'Armadillo Truck' Fights Crime in Peoria, Illinois

The 'armadillo truck' is a big, obnoxious, armored truck armed with infrared cameras that is being used to fight crime in Peoria, Illinois. The armadillo truck is working surprisingly well and, better yet, the armadillo truck is a low-budget solution for tough economic times....

Elderly woman slammed hard by police at Walmart

Video clip puts police in hot seat Bystander's film shows officer subduing woman who has knife Wednesday,  August 12, 2009 3:12 AM By Elizabeth Gibson THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH "All it took was a cell phone...

Jimmy John's Robbery: Employee Shot in Leg

An employee was shot in the leg during an armed robbery at a Jimmy John's outlet in Tallahassee, Florida. The man was shot at around 3:45 am last night while taking out the trash, and was taken to Tallahassee...

Bee Gees belter may help cheat death

So long as we don't get generations of paramedics singing along to the tunes in their heads whilst resuscitating patients, I think I'm all for it:"The Bee Gees' 1977 falsetto stomper Stayin' Alive could be the...

Catholic Priest Accused of Dealing Coke

Forget red cups filled with crappy beer at stinky frat houses; the real partying at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana apparently goes down at St. John's Catholic Newman Center. Police in “Chambana”...

Pheonix AZ - U.S. Marshals Capture Alleged Child Rapist

"Phoenix, Ariz. – This afternoon members of the U.S. Marshals led Phoenix High Intensity Drug Task Force (HIDTA) Fugitive Task Force arrested an alleged child rapist from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lance Kelly, 51, was wanted by the Albuquerque Police Department after it...

Tornados Rip Up Midwest US

Some very dramatic weather in the US Midwest last night, with tornados in Missouri Northern Illinois. At least two dead, three hospitalized and several homes destroyed."UNDATED -- The storm that passed over the...

"Anonymous" tells Drew Peterson: I Saw Stacy, Lawyer Rushes to the Media

This story just gets stranger and stranger."In another weird development, the AP in Chicago is reporting that Stacy Peterson may have been sighted -- according to her media-mugging husband, former police sergeant...

MSNBC War Reporting: All Negative All The Time

Don't expect MSNBC to display any good news out of Iraq. It's wall to wall negative. according to MSNBC our soldiers are worse than the terrorists."If you want to read an utterly typical assortment of the U.S....

IL State rips nursing home, for neglect and faulty care

"A troubled East Peoria nursing home and state health officials are gearing for battle after authorities fined the home $100,000 -- one of the largest such fines ever -- for neglect and faulty care of mentally ill and elderly patients."

Former Policeman Burned Trying To Put Out Blaze

" January 14, 2007 Illinois - A well-liked, retired Bloomington police officer burned in a fire at his home Friday night was in critical condition Saturday at a regional burn unit. Elijah "Joe" Rusk was in Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, a nursing supervisor said...

Accused Prostitute (Lisa Ann Taylor) Speaks To Channel 2

"Four new arrest warrants have been issued in the case involving two women accused of “high-end” prostitution -- in one of the area’s most exclusive neighborhoods. The woman at the center of a prostitution bust that’s rocked one of the metro area’s most prestigious...

Sandberg to manage Class A Peoria

"Hall of Famer takes first step toward managing in Majors By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com""LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Ryne Sandberg wants to get back to the big leagues, and he'll begin just like everyone else by paying...

Can This Machine Be Trusted?

"The U.S.'s new voting systems are only as good as the people who program and use them. Which is why next week could be interesting. A woman walked into a polling place in Peoria, Ill. last week and proceeded to...

Immigration -- The Republicans' great divide

"The U.S. border is a line in the sand in more ways than one." <--- It certainly is. This one issue is the hub of the wheel that has spokes to other issues that many people are not aware of yet.

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