Clik here to view.
Members of meth-connected ATV theft ring now facing additional charges —...
SALINE CO.— An Eldorado man whose charges of theft of a four-wheeler were featured in the last issue has moved to Harrisburg and has been charged with the same offense in a different case. And one of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Marion man, Rosiclare man and Harrisburg woman charged with theft
SALINE CO.— A local Inn has joined the ranks of businesses in the area that have been the victim of theft, but the local Walmart seems to remain a favorite with local thieves. A Harrisburg teen has...
View ArticleMarion man charged with attempted murder of Harrisburg woman
SALINE CO.— As of press time of this issue (August 23), a Marion man was being sought on an outstanding Saline County warrant charging him with Attempted First Degree Murder. According to preliminary...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anna Bixby employee takes out Orders of Protection against members of the board
Barb Wingo, shown in inset over the property where the office of the Anna Bixby Women’s Center are located adjacent to the park in Harrisburg, is said to still be puling strings behind the scenes at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gunshot incident being investigated
SALINE CO.—No arrests had been made by late August in a shooting incident that occurred in the city of Harrisburg mid-month, however, authorities are saying charges are pending once the investigation...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CARRIER MILLS SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO LENGTHY TERM IN IDOC
Steven Wagoner, Saline County mugshot SALINE CO., Ill. - The resolution of a sex offender's case in Saline County Circuit Court has finally been accomplished, according to a press release by the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SALINE COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE SEX COUNTS AGAINST MINOR
Foster SALINE CO., Ill.--An Eldorado man has been charged with multiple felony counts of cild sex abuse dating back almost ten years. And according to information gathered in the investigation, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ELDORADO MAN SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS FOR POSSESSING METH, GUN IN SALINE
Joseph Robertson U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS - Joseph Scott Robertson, 45, of Eldorado, Illinois, was sentenced on August 26, 2015, in United States District Court in Benton to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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!!...
View ArticleClik here to view.
REBEL FLAG BECOMES AN ISSUE AT HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL
Trenton Byrd HARRISBURG, Ill. - Harrisburg High School has become the most recent public entity to have a problem with an historical item: The Rebel Flag. Yesterday (Thursday, August 27), we're told,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CRASH THIS MORNING ON ROUTE 13 LEAVES CARRIER MILLS WOMAN IN HOSPITAL
SALINE CO., Ill. - A Carrier Mills woman is in an Evansville hospital tonight after sustaining injuries in a cash on Illinois 13 in Saline County earlier this morning The crash occurred on Illinois...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ISP NOTIFIES THAT WOMAN DIED FROM INJURIES IN SALINE CO. CAR CRASH
SALINE CO., Ill. - Illinois State Police informed media today in a 12:29 p.m. release that they were informed this morning that Kristen Lee Day, Age 27, of Carrier Mills, Illinois, passed away from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘REBELS’ MEET IN HARRISBURG TO SUPPORT STUDENT; FLAG SET FIRE TO LATER
HARRISBURG, Ill. - The sensation Harrisburg High School student Trenton Byrd created Friday carried over to a peaceable assembly last night...but that was followed by vandalism that remains...
View ArticleClik here to view.
REBEL FLAG RAISED AT HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL
HARRISBURG, Ill. - Well, THAT'S taking it to a whole new level. We received photos this morning at about ten til 8 of a Rebel Flag having been hoisted below Old Glory down at Harrisburg High School....
View ArticleClik here to view.
NO GUNS, THREATS, OVERTURNED CARS, ETC., AT HARRISBURG HIGH TODAY
HARRISBURG, Ill. - Nothing went on at Harrisburg High School, despite the hoisting of the Rebel Flag beneath Old Glory on the flagpole...temporarily. We never did find out who did that, and no one's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PUBLIC TAKES ISSUE WITH TRENTON BYRD’S FACEBOOK PAGE
HARRISBURG, Ill. - The 18-year-old who rose to recognition last week when he refused to turn a t-shirt inside-out in class and was ordered to leave is under fire today. Trenton Byrd, 18, a Junior at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
LOUISIANA WOMAN INJURED IN FALL AT GARDEN OF THE GODS
Garden of the Gods SALINE CO., Ill. - A Louisiana woman was injured following a fall at the Garden of the Gods Saturday. Saline County Central Dispatch received a 9-1-1 call reporting the fall...
View ArticleClik here to view.
County authorities note disturbing trend of strangulation in violence cases
SALINE CO.— It has come to the attention of local authorities that an inordinate amount of violent crimes in the county lately have involved strangulation…and no one can figure any basis for the shift...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Report of shots fired leads cops to pill stash
SALINE CO.— An investigation into possible shots fired lead Eldorado officers to find a stash of pills. Reports filed in the case indicate that on Sept. 2 at approximately 11:55 p.m., Eldorado officers...
View Article