Steinmetz Remembered By Friends After Car Wreck
Friends from Carbondale recall the close bond of a group of high school mates who spent summers exploring the back roads and a hunting cabin southeast of town. Steinmetz, an athletics student at McKendree College, died in a car crash while living with his girlfriend Dame and saving for John A. Logan College. Most of the group is scattered, with many recent SIU Carbondale graduates expected to return for his funeral.
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Carbondale
Webster
Curr
Steinmetz
McKendree College
Lebanon
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Dame
Country
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Du Quoin man pleads guilty to Halloween stabbing
Du Quoin man Christopher Bunton 30 pleaded guilty in Perry County Circuit Court to aggravated battery for the Halloween 2002 stabbing of Terry Brown 50. Open plea with extended sentence anticipated. sentencing set for May 16 with a 5 to 10 year term.
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du Quoin
Perry County
Christopher Bunton
Terry Brown
Bunton
David Stanton
St. Nicholas Hotel
Brown
Stanton
W. Poplar St
Kevin McBride
McBride
Mark Maclin
Fire destroys Herrin home in Wednesday morning blaze
A family of four lost their single story house at 1105 W Cherry St in a fire that spread from the utility room to the kitchen and attic. Patricia Wagley and her young daughter escaped unharmed as two pumper trucks fought the blaze with Marion and Herrin departments assisting. Police suspect an electrical malfunction. investigation continues.
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Herrin
W. Cherry St
Patricia Wagley
Charlene
Wagley
Jerry
Marion
Travis
Jerry Wagley
Mystery death of Baby Sarah lingers after inquest
Three years after the death of Baby Sarah the coroner's jury ruled the cause undetermined and noted possible smothering and a traumatic birth. The case is logged in an FBI database to aid future connections. Kellerman seeks outside help from a former cold case investigator and criminology professor Steve Eggers to reexamine the facts.
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Sarah
FBI
Kellerman
State Police
Cold Case Files
Collinsville
Steve Eggers
University of Houston
Eggers
Mystery of Baby Sarah case continues as 5,000 reward offered
Three years after a white infant’s body was found on a Spring Lake boat ramp, sheriff’s investigators seek the mother’s identity with a $5,000 reward. A memorial at Pinckneyville Park honors Baby Sarah, with anti abandonment plans and a hotline for information. Local ministers urge reports to solve the case.
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Spring Lake
Pyramid State Park
Perry County
Accuracy Notice for Carbondale City Council and Park District Results
The Southern Illinoisan reports corrections for Carbondale elections detailing Steven Haynes elected to a four year term and residing in Carbondale, Milton McDaniel as leading Carbondale Park District voter, and a sports caption misidentifying Zach Schimpf’s action.
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Jackson County
Steven Haynes
Carbondale
Milton McDaniel
E. Jackson St
Carbondale Park District
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