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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 2012
Page
1
The solemn day marks the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross. Roman Catholics practice fasting eating one full meal and two smaller ones with no meat. Schools close for Good Friday and many businesses close at noon. Bald Knob Cross image from 2009 accompanies a sunrise service note.
For 75 consecutive years worshippers from Southern Illinois and across the country have awoke early Easter Sunday and made the trek to Bald Knob for sunrise. This year will make 76.
Jim and Rob Forsyth of FKG Oil Co. received a ceremonial $500,000 bonus for selling the Mega Millions ticket at the Red Bud Motomart. The event occurred Thursday in front of the store as Illinois Lottery Superintendent Michael Jones presented the check, with the Forsyths and community in attendance.
A Mount Vernon man, Michael Glenn Craddock, 60, faces charges after allegedly threatening to shoot officers and responders following a single vehicle crash on Illinois 154 near Bend Lake Golf Course. He was subdued and treated at Franklin Hospital Benton then airlifted to a St Louis area hospital. A gun, plus evidence of alcohol and drugs, were found in the vehicle.
Creal Springs set to move from a 100 year old overcrowded building to a roughly $12 million 67,000 square foot facility. Interim Associate Superintendent Greg Moats says the major project items near completion within a couple weeks. See Creal Springs page 3A.
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