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updated: Fri Jul 18, 2008 09:27 pm

Rock Falls News

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17 hrs ago | The Daily Gazette

Serving Dixon, Sterling & Rock Falls

Jim Oberweis, Congressional candidate for the 14th District, greets constituants Thursday in Dixon to discuss how the cost of energy is affecting them.

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Related Topix: Dixon, IL, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Thu Jul 17, 2008

The Daily Gazette

Serving Dixon, Sterling & Rock Falls

Al Wickoff and Tom Whelan work on the tail section of the helicopter at Veterans Memorial Park Tuesday afternoon trying to run wire to get the lights working.

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Related Topix: Dixon, IL

Wed Jul 16, 2008

WQAD-TV Moline

Three indicted in Sheley case

Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Whiteside County State's Attorney Gary Spencer today announced the grand jury indictments of three individuals in connection with last month's murders allegedly committed by ...

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Related Topix: Whiteside County, IL

Sat Jul 12, 2008

WEEK-TV

Attorney General's Office Called in on Nicholas Sheley Case

The Illinois Attorney General's office will be helping with the case against Nicholas Sheley - "the man suspected in a two - "state killing spree that left eight people dead.

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Related Topix: Whiteside County, IL, Violent Crime

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Chicago Tribune

Public tipsters help foil fugitive murder suspect

The image of fugitive murder suspect Nicholas Sheley's mug shot on her television screen was fresh in Samantha Butler's mind when the mother ventured out to get dinner for the family, warning them to lock the ...

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Related Topix: Real Estate, Reality TV, Crime TV, Entertainment, Television, Sterling, IL

Tue Jul 08, 2008

cbs2chicago.com

Family, Friends Of Killing Spree Suspect Baffled

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: Galesburg, IL, Sterling, IL, Drugs

Mon Jul 07, 2008

LincolnCourier.com

Bloody spree's motive unknown

Nicholas T. Sheley was a small-town crook who rarely ventured out of the area to commit crimes.

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Related Topix: Galesburg, IL, Sterling, IL, St. Louis, MO Metro

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Air America Radio

Web Exclusive: "Crime and Punishment", Part 3: Sheley Walked Free After Setting a Murder in Motion

Web Exclusive: "Crime and Punishment", Part 3: Sheley Walked Free After Setting a Murder in Motion The Daily Gazette Jul.

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Related Topix: Beer, Whiteside County, IL, Drugs

NBC 5

Suspected Mass Murderer To Face Local Authorities

A man suspected in a killing spree that left eight people in two states dead is being transferred to a county where he's charged in one of the slayings.

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

Fri Jul 04, 2008

WEEK-TV

Sheley Bond Upheld In Knox County

The man charged with first-degree murder for the beating death of Galesburg man appeared in Knox County Court Thursday afternoon.

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

Thu Jul 03, 2008

The Spectrum Online Edition

Three from Cedar City killed in spree

Family and friends in Cedar City were grieving Wednesday after 20-year-old Kilynna Blake and her 2-year-old son Dayan Blake were identified as victims of an ex-convict's three-state killing spree.

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WIFR

Father of Rock Falls Murder Victim Speaks Out

Now that the man suspected of killing eight people in Illinois and Missouri is in custody, peace of mind is beginning to return to the Whiteside County communities of Rock Falls and Sterling, where five of the ...

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Related Topix: Whiteside County, IL, Sterling, IL, Granite City, IL

Wed Jul 02, 2008

WQAD-TV Moline

IDs released on final 2 victims of Rock Falls homicide

More charges are likely for a man suspected in a two-state crime spree that left eight people dead.

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Related Topix: Granite City, IL, Sterling, IL, Galesburg, IL

CBS News

Killing Spree Suspect Has Long Rap Sheet

Local officers tend to a mourner at the scene where four bodies were discovered at an apartment in Rock Falls, Ill.

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Related Topix: Madison County, IL, Illinois

Tue Jul 01, 2008

WIFR

Rock Falls Murders

Amy Goodell immediately panicked when she learned that four people were found dead in this apartment building two doors down from her Rock Falls home.

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www.cnn.com | Top Ex Ed

Spree killing suspect caught in Illinois

Authorities in Illinois have captured an ex-convict suspected of killing eight people in two states.

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Related Topix: US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

WOC-AM Davenport

Many in Rock Falls feeling nervous

WHILE AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING AT THE CRIME SCENE IN A NEARBY APARTMENT BUILDING, BOBBIE CLAXTON WAS PLAYING WITH HER THREE CHILDREN IN THE TOWN'S CENTENNIAL PARK.

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WAND-TV Decatur

Police search for man in at least 5 deaths

Police are searching for a 28-year-old convicted felon they say may be connected to a string of 8 killings in Illinois and Missouri in the last week.

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Related Topix: Sterling, IL

WQAD-TV Moline

Two men connected to 93-year-old man's death

Galesburg Police investigate suspicious death HyVee employee finds dead body behind store Fire spreads in Buffalo Two weeks ago, West Front Street was lined with tens of thousands of sandbags.

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Related Topix: Moline, IL

Mon Jun 30, 2008

WIFR

Sterling Murder Investigation

The manhunt for Nicholas Sheelee continues at this hour in Lee and Whiteside Counties.

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Related Topix: Sterling, IL

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