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MISSING OLNEY GIRL; POLICE SEEKING PUBLIC’S HELP
From Olney PD Facebook page OLNEY, Ill. - Olney Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a girl who's been missing since yesterday afternoon. Brayanna Hargraves, whose age hasn't...
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MISSING GIRL FOUND; ONE REPORTED IN CUSTODY
From Olney PD Facebook page RICHLAND/LAWRENCE COs., Ill. - The girl who was reported missing out of Olney from yesterday afternoon has been located, and according to reports, there's a man in...
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INDIANA MAN CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING IN RICHLAND COUNTY
RICHLAND/LAWRENCE COs., Ill. - A man from Washington, Indiana, is in custody today in Richland County, held at the detention center on a kidnapping count. Blake A. McGillem, DOB 1987 (which means he...
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MAN IN COURT THIS MORNING OVER EDGEWOOD STABBINGS
EFFINGHAM CO., Ill.— A Dieterich man had his first appearance this morning in Effingham County, charged in an incident that happened this past weekend wherein police say he stabbed at least three...
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ILLINOIS STATE POLICE PREPARE FOR 50th SUPER BOWL WEEKEND
ISP DISTS. 12, 19/SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois State Police (ISP) officials unveiled enforcement plans for the 50th Super Bowl weekend. ISP Troopers will strictly enforce moving violations with an...
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AND NOW, TWITTER: Ongoing efforts to control what YOU read on the Internet
While we have plenty of people ready to start slapping tinfoil hats on those of us who live this every day, now, the ongoing effort to funnel and filter what YOU read on YOUR feeds has hit Twitter...
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WEEK 2 OF NO REPORT ON RICK WHITE’S ARREST, CHARGE….BUT TIPPING STILL GOES ON
Eric Hall...looking rough at only 37. HAMILTON/WHITE/WAYNE CO., Ill. - The conspicuous absence of any mention of the indictment of an errant ISP agent on an area radio station continues...but the agent...
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GUNSHOT WOUND TO HAND PROMPTS RICHLAND COUNTY AMBULANCE DISPATCH
RICHLAND CO., Ill. - Not much is known at this hour, but Richland County Ambulance Service was dispatched to a Dundas address out in the county on a call regarding a gunshot wound to the hand. The...
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Olney sex offender charged with not registering—AGAIN
RICHLAND CO.— Kristopher L. Booth, 41, now of 120 East South St., Olney, has been charged with Unlawful Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. The formal charge alleges that on or about January 22,...
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Man with history of letting swine run at large charged with criminal damage
RICHLAND CO.— A former Olney man with a history of letting swine run at large, now of Washington state, has been charged with damaging a city squad car. According to information filed in the case, on...
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One suspected meth lab, one suspected drug dealer among seven nabbed in...
RICHLAND CO.— On the tail of well over a dozen felony drug arrests in 2015 by Richland County lawmen, with at least half of those leading to federal charges, the ongoing, all-out war on...
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Olney man accused of wanting to kill step-daughter and bury her in the yard —...
RICHLAND CO.— Disturbing accusations involving an Olney man have surfaced in an Emergency Order of Protection granted in Richland County. According to court documents, the OP involves Jessica Erin...
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Two familiar faces busted within days of each other
Mething around in Olney? RICHLAND CO. – Some familiar names and faces have been hemmed up this past month in a couple of alleged meth moving or possession cases in the city of Olney…and one of...
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‘Date’ with 12-year-old leads to kidnapping charge
RICHLAND CO. – What was charged as a kidnapping in Richland County may turn out to be not exactly that if the defense in the case can show that the suspect was mislead by a social networking/online...
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INDICTED: PERJURY
RICHLAND CO. – The indictment of an Illinois State Police special agent in Richland County has set many entities throughout the state back on their heels, and has caused a chill of apprehension...
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RICK 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...
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THIS 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...
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TARGET 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...
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PRELIMINARY 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....
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BRIEFS 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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