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Roundup.(Exercising The Right)
Bob Buttrum and his wife own and operate the Midway Mart in Bluford, Illinois. Shortly before noon on May 26, a car and its four occupants pulled up to one of the convenience store's gasoline pumps. After filling the tank, the driver dropped the hose, jumped into the vehicle, and sped away without paying the $22 owed.
When Mr. Buttrum called the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office to report the theft, he was told that no squad car was in the area, so Buttrum, along with two of his friends who were in the store at the time, pursued the scofflaw. As described by the May 27 Mt. Vernon Register-News, "Armed with cell phones and, in Buttrum's case, a 9 mm pistol, the three men also sped out of the parking lot...."
One of the friends soon located the fleeing vehicle and managed to block it in. Buttrum and the other buddy then caught up and further hemmed it in. ...
- JEFFERSON COUNTY CELEBRATES OPENING OF NEW ENTRANCE TO COUNTY GOVERNMENT CAMPUS
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News September 3, 2009 700+ words
GOLDEN, Colo., Sept. 2 -- Jefferson County issued the following news release: Jefferson County Commissioners, along with representatives...today to open the new intersection of Jefferson County Parkway and Johnson Road. The intersection...
- FORMER JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONER SENTENCED FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News November 14, 2009 700+ words
...Inge Johnson today sentenced former Jefferson County Commissioner MARY MILLER BUCKELEW...200 hours community service with the Jefferson County Board of Education, and a $20...grand jury investigating financing for Jefferson County's sewer system. In her plea, she...
- Jefferson County, Mo., Tops St. Louis County for Number of Housing Permits.
- Newspaper article from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) May 27, 2004 700+ words
...growth in the region has shifted, Jefferson County edged past St. Louis County for the...Greater St. Louis. "I remember when Jefferson County was barely a blip on the radar screen...twice as many new-house permits as Jefferson County did. Since then, the arrival of...
- New Report Analyzes Why Jefferson County, Texas, Is a 'Judicial Hellhole(R)'.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 9, 2005 700+ words
Personal Injury Lawyers Target Jefferson County Courts, Harming Residents WASHINGTON...report released today details why Jefferson County, Texas -- the only Texas jurisdiction...personal injury lawsuits are filed in Jefferson County, per capita, than any other large...
- Jefferson County hopes for pay-off from trash. (Jefferson County, Mississippi...
- Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal Mitchell, Jerry October 12, 1992 700+ words
...S. From the depths of poverty, Jefferson County sees hope in a for-profit landfill...come true for a rural county like Jefferson County." That profit is made possible because "Jefferson County is interested in opening their doors...
- Jefferson County, N.Y., Survey Shows Area Economy Remains Top Issue.
- Newspaper article from: Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, NY) June 9, 2004 700+ words
...Kate DeForest Jun. 9--Life in Jefferson County may be good, according to the fifth...numbers randomly selected from the Jefferson County phone book. Of those calls, 348...important issue" facing residents of Jefferson County, which has consistently been rated...
- Jefferson County Ruling Likely to Wait; Sewer Bills Filed.(The Regions)
- Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer March 30, 2009 700+ words
...whether to appoint a receiver to oversee Jefferson County's sewer system. Also last week...bills were introduced as a result of Jefferson County's sewer crisis, which threatens...senators, whose districts include Jefferson County, filed bills that would create a...
- Louisville, Jefferson County Vote To Merge Governments.(benefits...
- Newspaper article from: Nation's Cities Weekly Hogan, Cyndy Liedtke November 20, 2000 700+ words
...merge the Louisville, Ky., and Jefferson County governments, creating a new metro...moment for our community," said Jefferson County Judge-Executive Rebecca Jackson...office as mayor of Louisville or as Jefferson County judge-executive endorsed the referendum...
Source: HighBeam Research, Roundup.(Exercising The Right)