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Published: November 30, 2009
FLORA WOMAN KILLED IN PIT BULL ATTACK |
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UPDATE 7 a.m. 12.1.09–Dog put down Our sources in Flora have confirmed that the pit bull was put down yesterday. Tests for rabies, which are routine, are said to be underway. It’s still unclear whether the dog had its shots. For those of you asking, we haven’t had time to confirm whether Clay has an [...]
Published: November 29, 2009
WAR AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS IN WASHINGTON STATE |
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News reports have been all over a shooting in Lakewood, Washington, near Tacoma, for the past several hours. In what local and national media are calling an ‘ambush,’ four Pierce County sheriff’s deputies, one woman and three men, were shot dead in the Forza Coffee Co. coffee house as the officers were working on their [...]
Published: November 29, 2009
Break over; back on the information trail as of tomorrow |
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The ‘crawls’ begin bright and early Monday after some time off. We’re referring to ‘courthouse crawls’ wherein (contrary to our detractors’ claims, which erroneously–and amusingly–state we ‘make this stuff up’) we go to check the latest happenings over the last 30 days in each county we cover. We’ve also been collecting mugs of many accused [...]
Published: November 25, 2009
MUSIC FOR THE HOLIDAYS |
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Someone finally put up our favorite Steve Lukather song on YouTube–like, yesterday. Yes, we’re kinda slouchy in the post department; it’s the holidays, and even though we don’t observe them, we’re taking a break readying for the move. So in the meantime, here’s a FANTASTIC song by Lukather, which we first heard on Pandora radio. [...]
Published: November 23, 2009
ARF!! announcement--go shopping in Fairfield, help stop animal homelessness! |
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FAIRFIELD–Go Christmas shopping and help ARF fight pet homelessness on Saturday, November 28 & Sunday, November 29 during Critter Weekend at Carnaby Square in downtown Fairfield! Enjoy unadvertised discounts and refreshments, sign up for prizes and for every $20 you donate to Animals Requesting Friends, you will be entered to win a $250.00 shopping spree at [...]
Published: November 23, 2009
Fairfield man, former plaintiff in Edwards County lawsuit, dies over the weekend |
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FAIRFIELD–Wayne County and Fairfield officials are investigating an apparent suicide that took place over the weekend. The body of Pleasant James (“Jimmy”) Vaughan, 56, was found in a camper at a residence located on Northwest Sixth Street in Fairfield Saturday, Nov. 21, dead from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. There is no foul [...]
Published: November 20, 2009
THE RULES OF RURAL ILLINOIS |
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Just got this in an email from our faithful follower in Fairfield: THE RULES OF RURAL ILLINOIS ARE AS FOLLOWS: Listen up City Slickers! 1. Pull your droopy pants up. You look like an idiot. 2. Turn your cap right, your head isn’t crooked. 3. Let’s get this straight; it’s called a ‘dirt road.’ [...]
Published: November 19, 2009
OooOooo...fancy |
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LAWRENCE CO.–It was high drama for a bunch of Lurch’s Losers on Wednesday, Nov. 11, as scanner listeners reported in to Disclosure that they got to hear, first-hand, how the sheriff’s department handles anhydrous thieves. Deputy Dennis York, one of the most reviled and repulsive deputies on the department, reported he was watching an anhydrous [...]
Published: November 19, 2009
LURCH MAKES A DRUG BUST IN LAWRENCE: HIS OWN DAUGHTER |
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Is this not a hoot? This is the kind of thing rampant nepotism will get you, and has been the second such Lurch relative to have resigned a high-paying job with the county…those same jobs that are causing the county’s budget to rise through the roof. We’re just getting this in, and we don’t have [...]
Published: November 19, 2009
SAME OL SAME OL IN GRAYVILLE |
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Yep, as suspected, Joe Bisch was put in as mayor Tuesday after Henry Kijonka’s official resignation. Bisch, former mayor twice and during whose time in office the city spent too much money on unnecessary things and didn’t put anything away for a rainy day (and if we’re remembering correctly, he was at the helm when [...]
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