A look at those ‘bad roads’ being complained about in Wayne…and a word about the underground river

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Published: February 27, 2010
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Mt. Erie/Goldengate Road, looking north after the curve off the Little Wabash River bridge  | read this item

Anybody from Wayne County will know that in certain parts of the county, you can’t get away from bad roads…that’s because there are certain parts of the county that probably shouldn’t have roads.

Wayne County board has problems: doesn’t understand Open Meetings Act; picking at sheriff AGAIN

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Published: February 27, 2010
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Wayne Co. Sheriff Jim Hinkle  | read this item

A public body can’t just call a closed meeting or executive session willy-nilly. And yet that is what some in southern Illinois are doing on a regular basis.

Olney teacher/former coach operating under censure for ‘inappropriate relationship’

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Published: February 26, 2010
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Curt Dobbs  | read this item

Disclosure has just learned, via a concerned reader, that East Richland Community Unit School District No. 1 last year censured teacher and former coach Curt Dobbs—heavily.

Former high school teacher Scott Way arrested Wednesday on probation violation charge

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Published: February 25, 2010
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Scott Alyn Way  | read this item

Former Hardin County elementary school teacher/high school baseball coach Scott Way has been arrested again in Saline County and charged with violation of terms of his probation.

Nothing heavy-duty to report in the Martin family saga

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Published: February 24, 2010
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"Itsa proffer. Whaddaya wanna do abouddit?"  | read this item

There isn’t much to report following today’s (02.24.10) case management conferences for Kristina (Tina) Martin, 38, and her step-son Cody Martin, 20, both of Gallatin County.

Gallatin Co. coach said to have been escorted from school by law enforcement

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Published: February 24, 2010
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Vinyard has been coaching basketball at Gallatin Schools  | read this item

We were told at about 3 p.m. (02.24.10) that a coach/teacher at Gallatin County schools, Steve Vinyard, was escorted out of the schools by Scott Sauls, and someone was seen toting some boxes from the building at the same time.

Harrisburg CPA under fire from his own attorney

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Published: February 23, 2010
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Cox in the background; little buddy Paul McSparin, one of the testimony-challenged friends o'Cox  | read this item

Infamous Harrisburg certified public accountant David Cox, who has most recently been spending his free time in the courtrooms of Gallatin and Saline counties offering testimony for his various friends and enemies, is now potentially finding himself the object of a court matter the he, as a numbers man, had to see coming.

We now have WEATHER!!

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Published: February 23, 2010
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Yippee!!  | read this item

Just a little note (big posts are coming Tuesday): We now have weather widgets on the right-hand column of each individual post!

Injustice continues in Wilfong/Chekevdia case, Franklin County

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Published: February 20, 2010
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Mike, left, and Ricky Chekevdia. Doesn't that boy look happy to be with his dad? Or maybe it's just a reaction to dad's hand placement.  | read this item

As if we didn’t need another reason to be reminded that at-large Second Judicial Circuit judge Melissa Drew is only a judge because she’s not Brian Shinkle, she gave us a big reason yesterday (02.19.10): she ordered custody of Ricky Chekevdia, 7, to be handed over to his father, accused child molester Mike Chekevdia.

Monroe back in court on bond hearing, preliminary on harassment of witnesses

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Published: February 18, 2010
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Monroe's attorney Paul Christenson, Saline County state's attorney Mike Henshaw, going to Monroe's Feb. 17 bond hearing  | read this item

Convicted cocaine deliverer Tim Monroe was back in front of judge Ron Eckiss yesterday, 02.17.10, specifically on a bond hearing, in Saline County.