YOU CAN’T PUT THIS ON FACEBOOK: PART 12
Here's something you won't be able to see on our Facebook page. This is a baby giraffe, and not everyone can have a baby giraffe, so you're going to make the underprivileged who don't have the ability...
View ArticleYOU CAN’T PUT THIS ON FACEBOOK: PART 13
Here's something you won't be able to see on our Facebook page. Actually, you WILL see this on Fecesbook. Because this isn't a meme; this is a screencap of what was to the side of my feed last week,...
View ArticleWINTER WEATHER TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR SO. ILLINOIS, INDIANA, KENTUCKY
DIST. 12, EFFINGHAM, Ill. - With the prediction of winter weather tonight into Wednesday morning, Illinois State Police (ISP) District 12 is warning motorists to take the necessary precautions before...
View ArticleHOLE IN THE WORLD: RIP GLENN FREY [VIDEO]
From The Eagles' Facebook page The announcement that a REAL talent in the music world was lost to us has many musicians - myself included - mourning today: Glenn Frey, a founder of The Eagles, lost his...
View ArticleISP DISTRICT 12 ACTIVITY, ENFORCEMENT, FOR DECEMBER
EFFINGHAM, Ill. - Illinois State Police District 12 Commander, Captain Kelly Hodge, today announced activity and enforcement figures for 2015. Troopers in District 12, which includes Clark, Clay,...
View ArticleWHITE CO. SHERIFF ADDRESSES ODOR CONCERNS IN COUNTY
WHITE CO., Ill. - White County Sheriff Doug Maier has been fielding calls about an odor, being called "suspicious," in and around the city of Carmi and village of Enfield. In response to these calls,...
View ArticleFather allows son who broke into his house to move in…?
RICHLAND CO.— An Olney man who has been in trouble with the law since the late 1990s has been charged with breaking into his father’s home. He was bonded out of jail by his father, who then went on...
View ArticleThreatened to kill woman and throw her body in river
RICHLAND CO.— The first 2016 felony filed in Richland County involves a man who threatened to kill a woman, this according to authorities. Information filed in the case alleges that at 12:40 a.m., on...
View ArticleWhat’s in a name…? Olney convicted doper caught with brass knuckles
RICHLAND CO.— A last name synonymous with criminal activity in Richland county has surfaced once again. Well-known convicted doper Luis R. Baca, 38, of 725 South Fair St., Olney, has been charged with...
View ArticleSalem woman attacked in Olney
RICHLAND CO.— An area man who has a history of violence has been charged with just that in Richland. Clifford George Stroup, 32, of 606 West Third St., Flora, formerly of 617 East Second St., Kinmundy,...
View ArticleRichland lawmen nab two more suspected drug dealers
RICHLAND CO.— Richland county lawmen continue to add to the number of drug dealers they have taken off the streets. The number of drug trafficking arrests, not suspects merely in possession of one kind...
View ArticleShooting in Olney
RICHLAND CO. – While supporters of the man charged in the latest shooting in the city of Olney are crying foul over the matter, the suspect, as it turns out, has been embroiled in an ongoing matter...
View ArticleKANGAROO VID THAT WAS PULLED FROM OUR FACEBOOK PAGE
For whatever reason, the video of a guy "bagging" a little kangaroo in the Australian outback was apparently offensive to someone on our Fecesbook page, and about 12 hours after it was posted Sunday...
View ArticleOLNEY METH-HEAD ONE OF THREE SENTENCED IN WHITE TODAY
Michael Voyles WHITE CO., Ill. - The sentencing of a meth crim lead the White County courthouse happenings today. Michael R. Voyles, 37, of Olney, who's featured in this month's issue, was able to work...
View ArticleSPIVEY BEING HELD AT RICHLAND FOR KNOX COUNTY, IND.
RICHLAND CO., Ill. - The man who was the subject of an alleged abduction back in October of an Olney teen is behind bars in Richland today, but not for the abduction. Instead, Josh Spivey is being...
View ArticleRICK WHITE, ISP INVESTIGATOR, INDICTED FOR PERJURY IN RICHLAND COUNTY
Rick White RICHLAND CO., Ill. - ISP "Special Agent" Rick White has always thought he was something 'special' and always wanted to make a name for himself. Well, he has in Richland. Only there, he's not...
View ArticleTHIS MONTH’S PRINT HEADLINES, FEBRUARY 2016!
Into our second paper of the year! And believe me when I say, it's the second of many because it looks as if the every-three-week papers event enough to contain the investigative stuff, and we're...
View ArticleTARGET OF AGENT WHITE GIVES COMMENT; BOOKING INFO MADE AVAILABLE
Rick White RICHLAND/WHITE COs., Ill. - Just in case anyone doesn't believe the post we put up yesterday afternoon about Rick White being indicted in Richland County because "no one else is covering...
View ArticlePRELIMINARY HEARING SET FOR MAN ACCUSED OF HOME INVASION, STABBING
Duane Carlson, White County mug shot HAMILTON CO., Ill. -Hamilton County State's Attorney Justin Hood has updated information on the man accused of stabbing two people in an alleged home invasion....
View ArticleBRIEFS FROM AROUND THE DISCLOSURE AREA, 01.31.16
Since there was such a lack of news this weekend (after a fairly hectic news week right before), we figured your best bet was to get a little bit of roundup in one post. While that does nothing for the...
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