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  • Growers making up for lost time in planting corn

    FILE PHOTO: A tractor with cultivator sits idle after being delayed by wet weather earlier this month preventing central Illinois farmers from starting their spring planting of corn crops Monday, May 13, 2013 in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth ...

  • Government presses ahead on another leak case involving Fox reporter

    oIn another case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, the government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in a probe that appears to step into uncharted territory -- by declaring that a journalist is committing a crime in disclosing leaked information.During the investigation of State Department adviser Stephen ...

  • Teller superviser accused of embezzling from Poplar Bluff bank

    oA southeast Missouri bank employee is facing federal charges for allegedly embezzling nearly $400,000 from the bank.The Poplar Bluff Daily American Republic reports that Leslie Ann Eastwood Kirby of Poplar Bluff was arrested last week and is being held at a federal facility.Authorities say the discrepancy was discovered during an internal audit, and the FBI was alerted. Kirby, 38, worked as a ...

  • Rains again delay work at Bridgeton Landfill

    Heavy rainfall Monday night has again delayed the start of a project at Bridgeton Landfill to remove reinforced concrete pipes.The landfill owner, Republic Services Inc., said the project is necessary before a plastic cap can be installed on a section of the landfill to contain odors from a subsurface fire. But the smell is expected to be worse for several weeks while the work is ongoing.The ...

  • Brad Pitt interview hits Esquire next week

    the May 28 edition of Esquire is a must-grab. In the mag, Pitt talks about his life with "Brangelina" and a big family, his lack of friends and his academic career at Mizzou --about which he has some regrets."I'd get so far and then want to do something else," says Pitt, the pride of Springfield Kickapoo High School."I mean, I'm two credits short of ...


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Thieves' Highway [DVD]

Thieves' Highway [DVD]

After the prison-set Brute Force (1947) and the mean-streets-of-New-York expos Naked City (1948), director Jules Dassin turned his eye to another element of modern life that characterized the dark side of the American postwar experience: long- ... ...

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  • Service dog reunited with Illinois owner after being lost in Missouri

    MARSTON, Mo. o A northern Illinois woman has her service dog back, a month after losing him in rural Missouri, eight hours from her ...

  • Storms damage part of Mount Olive business district

    o Winds that ripped through Mount Olive's Main Street on Monday night destroyed four commercial buildings in the downtown business district and damaged at least 10 other properties, authorities say.No injuries were reported. The storm hit at about 10:35 p.m. Monday.James W. Pitchford, coordinator for the Macoupin County Emergency Management Agency, said the National Weather Service will be ...

  • Severe weather threat continues today

    ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - People are watching and waiting again today for potential severe weather in the Midwest and parts of the deep South. The NOAA Storm Prediction Center, part of the National Weather Service, has much of Illinois and a large portion of Missouri under a slight risk outlook for severe thunderstorms. A large upper level low pressure area, responsible for devastating tornadoes over ...

  • Ill. House committee OKs fracking regulatory bill

    SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois House committee has OK'd a measure to regulate high-volume oil and gas drilling in the state. The House Executive Committee voted 11-0 Tuesday to move to the full House a bill meant to kick-start hydraulic fracturing, "or fracking" in southern Illinois. Fracking uses high-pressure mixtures of water, sand or gravel and chemicals to crack rock ...

  • Silex schools dismiss early due to water line break

    The Silex R-I School District will dismiss early Tuesday because of a water line break. All schools will dismiss at 11:03 a.m. and buses will run their regular routes at that time. There is no word on when the break will be fixed. Wednesday was supposed to be the final day of school and that is still the plan. ...

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