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updated: Fri Jul 18, 2008 01:21 am

Galesburg News

Local news for Galesburg, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Yesterday | Journal Star

House fire may have been meth related

A house fire Wednesday may have been ignited by methamphetamine production in the kitchen, according to authorities.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Springfield, IL, University of Illinois System, Springfield (University of Illinois System), University of Nebraska System, Medical Center (University of Nebraska System)

Wed Jul 16, 2008

WQAD-TV Moline

Galesburg's Sandburg site watching state budget battle

This is the place to learn about the legendary poet of the people. It's where Carl Sandburg was born in 1878.

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WMBD-TV Peoria

AG's Office Stepping In on Sheley Case

WMBD/WYZZ KNOX CO. - The Illinois Attorney General's Office is now stepping in on the Nicholas Sheley case.

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Related Topix: Knox County, IL, Whiteside County, IL

Mon Jul 14, 2008

KFVS

List of Flooded Roads

The following information comes from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Missouri Road Closures Both lanes of Route 177 in Cape Girardeau County have reopened following recent flooding.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Flood, Alton, IL

Sat Jul 12, 2008

KWQC-TV Davenport

Illinois AG office to help in Sheley case

The Illinois attorney general's office is helping with the case of a man suspected in a two-state killing spree that left eight people dead.

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Related Topix: Whiteside County, IL, Rock Falls, IL

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Journal Star

Nicholas Sheley faces new murder counts

The man suspected of bludgeoning eight people to death last month now faces charges in two states.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty, Violent Crime

Journal Star

Ex-Galesburg lieutenant OK'd for drug treatment

A former Galesburg police lieutenant accused of stealing drugs from the department's evidence locker has been approved for a drug treatment program, his attorney said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Knox County, IL, Illegal Drugs

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers a...

Galesburg residents fuming over BNSF train fumes

GALESBURG, Ill. - A backlog of freight trains because of flooding that closed a number of tracks in Iowa caused some complaints along the BNSF Railway's Barstow Subdivision line in the city's Morton and Rock ...

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Wed Jul 09, 2008

Belleville News

Family, friends of killing spree suspect baffled; Sheley's wife 'in hiding'

Marcia Frey laid down the law when her daughter and son-in-law, Holly and Nicholas Sheley, moved into her trailer after losing their apartment last month: No alcohol.

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Related Topix: Sterling, IL, Rock Falls, IL, Drugs

Tue Jul 08, 2008

Belleville News

Missouri may seek death penalty against Sheley

Nicholas T. Sheley is walked Wednesday morning out of the Granite City Police department to be transported to Edwardsville.

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Related Topix: Edwardsville, IL, Sterling, IL, Jefferson County, IL

Bridgeport Leader

Murder Suspect Appears in Court

Killing Spree Suspect Appears in Court Gatehouse News Service 03 July 2008 GALESBURG, Ill.

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Related Topix: Whiteside County, IL, Madison County, IL

Mon Jul 07, 2008

SI.com

Details emerge of killing suspect's capture

As the hunt wound down for the man suspected in a killing spree that left eight people dead in two states, a disheveled Nicholas T. Sheley walked calmly into a Subway restaurant in suburban St.

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Related Topix: Granite City, IL, Madison County, IL, Violent Crime

Sun Jul 06, 2008

Journal Star

Accused killer headed to Knox County

Nicholas T. Sheley is escorted out of the Granite City police department Wednesday, July 2, 2008, in Granite City, Ill.

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Related Topix: Edwardsville, IL, Knox County, IL, St. Louis, MO Metro, Madison County, IL

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Marin Independent Journal

Public tipsters help foil fugitive murder suspect

The television image of fugitive murder suspect Nicholas Sheley's mug shot was fresh in Samantha Butler's mind as she ventured out to get dinner for the family, warning her relatives to lock the door behind ...

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Related Topix: Real Estate, Granite City, IL

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Wilson's Almanac

Suspect in eight murders arrested in Illinois, United States

Nicholas T. Sheley Image: Illinois State Police . Following a manhunt in two states, police have arrested Nicholas Troy Sheley , whom authorities suspect in eight murders in the United States .

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Related Topix: St. Louis, MO Metro, Madison County, IL, Edwardsville, IL, Illinois

Hawk Eye

Man's call to lawyer led to his arrest

Suspected Ill. killer made first court appearance Thursday in Galesburg, Ill. By DON BABWIN The Associated Press CHICAGO -- As the manhunt for the ex-con suspected of bludgeoning eight people to death during a ...

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Related Topix: Granite City, IL, Madison County, IL, Federal Prisons, Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago

STLtoday

Tracing accused killer's path

July 2, 2008--Nicholas T. Sheley is escorted out of the Granite City police department.

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Related Topix: Mount Morris, IL, Morris, IL

Thu Jul 03, 2008

The Times

Friends recall slain Galesburg man

Friends gathered outside Ronald A. Randall's home Tuesday afternoon swapping stories about the gentle 65-year-old man who was murdered Saturday.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

WQAD-TV Moline

Suspect in two-state killing spree transferred

Afternoon News to Go -- Thursday, July 3rd Associated Press - July 3, 2008 12:14 PM ET GALESBURG, Ill.

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Related Topix: Knox County, IL, Violent Crime, Sterling, IL

CNN

Killing spree suspect appears...

A man suspected of bludgeoning eight people to death in a one-week killing spree in two states appeared in court Wednesday via closed-circuit television, where he heard charges read against him from one ...

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