UPDATE: Meth bust in Harrisburg sends two to jail
HARRISBURG, Ill. — As promised, we’ve now obtained details on the meth bust in Harrisburg last night, January 22, 2014. Police responded to 322 W. Elm Street in Harrisburg at about 9:00PM after a call...
View ArticleNightly NewsCap! headlines from the past 24 hours in AUDIO
Here’s Lyndi rounding up the material in yet another very newsy day, Thursday, January 23, 2014! Topics covered include: Williamson County crash sends one to the hospital; Carrier Mills man killed...
View ArticleFORT ATTORNEY FILES APPEAL IN CASE DISMISSAL
Todd Fort, walking from the White County Courthouse on the afternoon of December 3 SALINE CO., Ill.—Todd Fort’s Carbondale attorney has issued a Notice of Appeal in Fort’s case against Saline County’s...
View ArticleJARIAH MOSS SENTENCED IN SALINE COUNTY
SALINE CO., Ill.—A press release submitted by the Saline County State’s Attorney’s office in Harrisburg shows a conclusion was reached in one of Southern Illinois Drug Task Force’s cases. Jariah Moss...
View ArticleNightly NewsCap! The day’s headlines rounded up for you in AUDIO
Here’s Lyndi bringing you the headlines for the past 24 hours in AUDIO, for those who like to listen to their news at day’s end, for the evening of Friday, January 24, 2014! Topics covered include:...
View ArticleTrash service tries to woo village for contract
CARRIER MILLS—Except for an announcement in support of their village fire department, the first village board meeting of the year in Carrier Mills was a lot of routine business. At the meeting, held...
View ArticleAmbulance call leads to scuffle with cops
HARRISBURG— An ambulance call concerning a possible overdose led emergency workers to call for police after the patient became combative. According to reports, on January 11, at 8:16 p.m. Harrisburg...
View ArticleCouple charged with stealing cart full of items
Attention Wal-Mart shoplifters! HARRISBURG—An Equality couple has been charged with Retail Theft after authorities say they simply loaded up a cart full of merchandise and walked out of the front...
View ArticleGribble running for Saline County sheriff
Election preview SALINE CO.—Mike Gribble is the Republican candidate running for Sheriff in the Saline County Primary elections, which are set for March 18. Disclosure sat down with Gribble to talk...
View ArticleKnife pulled, man punched in face at Morello’s
HARRISBURG— An Eldorado man has been charged after a fight broke out at Morello’s restaurant in downtown Harrisburg. Local bars have either been temporarily shut down, as in the case of Poor Boys, or...
View ArticleWho is obscuring the grant information, and why?
Tornado funds, part 4: HARRISBURG—At the end of the last part of Disclosure’s ongoing series about our ongoing investigation into the DCEO grant which is being administered by the Harrisburg City...
View ArticleMob action charged in home invasion
HARRISBURG—Charges of Mob Action and Home Invasion have been filed in a wild incident that sent nearly every law enforcement vehicle in Harrisburg to a residence outside the city park. The whole thing...
View ArticleConvicted child molester to file appeal
SALINE CO.—Four weeks to the day that the judge hearing the case of disgraced former chief deputy Todd Fort versus Saline County State’s Attorney Mike Henshaw threw the case out, Fort’s attorney has...
View ArticleWheel-man from bank heist charged with steroids
HARRISBURG — The man authorities say was the get-away driver for an October 17, 2013 bank robbery of Old National Bank in Harrisburg now faces a drug charge. Information filed in the case indicates...
View ArticleEPA inspector dismissed for falsifying documents
SALINE/WILLIAMSON COs.—A Marion-based Environmental Protection Agency inspector lost his job with the EPA after the agency found that he had falsified reports regarding a local landfill. But it’s not...
View ArticleREAD THE LEAD: How could anyone POSSIBLY have missed this…?
…and yet, they did. Including us. We’re talking about the front-page piece this month regarding a situation that happened a few years ago, revolving around West End Landfill. And we’re figuring no one...
View ArticleNightly NewsCap! ANGELA brings the hammer down on a couple of short subjects...
Here’s my lovely and lively bride bringing you the headlines from the site today, as well as one that we haven’t had time to even broach yet…check out the topics…all for the evening of Tuesday,...
View ArticleBOIL ORDER IN GALATIA SERVICE AREA
SALINE CO., Ill.—Galatia, Prospect and Corinth water customers are under a boil water order. This order has been in effect for about the last 40 minutes (since about 11:40). As soon as the order is...
View ArticleBOIL ORDER LIFTED FOR GALATIA-AREA WATER USERS
SALINE CO., Ill.—The boil order has been lifted for water users in Galatia, Prospect and Corinth. Please let everyone on the system know if you are able to have communication with them; share this...
View ArticleBREAKING: HARRISBURG TOWNSHIP COVERED FOR FIRE PROTECTION
HARRISBURG, Ill.—The Harrisburg city council tonight determined that Harrisburg Township is covered for fire protection from Harrisburg city fire department until November 6, 2014. This is a...
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