Stories written by Danelle1964I am the grumpiest 40-something you will ever know. That's because I've been through entirely too much shit thanks to this society that's been decaying for the past several decades. So I decided to keep you fine folks aware of that decay, and what it means to you, via this website and the print version, so you won't turn into a grumpy old cuss like me. Instead of bemoaning your fate, I challenge you to get up off your ass, put down your beer and your NASCAR and your American Idolatry and fake rasslin shows, and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Attend meetings, run for office, get involved, circulate petitions, change the direction the state of Illinois is headed....or you won't HAVE any beer or NASCAR or American Idolatry to enjoy in your free time. You do have free time; I know you do, otherwise you wouldn't be reading this. Step it up, man! I'd rather die speaking what I believe than live fearing to speak....you should, too.

After Hardin County State’s Attorney Tara Cook-Wallace dodges Disclosure Publisher Jack Howser for weeks, he catches up with her as she leaves the courthouse for lunch and asks her if she will resign if he presents proof she is lying about investigating sheriff JT Fricker. She invites the publisher to her office after lunch and then doesn’t come back at her usual time.
Jun 18 2013 | Posted in
Breaking,
Hardin |
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Two city officials have been the target of a brief investigation and one has announced a resignation this morning, while the other has been reprimanded.
Jun 18 2013 | Posted in
Breaking,
Saline |
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As if thousands of taxpayers weren’t outraged when it happened the first time, now Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has asked the U.S. Supreme Court for yet another extension further delaying the realization of citizen’s rights to bear arms.
Jun 17 2013 | Posted in
Breaking,
Illinois |
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It appears the Williamson County State’s Attorney Chuck Garnati has cost the county thousands of taxpayer dollars because he couldn’t keep from making a comment he knew or should have known was radially charged and could lead to a new trial.

Over the weekend, a city in which it has been a crime to own a gun much less carry one on your person, has experienced a most bloody Father’s Day.
Jun 17 2013 | Posted in
Breaking,
Illinois |
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Happening NOW!!! Downtown Harrisburg is rockin’ with good food, chicken wings, fun for all ages, live band and they even have a beer tent for the first time since the 1800s!!!!

While prison guards at Lawrence and Pinckneyville corrections centers are breathing easier having their overall inmate population reduced, guards at Menard prison in Chester are not happy.
Jun 15 2013 | Posted in
Breaking,
Illinois |
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The police chief of Caseyville, Ill., died this morning of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Jun 13 2013 | Posted in
Breaking,
Illinois |
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Repeatedly, Coston, nearly sobbing at a few points, said “I’m not a murderer! I didn’t mean for this to happen!”
Jun 11 2013 | Posted in
Breaking,
White |
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An alleged home invasion, beating, child abduction and a round of Orders of Protection highlight a recent situation in the city of Flora that is a showcase for the epitome of dysfunction family courts have become throughout the country.