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Local: Matt Hale, Elvis impersonator

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When did this happen?
Elvis Presley may have been dead for 30 years, but the ‘King of Rock n Roll’ has shook up a man so much that he has spent nine months touring the world dressed as the legendary popstar.
Donning Presley’s [...]

September 8, 2008 in Local
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Local: No local link to suspected Obama murder plot

Via CBS4 in Denver:
Law enforcement authorities have arrested two men and several law enforcement sources say the investigation is looking into whether the men intended to harm presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama.
According to multiple sources, Aurora police made a routine traffic stop Sunday morning at 2:38 a.m. and arrested 28-year-old Tharin Gartrell. Sources say [...]

August 25, 2008 in Local
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Local: ‘Movement’ to free Matt Hale?

Peoria Times Observer editor DeWayne Bartels mentions in his blog that there’s an effort by some admirers to free Hitler wannabe Matt Hale from prison, where he is being held after his conviction for trying to order the murder of a judge.
I’ve tried to find other reporting in this, but can’t. And the group doesn’t [...]

August 5, 2008 in Local
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How to handle hate

Matt Hale (right), who leads the World Church of the Creator from his parent’s East Peoria basement, is running for city council. He and his merry band of losers occasionally hold rallies in Peoria and often disturb property owners by throwing their racist literature (on those rare occasion these mostly unemployed people can scrape together [...]

July 5, 2002 in The Wire
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