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Weather Alert

...Gusty Thunderstorms with Small Hail and Cold Air Funnel Clouds
through Early Tonight...

Gusty thunderstorms capable of producing cold air funnel clouds
and small hail are forecast through early tonight. These cold air
funnels are developing underneath thunderstorms that are moving
across the area. Underneath these showers...spinning columns of
air that look like tornadoes may continue to develop. These
funnels usually are very brief and rarely touch the ground. If
these funnels do touch down...they most likely will not cause
damage to life or property.

Cold air funnels are due to very cool air aloft...warm moist air
near the ground...and are usually in association with a strong
area of low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere. Due to
little or no wind shear...they are usually weak and very brief.

Metropolis man sentenced to prison for preparing false tax returns

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Court, Gavel

(WSIL) -- A Metropolis tax preparer will spend one year in prison for assisting in the preparation of false federal tax returns.

Court records show Shawn Nowlin, 55, was an unauthorized tax preparer and operated under various names, including Snowlin Tax and Prep, LLC.

From 2014 to 2018, he prepared approximately 291 federal tax returns and falsified wage and withholding amounts and other W-2 information, resulting in a loss to the United States of nearly $2 million dollars.

“Tax preparers who abuse the system for their own gain must be held to account,� said U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft. “Prosecutions like this one send an important message to fraudulent tax preparers: if you break the rules, you will face the consequences.�