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Pair face methamphetamine charges in White County
WHITE CO.— There is no better place to remind those who probably don’t need reminding that “stupid is as stupid does” than the drug report. And the White County doper news begins with the arrest of yet...
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Teen crim graduates to felony theft, drug charges
WHITE CO.— Just when everybody thought they’d heard the last of the Lewallen clan, here comes little Emily in another round of charges. This go-round, Emily, now 20 whole years old, of Church Street in...
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Janitor charged with breaking woman’s nose
WHITE CO.— Punches to the face seem to be the thing when it comes to violence in White County this issue. Example: a Crossville man has been charged with Aggravated Battery after authorities say he...
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Man taken to oil well site beaten and robbed
WHITE CO.— A Crossville man has been charged with taking a man to a rural county oil well site and then beating and robbing him. According to information filed in the case, on February 11 Jeremiah Raye...
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Wabash County municipals: One big contest in Mt. Carmel; smaller areas having...
WABASH CO.—Wabash, as one of southeastern Illinois’ smaller counties, usually doesn’t have a big ballot interest when it comes to local elections…unless it’s a municipal. At which time, many step...
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Richland County may see low numbers countywide, but Olney race is of interest
RICHLAND CO.—A slight bit of competition in the city of Olney as well as a couple of village contests out in the county will probably guarantee a relatively low voter turnout in Richland this...
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Carmi man charged with raping teen
WHITE CO.— A Carmi man has been charged with raping and strangling a juvenile. According to information filed in the case, on or about December 9, 2014 Landon Neil Rudolph, age 23, of County Road 1620...
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Accused child molester remains in custody
CLAY CO.—The young former Marine taken into police custody in early February over child porn and molestation charges remains in custody in Clay County pending trial. And a jury trial date has been set,...
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RICHLAND CO.— Richland County lawmen’s renewed war on drugs has taken dozens of dope dealers and manufacturers off the streets in recent months, but for every dirtbag sent off to live in a cage,...
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Earp caught in Hamilton theft
HAMILTON CO.— Another Olney man has been charged in connection with a stolen ATV involving one of the more worthless criminal dirtbags in the southern part of the state…and said dirtbag is finally in...
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BODY OF MAN MISSING IN WABASH HAS BEEN FOUND
WABASH CO., Ill.---Authorities in Wabash County have announced that the body of a man missing since Saturday morning has been located. Aaron W. Salter, 22, of Keensburg, was reported missing early...
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COPS CATCH THEIR MAN: LAWRENCE CAR THIEF SUSPECT IN CUSTODY IN CRAWFORD
CRAWFORD CO., Ill.---The man who allegedly lead Lawrence and Crawford county authorities on a high-speed chase Saturday night has been taken into custody. Authorities in Crawford County received a...
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CA. MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR POSSESSING METH AND A GUN IN WAYNE CO.
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS---Thomas Gregory Lilley, 36, of Fontana, California, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Benton to 14 years in prison for...
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WRECK IN NOBLE PROMPTS MULTIPLE AGENCY RESPONSE
NOBLE, Ill.---A two-car wreck in Noble had responding agencies working this afternoon to get the occupants out of their ditched vehicles. The wreck occurred at around 1:20 p.m. today (Wednesday, March...
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SALEM WOMAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING INFANT APPEARS IN COURT TODAY
Christina Thomason MARION CO.— A Salem woman who confessed to listening on a baby monitor while her three-month old daughter smothered made her first appearance on court this morning (Thursday, March...
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THIS MONTH’S PRINT HEADLINES, CONSOLIDATED ELECTION 2015 PREVIEW!
Well, here it is again, another election season upon us. This election will be for the municipalities and school districts, as well as various other little ballot questions and filling of unexpired...
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‘STABBING’ IN FLORA WASN’T EXACTLY THAT…OR WAS IT?
FLORA, Ill.---Authorities in Flora this morning were fielding a rush of calls and other forms of communication about a stabbing that had been reported just before sunrise. However, Police Chief John...
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LITTLE INFO KNOWN ABOUT WOMAN FOUND ON DIETERICH BLACKTOP
CLAY CO., Ill.---A woman was reportedly clinging to life this evening after an incident yesterday in which she fell from a moving vehicle, but it's being reported to us that she has lost the battle....
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BONE GAP MAN DIES IN ULTRA-LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH
Kris Case in a shot from the Bone Gap Chowder in August 2009 EDWARDS CO., Ill.---Friends and family of a well-known Bone Gap man are mourning his death this today after a plane crash yesterday evening....
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VEHICLE THEFTS CONTINUE IN LAWRENCE
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ill.---A week after a punk wanted out of Shelby County allegedly boosted a car from a Lawrenceville parking lot, two more vehicle thefts have been reported in that town. Reports this...
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