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Phone Scam Warning

If you get a phone call from the Illinois Sheriffs' Association asking for money, hang up. That's the message from the Illinois Sheriffs' Association which says it never raises money by phone.

The message was prompted by a phone campaign that's now underway, claiming to raise money for the association. 
It says anyone who receives one of these calls should get as much information as possible from the caller, and report it to the local sheriff, or the the Illinois Sheriffs' Association (isa@ilsheriff.org).

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.