Correction
Disclosure would like to point out some errors in the most recent issue (August 2015) and apologize for them in print. In the front-page article “Pedestrian killed,” Disclosure inadvertently posted a...
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Sex offender’s pregnant girlfriend joins him in jail
WHITE CO.— The pregnant girlfriend of a registered sex offender charged in early August with the stabbing of a juvenile has now joined her babydaddy in jail. Anna Marie Grant, 21, of the 500 block of...
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Tragic car crash in Crawford
CRAWFORD/RICHLAND COs.— An auto accident on July 13 in the vicinity of Stoy in Crawford County is still being investigated according to public officials, based on the events leading up to the incident....
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Explosion at The Ridge
CLAY CO.— One of a pair of Edgewood men could be facing a return trip to prison while a second man might find himself seated next to him on the bus ride to the big house. According to information filed...
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Are child sex abuse counts next? — Charged in fatal DUI crash
LAWRENCE CO.—The man involved in a fatal U.S. 50 wreck in early August is now facing felony charges in both Illinois and Indiana…and not all of it has to do with the car crash. Lonnie Hill, 37, of...
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Car crash, one left, two flee
RICHLAND CO.—An early-August traffic crash has lead to felony charges for the driver, who is accused of taking steps to ensure authorities wouldn’t find out he was the one driving. And the driver is...
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SECOND PERSON CHARGED AS RESULT OF EXPLOSION AT THE RIDGE
Aaron Flota, aka inmate #K03550 CLAY CO., Ill. - The Clay County Sheriff's Office is reporting that a second person has been charged as a result of an investigation into the August 10 explosion....
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CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER’S SENTENCING DELAYED
Mychal Bush-King, Clay County Sheriff's Office mugshot CLAY CO., Ill. - The sentencing phase of a Clay County sex offender has been delayed again, and locals are wondering just what's up with the whole...
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DEATH OF OLNEY MAN NEAR ST. LOUIS INVESTIGATED
MADISON CO., Ill. - Speculation is running rampant today after the Monday deaths of two men from southeastern Illinois whose bodies were found at a Super 8 Motel in Pontoon Beach in Madison County, on...
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FORMER WAYNE-WHITE CFO SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS FBOP
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS - Bruce L. Johnson, 50, of Wayne City, Illinois, the former Manager of Finance and Office Services for Wayne-White Counties Electric Cooperative and...
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THIS ISSUE’S PRINT HEADLINES, SEPTEMBER 2015!
Well, we're in the last days of August, actually, and the release date of the current issue was August 26...but it FEELS like September, and September is right around the corner, so SEPTEMBER it is!!...
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RECOUNTING THE 2006 FATAL CAR CRASH THAT BROUGHT DAVE DAVIS TO INFAMY
RICHLAND CO., Ill. - While many people are now mourning the (still-unexplained) passing of 30-year-old Dave Davis of Olney while he was on a job in the East St. Louis area, others aren't so quick to...
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TWO ARRESTED IN HAMILTON COUNTY FOR BURGLARY
HAMILTON CO., Ill. - Two men are in lockup in White County after a Hamilton County arrest Tuesday. David Compton David P. Compton, 39, and Gary D. Carter, 28, were arrested by the Hamilton County...
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CHICAGO MAN ADMITS HEROIN DISTRIBUTIONS IN MARION COUNTY
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Marquise E. Ross, 24, of Chicago,...
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FLORA CITY CLERK DIES IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN MISSOURI
Karen Halsey, from the City of Flora website HANNIBAL, Mo. - A motorcycle crash in Missouri has claimed the lives of two Flora residents, one of them the city clerk. Flora City Clerk Karen J. Halsey,...
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LOWERY ENTERS PLEA IN SEX CASE, BUT ONLY TO AGG BATT
WHITE CO., Ill. - A man accused of a sex crime against a child years ago in White County has entered a plea in the case. Phillip Lowery of Carmi pled guilty to an amended charge of Aggravated Battery...
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ILLINOIS STATE POLICE LAUNCH OPERATION FATAL 4 FOR LABOR DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND
ILLINOIS - Troopers will be on the Lookout for Speeding, DUI, Driving Distracted and Seatbelt Compliance Carmi, Ill., Illinois State Police (ISP) District 19 Commander, Captain Kelly Hodge, would like...
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CENTRALIA WOMAN SENTENCED ON DRUG CASE
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS - Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Jennifer Ann Keller, 34, of Centralia,...
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SEX OFFENDER TAKES PLEAS IN WHITE COUNTY COURT
Jacob A. Holland, White County mugshot WHITE CO., Ill. - The young sex offender whose most recent set of crimes has made front-page headlines the last couple of issues has entered pleas in his White...
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METH ARREST AT WEST SALEM CROSSROADS SUNDAY
Justin Cleaver EDWARDS CO., Ill. - An Olney man and a Wabash County woman are the latest two to come under suspicion of meth crimes in Edwards County. And fittingly, they were apprehended because of...
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