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gun found at Ashley school (has 2 video links)

a second link here (also with a video)

It appears that Sikeston is planning on cracking down on saggy pants.

http://www.wsiltv.com/p/news_details.php?newsID=4793&ty
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Washington County Armed Bank Robbery

WASHINGTON COUNTY-- Officials are on a man hunt for two armed bank robbers. The masked men carrying pistols held up the Farmers and Merchants National Bank in Hoyleton Wednesday morning.

Officials are releasing little information about what happened, but the only customer in the bank, and the only eye witness to the get-away car took time to talk about her frightening experience.

For local waitress and mother of four, Kimberly Connelly, going to the bank for change wasn't the normal mundane chore.

"Two guys with ski masks and guns running into the bank. I turned around and told the tellers, 'We're getting robbed.' And they just looked, and I said 'WE'RE GETTING ROBBED."

Connelly was the only customer in the bank at the time of the robbery. She says the thieves followed her into the bank then ordered everyone to the floor.

"He was right next to me and he pointed the gun at me and he said, 'Get down.'"

So she did. Connelly says she slid down the wall and sat on the floor. Frightened but courageous... Connelly purposefully faced the chaos.

"I was praying to God. I prayed out loud. I was like, oh my God- God help me. I didn't know if I was gonna make it out of the bank."

Connelly says she watched as both men walked behind the service counter. She says she couldn't see much of the action, but only moments later, one man leaped across the counter.

"As he jumped, money just hit the floor, hundred dollar bills everywhere and tootsie rolls. And so, he stopped and picked up all the tootsie rolls and all the money and he put it in his pants pocket."

At that time, Connelly says, the other robber rounded the corner and they both made a B-line for the door. Connelly was the only person in the bank who could get a look at the get-away vehicle.

"I knew that i wasn't gonna let... I didn't want them to get away with it."

State police tell us the FBI does have some leads. But, we were also informed that the robbers ditched the get-away vehicle, only miles from the bank. The investigation continues.

By Rachel Gartner
rgartner@wsiltv.com

Wamac Smoking Ban

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story:  http://www.wsiltv.com/p/news_details.php?newsID=4458

A small Southern Illinois town is taking on the state of Illinois. Officials in Wamac, in Clinton County, are leading an effort to overturn the state smoking ban.

Wamac Mayor, Butch Mathus, is organizing a petition drive around Southern Illinois, calling for the repeal of the statewide smoking ban.

Mathus says he got behind the protest, not just because of his rights as a smoker, but because of the impact it's having on this little town of 1200 people.

He also says petitions are coming in from towns around Illinois and organizers are meeting tonight to count petitions and plan their next move. Ornanizers plan to go to Springfield on April 8th; to lobby legislators to let them know how this bill has effected small businesses and municipalities.

The ashtrays aren't the only thing missing from the tables at JoNo's Place in Wamac, owners say the customers are gone as well.

Terry Norville says the ban is cutting into his bottom line, which, in turn, hurts the state. He says, "I know when I send my revenue money in at the end of the month it's not near what it's supposed to be."

Mathus says if lawmakers don't act to repeal the ban, he plans to push for a statewide referendum, which will mean a lot more petitions. If he pushes for a statewide referendum, he'll need 420,000 signatures.

happening not far where I live

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the Kirkwood shooting will lead to the topic of protecting the city councils in southeast Missouri

the topic is likewise in Mt. Vernon, IL

Dix, IL man files federal lawsuit against IL smoking ban

there is supposed to be benton police chief on mike and juliet show today, i got this details from the abc station where I lived (WSIL)

just watched the choking game report, the recent death in southeast missouri been on the news at least couple days.  (complete with video and other links)

I play a lot of FFXI, and I check the FFXI forums on allkazham.com a lot. today, one of the newest posts is talking about this devlin case, showing a link that leads to screenshots of a XBOX 360 profile of what appears to be hornbeck. Personally, I do not think XBOX 360 or FFXI played a role in the kidnapping as 1. FFXI was not released in the United States until Fall 2003, and 2. FFXI was not released on XBOX 360 until April 2006.

the links are:
http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=10;mid=1169
387983214822195;num=56;page=1

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/14/odd_internet_trail
_p.html

http://www.boingboing.net/images/xboxlivedevlin.jpg

i think it is time to send those politicans a message in that recent scandal. if they want to screw around, they don't need to be in office.

i'm planning on voting for danny stover next month in the election for us house district 19 in illinois. I was not very happy with shimkus comments in the news this week.