RESIDENTIAL FIRE IN SHAWNEETOWN

A fire at a two-story residence on Highway 13 in Shawneetown was knocked down in less than 30 minutes tonight, Friday, 03.15.13.

A fire at a two-story residence on Highway 13 in Shawneetown was knocked down in less than 30 minutes tonight, Friday, 03.15.13.

…but we can’t, because we can’t seem to get anyone’s cooperation from down there.
GALLATIN CO.—A Shawneetown man has been sentenced to seven years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to felony drug charges, but without the usual pre-sentence investigation.
We’ve received word that a car chase has ended in the town park in Old Shawneetown.
GALLATIN CO.—A man charged with making meth in Shawneetown has pled guilty.
Highway 1 through Omaha has been closed down temporarily as firefighters deal with a fire in the downtown area (about a block off Highway 1).
Gallatin County Sheriff Shannon Bradley has confirmed a shooting early this morning in the village of Omaha.
GALLATIN CO.— A convicted Saline County doper has been charged in Gallatin with endangering a child.

GALLATIN/SALINE COs.—Failure on the part of local authorities to simply do their jobs a few months ago has had a direct bearing on a murder in Iowa.

GALLATIN/FRANKLIN COs.—Despite what at times appeared to be desperate pleas on the parts of members of the family, his attorney, and the man himself, former Gallatin County sheriff Raymond Martin could not overcome the evidence against him dating back several years as well as some that was very recent, and it all added up to another sentence of life in a federal penitentiary on December 7, 2012.