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Nightly NewsCap RETURNS! Catching you up on the week in AUDIO
After a brief absence due to weather and vehicles (mutually exclusive; one had nothing to do with the other), Ang returns to catch you up on the big stories coming in this week for the Nightly...
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EARLY MORNING FIRE LEADS TO CANCELLATION OF CLASSES AT OLNEY CENTRAL COLLEGE
Photo courtesy: www.surs.com OLNEY— Authorities say the fire that broke out early this morning, Saturday, February 21, at Olney Central College has lead to the cancellation of classes Monday,...
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ISP TO CONDUCT SPECIAL PATROLS: ALCOHOL ENFORCEMENT, SEAT BELT
CARMI, Ill.---Captain Kelly Hodge, District 19 Commander, announced Friday that the Illinois State Police (ISP) will conduct Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrols in White and Saline...
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ALTAMONT MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL DRUG CHARGES
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS---Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Travis Cole Maxfield, 28, of Altamont,...
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JEFFERSON CO. MAN SENTENCED TO 162 MONTHS ON CRACK COCAINE CHARGES
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS---Kenez K. Parks, 28, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced to 162 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years’ supervised release, and...
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LAWRENCEVILLE MAN BUSTED IN VINCENNES
Kurtis Waller KNOX CO., Ind.---A Lawrence County crim has expanded his growing record across the river in Vincennes with an arrest following a mid-month alleged armed robbery. According to authorities,...
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Pair on probation can’t seem to pee straight LAWRENCE CO.— While there appears to be a serious crackdown on meth cooks and their pill shoppers, also known as “mules,” there doesn’t seem to be a lack of...
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Newton man charged with leaving minor at crash scene
RICHLAND CO.— A Newton man has found himself in a whole heap of trouble after authorities say he refused to stop for police, crashed his truck and then left a child inside while he ran from the scene....
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Trio of failed burglars includes Saline convict charged with conspiracy in Clay
CLAY CO.— A Louisville man who was convicted of Burglary in Saline County as a teen is now facing charges back in his home county of Clay of Conspiracy to Commit Theft. Clay County authorities allege...
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Lawrence man busted on armed robbery in Knox
LAWRENCE CO.—A young Lawrenceville man was apprehended and charged in Knox County after a two-week-long investigation into an armed robbery in Vincennes. Authorities took Kurtis Waller, 23, into...
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Suspected Wabash arsonist charged in Hamilton County
HAMILTON CO.— A suspected arsonist from Mt. Carmel has been charged in Hamilton County with Violation of an Order of Protection. According to court documents, Rocky Lee Hoard, 31, of 128 Risley St.,...
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SEX OFFENSES FILED
CLAY CO.—One of Clay County’s more notorious self-styled Casanovas has finally slipped up thanks to too much documentation of his alleged doings. And sadly enough, because he’s so well-liked, a lot of...
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More Richland residents go federal
RICHLAND CO., Ill.—A long-time meth felon from Claremont and a member of his family are among the latest to be hemmed up on dope charges in what appears to be an ongoing effort to take as many meth...
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WHEN PUBLIC WATER BECOMES PRIVATIZED
Illinois American Water. It may be in Illinois, but just a few years ago, it wasn't American. It might get to that point again. MT. VERNON, Ill.---There's quite the uproar going on in the city of Mt....
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MAN DRIVES TRUCK INTO LOG CABIN, ST. FRANCISVILLE
LAWRENCE CO., Ill. (St. Francisville)---There's quite the mess tonight in the village of St. Francisville after what's being described by authorities as a "very intoxicated" driver created a new...
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WHOSE IDEA WAS THIS OUT IN RICHLAND COUNTY….???
...we turn off 130 to the east, onto County Road 400 North at about 5:45 p.m., roll down a few yards, and see THIS: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * What the hell IS that??? Who DID that?? Looks...
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THIS MONTH’S PRINT HEADLINES, MARCH 2015!!
Welcome to the beginning of our THIRTEENTH YEAR of publication...and to all those who thumbed their noses at us on March 12, 2003 and said we wouldn't last with our "little newsletter" but a couple of...
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MAN CITED AFTER DUMPING LOAD OF SOYBEANS
WAYNE CO., Ill.---The cause of a vehicle overturn south of Interstate 64 last night in Wayne County is still under investigation by Illinois State Police, but the man involved in it has been cited on...
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CORRECTION ON FRONT-PAGE ARTICLE, FEDERAL DRUG CONSPIRACY
Every once in a while we get some bad information....and a front-pager on stands right now has some. Our sources on deadline indicated to us that one of Richland County's big federal arrestees, Sherry...
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CENTRALIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL METH FELONIES
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS---Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Walter James Henson, 38, of Centralia,...
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