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ISP Probes Three-Vehicle Fatal Crash

3 years 3 months ago
WILLIAMSON COUNTY - Illinois State Police is investigating a three-vehicle fatal crash at Illinois Route 37, just south of Kellville Road in Williamson County at 9:45 a.m. on July 20, 2022. This is the preliminary information being released by Illinois State Police District 13: WHAT: Three-Vehicle Fatal Traffic Crash WHERE: Illinois Route 37, just south of Kellville Road, Williamson County WHEN: July 20, 2022 at approximately 9:14 a.m. VEHICLES: Unit 1 – 2012 White IsuzuTruck Unit 2 – 2006 White Freightliner Truck-Tractor Semi-Trailer Combination Unit 3 – 1985 Blue International Truck-Tractor Semi-Trailer Combination DRIVERS : Unit 1 – Charles M. Hedges, 70-year-old male from Carterville, IL – Deceased. Unit 2 – Darwin E. Titzer, 62-year-old male from Mill Shoals, IL Unit 3 – Monty D. Millenbine, 65-year-old male from Mill Shoals, IL – Flown to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries. PASSENGER: Unit

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Polling The Public About Social Media Policies Turns Up Nothing Particularly Useful

3 years 3 months ago
Someone emailed to call my attention to some new survey results out of the University of South Florida’s Center for Cybersecurity, which contained public opinion polls about internet regulation (and gas prices, but that’s a bit outside our wheelhouse). The key part that was highlighted to me was: More than half of Floridians (52%) say […]
Mike Masnick

Friday Cat Blogging – 22 July 2022

3 years 3 months ago
This is Charlie about to attack Hilbert's tail—though Charlie is hardly to blame for this. There are, after all, limits to what you can expect when you start waving your tail in somebody's face.
Kevin Drum

Going Postal

3 years 3 months ago
Today on TAP: Progressives win some small victories. What will it take for them to add up to big victories?
Robert Kuttner

Jury convicts Bannon of contempt of Congress

3 years 3 months ago
“This case is not complicated but it is important,” Molly Gaston, an assistant U.S. Attorney, said in her closing argument Friday. “When it came down to it, he did not want to recognize Congress’s authority or play by the government’s rules.”
Harper Neidig

Missouri Democrats Planning a Josh Hawley-Inspired 5K Run

3 years 3 months ago
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley's infamous chicken run has inspired the Missouri Democratic Party to plan a race outside the political sphere. The Jan. 6 Committee showed a video last night of Josh Hawley running away from the Jan. 6 rioters just hours after he raised his fist to them in solidarity. In response to mass calls for a Hawley-inspired run, The Missouri Democratic Party will host a "Hawlin' Hawley" 5k.
Jenna Jones