Mount Carmel hosts 16th annual Relay for Life survivors lap
Local cancer survivors kick off the 2016 Relay for Life at Legend's Field with the Survivor Lap in Mount Carmel. Despite 93 degree heat, residents participated as Kyle Peach led ceremonies and Ruth Kieffer honored Bev Morgan with teal hair and a teal wig tribute. The event, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, funds cancer research.
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Flag Day Observances Highlight Mount Carmel Community
Mount Carmel groups promote Flag Day with a May flag exchange at Keepes Funeral Home where over 60 flags were given away and more than 100 tattered flags retired by the Mount Carmel Honor Guard. Donations totaled 400 dollars, split 300 to the honor guard and 100 to Boy Scout Troop 392 for cemetery flag duties. DAR educated on flag symbolism at Mount Carmel City Hall and Elks 715 hosted a June 12 Flag Day ceremony featuring flag histories from Pine Tree to the current 50 star flag. The DAR also presented flags during the program.
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Local boy Luke Dill receives cards from across the country
Four year old Luke Dill, battling Ewing sarcoma at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, gathers a flood of cards from readers nationwide and even Ireland after Sheila Randall set up a mail drive. Florida Texas Arkansas Kentucky Indiana California Georgia Idaho Iowa Nebraska North Carolina Alabama Missouri Wisconsin Michigan Louisiana West Virginia Tennessee and musician Sean Fuller of Florida Georgia Line sent messages. Cards continue to pour in to Luke at Luke Dill c/o Sheila Randall P O Box 962 Mount Carmel IL 62863.
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Mass Shooting At Orlando Nightclub Kills At Least 50
A gunman opened fire inside Pulse nightclub in Orlando killing at least 50 people and injuring many others before dying in a shootout with SWAT officers. Officials said the attack may be terrorism with possible Islamic State ties. the shooter Omar Mateen was from Port St. Lucie and had legally bought firearms recently.
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