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Saline native welcomed back to area with key job at county’s state’s...
SALINE CO.— With the recent appointment of an Eldorado native to a vacant assistant state’s attorney position, State’s Attorney Mike Henshaw has brought a southern Illinois son back home. In addition...
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Harrisburg student killed in accidental shooting; grandfather charged with...
DEER CREEK, Texas/HARRISBURG, Ill.—A vacationing Harrisburg boy was accidentally shot and killed the first weekend in August, this at the home of his grandfather in Texas. Daniel Wiley, 9, a student at...
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Former mayor loses it at intersection
HARRISBURG—The former mayor of the city of Harrisburg continues to show his true colors, and on the evening of Thursday, August 1, one of those colors came shining through in a very public way....
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Disgraced, sex offending chief deputy’s lawsuit full of holes; Motion to...
SALINE CO.— Todd Fort, the disgraced former Saline County chief deputy and school board president who used his positions of authority to lure at least one unsuspecting teenage girl into a sexual...
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Retaliation in dog case begins
ELDORADO—The situation of an Eldorado family’s pet dog being killed by the neighbor’s pet dog has escalated to the point that harassment and intimidation has begun, this under the acknowledgement...
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BOY BURNED IN CARRIER MILLS INCIDENT: *CORRECTED*
CARRIER MILLS—Information is sketchy, but we’ve learned from official sources that a 10-year-old boy remains hospitalized following an incident a few days ago in Carrier Mills (CORRECTED). According to...
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READ THE LEAD: Todd Fort descends even further into the abyss of his mind
SALINE CO.—We’d heard earlier this year that Todd Fort, former Saline County chief deputy and Harrisburg Schools Board of Education president, was going around telling people he had a brain tumor. Todd...
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READ THE LEAD: What’s really behind the issue with the dog killed in Eldorado?
ELDORADO—The death of a family pet in Eldorado, coming on the heels of a police-shooting of a dog last fall, had people up in arms after it occurred in mid-July, and prompted outrage toward owners of a...
View ArticleTHE JACK & ANG SHOW: POST-PRODUCTION VIDCAST!
Here’s the first part of three of the weekend’s vidcast! Topics: Todd Fort, Robert Wilson, Fort’s lawsuit against Mike Henshaw
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Topics: New vendors (ROC One), Eldorado Mayor Rocky James, Ryan Hughes, cocaine, Vicki Williams, Bryan & Christen Drew, explaination of difference between free website and online...
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PHARMACY TECH CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
SALINE CO.—A pharmacy tech has been arrested and charged in Saline County circuit court with drug offenses. Jim Munds, 39, has been charged with two counts of possession of controlled substances...
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COUNTY BOARD MEMBER RESIGNS AFTER APPOINTMENT
SALINE CO.—One of the county’s most recently-elected board members has resigned, it was announced tonight at the regular county board meeting. Molly Wilson Dearing Molly Wilson Dearing, niece of...
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HIGH-SPEED CHASE THROUGH THE MILLS ENDS IN CRASH
CARRIER MILLS—A Carrier Mills man is in custody tonight following a pursuit out of his home town, into Harrisburg, then a high-speed chase back to the Mills again, where the pursuit ended in a crash....
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MESSAGE TO ERIC GREGG
STOP CALLING MY PEOPLE. STOP HARASSING MY PEOPLE. NONE OF MY PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. YOU GO ON AHEAD AND DO YOUR DAMNED “COMMUNITY SERVICE” BUT STAY THE FUCK OUT OF *MY* COMMUNITY. YOU DO NOT...
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GUESS WHO’S COMING HOME FROM DOC THIS WEEK!
SALINE CO.—That’s right…the guy who absconded with tens of thousands of dollars worth of pre-need funeral funds and will never pay a dime of it back… Face forward, Mr. Jones… John B. Jones. Jones first...
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READ THE LEAD: Eric Gregg continues to lose it in a public way
HARRISBURG—It was recently said that someone went the distance to advise Eric Gregg to simmer down and go away quietly with his state job. Eric Gregg Apparently he’s not taking that well-intentioned...
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Jack bach-es it while I chill with the girls
RICHLAND/SALINE COs.—While we all got together to go to the children’s museum in Evansville yesterday, Jack & I had to go separate ways because he had lots to do in the Harrisburg location, and I...
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COUNTY BOARD REPRESENTATIVE DIES
ELDORADO—One of Saline County’s board representatives has died. A photo of Gary Siebert, taken from Harrisburg Daily Mail’s website and utilized here under Fair Use Act. It was reported to us at about...
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BREAK-INS CONTINUE IN HARRISBURG
HARRISBURG—The break-ins in Harrisburg continue to occur, and a city councilman is the latest casualty. We received word at 11:07 p.m. tonight (Wednesday, 08.28.13) that city commissioner John McPeek...
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ACTIVE NIGHT IN HARRISBURG, INCLUDING MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
HARRISBURG—Police have had their hands full on the first day of September in Harrisburg. At just after 1 a.m., a car-motorcycle accident occurred on Commercial Drive (U.S. 45) and Sloan, at the...
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