SALINE COUNTY GRAND JURY RESULT: Not what we thought

There was one indictment that came out of the Saline County Grand Jury two days ago

There was one indictment that came out of the Saline County Grand Jury two days ago

Now here’s something you don’t see every day.

Jacob E. Austin, 23, of Carrier Mills, was convicted Friday on charges of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse of a 13-year-old girl after a three-day trial.

A few trustee races are the highlights of the ballots in Saline County; other than that, there’s not a lot of big draws for the various burgs down south.

Information is in about yesterday’s (04.03.13) alleged robbery at gunpoint, and short-lived getaway, which was thwarted by overwhelming police force coming out of Saline and Williamson counties.

A remarkable phenomenon has created a lot of tension amongst residents of southern Illinois, and lack of formal information from public officials who are paid by taxpayers to know things like this is adding to the frustration

Here’s the post-production vidcast as promised, with updates on the latest happenings in the southern Illinois area!

The Southern Illinois Drug Task Force has made a big bust across five locations in Saline county.

Pay close attention, because we’re not going to give this any ink in the print version. We stopped covering Rietta Miller escapades years ago; it’s just not worth the acreage in the paper

Folks in the Carrier Mills and Harrisburg area, and actually throughout Saline County, are asked to be aware that a convicted sex offender is being sought after an alleged beating and rape of a local woman last night.
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Here ya go, folks…stupid is as stupid does