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SMITH IS OUT AS HARRISBURG SUPERINTENDENT
** HARRISBURG, Ill.—Following much acrimony and contentions with the Harrisburg Schools Board of Education, Harrisburg Superintendent Dennis Smith is out as superintendent. The word just reached...
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BIG JIM TAKES A PLEA IN DUI CASE
** SALINE CO.—One of the area’s most notorious figures has entered a plea in his 2010 DUI case. Craycray Jimbo and friend “Crazy” Jim Watson, 68, scheduled for a jury trial to begin today in his June...
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SALINE COUNTY CRIM BUSTED IN EQUALITY
SALINE CO.—An incident on the Saline County side of Equality last night landed a local felon in jail at Saline County Detention Center not long after midnight this morning (Tuesday, December 24, 2013)....
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READ THE LEAD: Watching city officials throw up roadblocks to tornado fund...
One of the most frustrating things imaginable for a journalist is to watch public officials stymie requests for public information. You send a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request with specific...
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READ THE LEAD: Todd Fort gets a chance to have his case heard
In a little-covered situation that emerged a month ago, a court hearing was held in order to give former Saline County chief deputy/ board of education president Todd Fort a chance to plead his case....
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PHOTOGRAPHER IN MUDDY CAPTURES INCREDIBLE OBJECT FALLING IN THE SKY
SALINE CO., Ill.—While we’re waiting for official comment from various agencies we’ve made contact with, we’d like to bring you these images shot by a resident in Muddy, Illinois (Saline County,...
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READ THE LEAD: Keeping up with a low-profile case of a high-profile guy
Many in and around Saline and Williamson counties were stunned to learn in July that a local well-to-do banker had been the subject of a civil suit in Williamson that was salacious at best. Tom Franks...
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Meteor society says fireball was NOT an object falling from the sky
SALINE CO., Ill.—The American Meteor Society has responded to Disclosure‘s questions about the stunning photos submitted to the website yesterday, December 31, 2013. And they are saying that they...
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READ THE LEAD: Turmoil brewing in Cottage Grove Township
One of the biggest articles appearing in this current print edition (December ’13/January ’14) in terms of both impact and sheer volume is regarding the expansion of a Peabody mine in Saline County....
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READ THE LEAD: So is Carl’s “Neighborhood Watch” moving forward…?
In a follow-up story to our big front-pager in the December Special Edition, we check in with Carl Hustedde in Carrier Mills. This Hustedde is the brother of Harrisburg city police detective Curt...
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SEXUAL ABUSE CASE SETTLED AFTER ALMOST TWO YEARS; 20-YEAR SENTENCE ISSUED
SALINE CO.— A Muddy man has been sentenced to 20 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after confessing to sexually abusing a victim under 13 years of age. According to Saline County State’s...
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Nightly NewsCap: News you can use with AUDIO headlines!
Here’s Lyndi back again for another Nightly NewsCap, for the evening of Friday, January 3, 2014! Topics covered include: Pedestrian hit by car in Marion; Williamson County semi trailer vs railroad...
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E911 call in Carrier Mills results in a compassionate act by police officer
SALINE CO. – Readers who heard a lot of racket going on in scanner traffic December 26 might have heard a remarkable act that a Saline County officer made, with the intent of serving someone who needed...
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Jailed after demanding beer from homeowner
ELDORADO— Another area convicted felon looks to be starting off the new year much like years past—in jail, more than likely en route to prison. On December 5, 2013, at approximately 3:30 a.m. Eldorado...
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Lawman busts up Harrisburg garage drug party attended by two parolees
HARRISBURG— The report of a suspicious vehicle lead police to what appeared to be a drug party either being planned or just getting underway. According to information filed in the case, on December 16,...
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Criminal proclaims to officers, “I am a piece of sh&t”
HARRISBURG— According to information filed in the case, on December 6, 2013, at 1:18 a.m. Harrisburg officers were dispatched to 208 West Homer St., Harrisburg on reference to a male possibly trying to...
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Dope cook claims he was making a batch of meth for his daughter’s Christmas
ELDORADO— An Eldorado man faces drug charges after he was stopped by a conservation police officer between Harrisburg and Eldorado. According to information filed in the case, on December 14, 2013...
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Another one of former mayor Eric Gregg’s bumbles addressed at council meeting
HARRISBURG—Another one of former Harrisburg mayor Eric Gregg’s last-months-in-office blunders was addressed at the January 2 meeting of the Harrisburg city council. The matter was raised during new...
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Accusations fly, tempers flare at county board meeting
SALINE CO.—A high-tension debate that appeared to be a just-below-the-radar campaign push dominated the December meeting of the Saline County Board. In the end, not many were as enlightened as perhaps...
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Father confesses to brutalizing four-month-old for crying while he was...
Leaves infant brain damaged, blind, mute and deaf, if she survives, say doctors GALATIA— In a follow up to a story first published in the December ’13/January ’14 edition, police say a Galatia man had...
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