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HEADS UP, CLAY COUNTY: THE RUMORS STILL ABOUND
CLAY CO.—It took us a while this morning to get through and verify, and an even longer while to post it, but another rampant rumor has been put to rest in Clay County. Someone starts em, we put em out....
View ArticleDisclosure cats learn what a crawdad is
All the rain pushed the crawdads up out of the creek, so one of the girls went and grabbed one and brought it to the cats. Here’s the reaction. (The crawdad, by the way, survived the encounter and was...
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FORMER YOUTH COACH SENTENCED IN MISDEMEANOR (SEX) CRIME
WABASH CO.—Sarah K. Reilly, a former softball coach, has been sentenced in a watered-down version of an initial sex offense in Wabash County. Swing, battahbattah… Reilly, 20, was the Mt. Carmel youth...
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INCIDENT ON WEST PARKER IN OLNEY
OLNEY—Police and ambulance have been sent to 1010 West Parker in Olney. Reports indicate that a person was found covered in blood in an apartment there. The coroner has also been called, this occurring...
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Vehicle Flip on Hwy 50 by Claremont
RICHLAND CO.—Once again Richland County’s sheriff’s department has not been releasing information on serious situations involving wrecks and crimes going on throughout the County. At approximately...
View ArticleCARBONDALE MAN DIES IN WAYNE COUNTY ACCIDENT
WAYNE CO.—A single-vehicle accident last night has claimed the life of a Carbondale man. Illinois State Police advise that Kevin L. Kimmel, 37, of Carbondale, was driving a 2004 Jeep Liberty westbound...
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The following is a public service announcement regarding a local thug
PSA—The public should take note that if you see Ricky L. Trout, let him know there’s an active warrant out of Richland County for his arrest. Rickelle Trout. STILL not off parole; STILL going around...
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MAN DROWNS AT FORBES STATE PARK LAKE
MARION CO.—A 21-year-old man has been reported drowned in an incident this afternoon at Stephen A. Forbes State Park, near Iuka. From Illinois’ Department of Natural Resources website on Forbes’ State...
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Some scum need to sue us or STFU
CLAY CO.—Not much you can say about fake-titty bimbos. Not that we’re saying she is, but…you know. Another oblivious burnout who doesn’t know what “slander” is…. Sue us or shut the fuck up, Jesteen…and...
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FLOODING INUNDATES BRIDGEPORT NEIGHBORHOOD!
BRIDGEPORT—One of our Lawrence County readers, Toni Shelton, awoke this morning at her house on Olive (shown in the map) to find water encroaching after heavy rains. The following photos were shot at...
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ISP REPORTS FATAL WRECK IN WABASH COUNTY
WABASH CO.—Illinois State Police worked the scene of a single-vehicle accident last night (Friday, May 31, 2013) which resulted in a fatality for a local man. According to preliminary traffic crash...
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THANKS, REDNECK GAL!
We’d like to thank Jesteen Weiler for helping us have a Friday here on the website that eclipsed most Fridays by twice the numbers! Hey….looks to us like they’re already ‘down’…maybe you’d better look...
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DUMPSTER DIVING OF A DIFFERENT SORT IN LAWRENCEVILLE
LAWRENCE CO.—An observant reader captured this photo of a dumpster-diving man out back of the Lawrenceville post office this morning (Sunday, June 2, 2013) around 6 a.m. Now, we here in southern...
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WOMAN BEATEN AFTER MAD GRANDMA BARGES INTO HOME
FLORA—A Flora woman is in pretty bad shape tonight after a brutal beating over what appears to be a visitation issue. Melody Hagen Flood, 21, a former beauty pageant queen, had to be carried out of her...
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What ELSE could “change of plea” mean??
WABASH CO./U.S. DISTRICT COURT, BENTON—Intelligent readers were getting a chuckle out of a front-page story in the weekend edition of what’s left of Mt. Carmel’s newspaper. The article was about the...
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ACCIDENT SOUTH OF FAIRFIELD; DRIVER EXTRICATED BY PASSERSBY
WAYNE CO.—A reader reports that he and some others assisted a driver after they observed what appeared to be a freak accident on U.S. 45 south of Fairfield. According to our reader, the accident, which...
View ArticleALLEGED DOMESTIC DISPUTE LEAVES MAN HOSPITALIZED
WABASH CO.—An incident that started off as a reported argument ended with a man hospitalized after “falling off the hood” of a vehicle. Local media has it that Martin S. Tennes, 49, “suffered a serious...
View ArticleEMERGENCY ORDER OF PROTECTION ISSUED AGAINST BEATEN YOUNG WOMAN
CLAY CO.—The woman who claimed she was beaten Saturday night by a grandmother of her stepson has been the subject of an order of protection, filed by the grandmother who is accused of inflicting the...
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FLYERS CAUSING UPROAR THROUGHOUT OLNEY
RICHLAND CO.—Citizens of the city of Olney are very upset over the following flyer being found tossed onto their porches or walkways in recent days, folded up and in ziploc baggies: And as much offense...
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BICYCLIST STRUCK IN HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT; POLICE LOOKING FOR MOTORIST
FLORA—Police in and around Flora in Clay County say they are looking for a car that was earlier today (Wednesday, June 5) involved in a hit-and-run accident with a woman on a bicycle. According to...
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