Mega Millionaire promotion runs with $35000 prize
Column notes ongoing Mega Millionaire sweepstakes with $35000 printed in the paper and $55000 from Monday. A live Mega Millionaire auction is planned July 20 at University Mall Carbondale. A 1939 Patek Philippe platinum World Time watch sold in Geneva for over $4 million to an unidentified Asian buyer, doubling the wristwatch record. FDA approves Botox for cosmetic use, enabling Allergan to advertise it as wrinkle smoothing. Weather expects partly cloudy, upper 70s to lower 80s with chances of showers tonight and tomorrow.
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Big Game Jackpot Nears Record High in Local Draw
Local players dream big as the Big Game jackpot climbs toward 350 million dollars ahead of tonight’s drawing. Odds sit at one in 76 million. Winners could take 174 million cash option or a 26 year payout, with tax take. Local residents describe plans from quitting work to funding music ventures and custom Harleys.
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Tom Hunt
Maragni
Nicholas Schurman
Carbondale
Prison director blames union for budget crisis in Illinois
Springfield The state prison director, Donald N. Snyder Jr., said the largest state employee union, AFSCME, hindered budget cuts by not cooperating on furloughs and blocking privatization of prison food services including Vienna. He warned closures were the only money left. Gov Ryan accelerated Vienna and Valley View closures to May 15 to save funds.
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Union seeks restraining order to halt Vienna Center closure
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union asks a judge to block Gov. George Ryan from closing the Vienna Correctional Center on May 15. The TRO request was delayed as the union contends its filing was lost in the mail.
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Suspect in Blair killing in court
Less than 48 hours after Cassie Blair was buried, John D. Smith Jr. appeared for a first advisement on murder and concealing a homicide charges, with obstruction for allegedly burning a pickup key to the case. He is held on 1.3 million dollars bond in Franklin County.
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X. Kyle Vantrease
Franklin County
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Lake Moses
Smith
Thompsonville
Vantrease
Eric Dirnbeck
Controversy Over Governor Death Penalty Overhaul
In Springfield the Governor's Commission report on capital punishment draws mixed reactions. Opponents call for limits and abolition, while state authorities warn outcomes would hamper trials and cause delays as existing cases stall awaiting new rules.
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Williamson County
Charles Garnall
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