Saturday, September 18, 2010

Arrest Made in Brutal Beating of Bruce Schlichting

Investigators arrested 60-year old Stephen Keegan last night for aggravated battery. He's at the Boone county jail on $50,000 bond.

Click on the following for more details:  Arrest Made in Brutal Beating of Belvidere Man - MyStateLine.com

Play the video from Channel 39--it also has additional details.

Midwest Peace Talks Shattered By Illinois Toll-Booth Bombing | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Here is a funny story from 1998 from the famous newspaper to the North--THE ONION—Don’t take it too seriously.

BELVIDERE, IL–Hopes for a Midwest peace accord were dealt a severe blow Monday, when a bomb ripped through a toll booth on the I-90 Illinois Tollway. The attack, which killed six and delayed westbound traffic for hours, is believed to be the work of Iowa-based militant Lutheran extremists.

Click on the following for more of the “story”:  Midwest Peace Talks Shattered By Illinois Toll-Booth Bombing | The Onion - America's Finest News Source