparent lighting strike during the thunderstorm that rolled across Clay County earlier this evening (Thursday, May 9, 2013) left a fire in its wake at a tank battery outside of Louisville....
View ArticleSpeedy trial set in murder case
CLAY CO.—The investigative/prosecutorial team that had such success with the Tyler McQueen case in Lawrence County late April/early May has the Denny Blanchard First Degree Murder case in Clay County....
View ArticleFLOOD OF 2013 CLARK/CRAWFORD/LAWRENCE 
CRAWFORD/CLARK: Old York on the county line suffered massive flooding with water reaching into homes, the top of road signs, the bottom of mail boxes and over the axles of several vehicles which...
View ArticleCatch-and-release Trout hemmed up as of mid-June
RICHLAND CO.—Richland County state’s attorney David Hyde has set precedent for every sex offender in his county: if you beat someone up, you can get out of a charge of Failure to Register as a Sex...
View ArticleFire house construction halted; contract invalid
ALBION—The recriminations about the new Albion Fire Department construction aren’t over, at least as of the last city council meeting, held Monday, May 6. It was there that the public also learned that...
View ArticleGuilty verdict in two-week murder trial
LAWRENCE CO.— The First Degree Murder conviction of 21-year-old Tyler McQueen on May 3, 2013, was a surprise to some and not so much to others. As relatively rare as successful appeals and the...
View ArticleFormer mayor now a federal convict
U.S. DIST. COURT, BENTON/BRIDGEPORT—More than a decade of corruption in the small Lawrence County town of Bridgeport came to an end Wednesday morning, May 8, 2013, when their sitting mayor, Max Schauf,...
View ArticleTragedy follows ATV death
One of many photos Lily Jones’ father, Zephrum Jones, took of himself and his daughter after the death of her mother, Andrea Weiler. Jones and Weiler had only split about eight months prior to her...
View ArticleThe mysterious Claremont turn accident, revealed…the high-speed chase, not so...
RICHLAND CO.—Richland County Sheriff Andy Hires has come off one FOIA for information and has denied another. The mysterious accident that no one at the sheriff’s department could tell us about, then...
View ArticleHow can anyone NOT KNOW about Max Schauf…?
We heard someone coming out of one of our vendor locations this afternoon exclaiming over the front-page story about former Bridgeport may0r Max Schauf being convicted on the federal level in his Mail...
View ArticleGREAT NEWS FOR LOU LOVERS: LOU IS AMONG THE LIVING!
LAWRENCE CO.—Contrary to news we received this morning, Lou Satterthwaite is indeed alive and in an Evansville hospital as of this afternoon, Friday, May 17, 2013. His status, however, is reported as...
View ArticleWhat’s going on with baby Lily? Article updates it all
Here’s another of our front page articles, a new piece of information coming in about a tragedy that occurred in Jasper County and affected the lives of those in Clay. Zephrum and Lily Jones CLAY CO.—A...
View ArticleFAMILY CONFIRMS: LOU DIED THIS EVENING
BRIDGEPORT—After much confusion ensuing throughout the day about the situation, we finally have word about Lou Satterthwaite—he died this evening at a hospital in Evansville. Our report this morning...
View ArticleFIGHT AT TYKAL’S IN LAWRENCEVILLE; FEMALE IN CUSTODY
LAWRENCE CO.—It sounds like a belligerent, intoxicated female has gotten the best of Lawrenceville officer Brandon Sapp’s police vehicle. Reports to Disclosure this evening, Friday, May 17, 2013,...
View ArticleANOTHER SHOOTING AT THE RIDGE; NO ONE INJURED
CLAY CO.—Rumors about another “shooting” at the area of Clay County known as “The Ridge” have proven to be fact…sort of. It’s “sort of” because no one was injured, so it wasn’t exactly “a shooting”…it...
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