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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 2003
Page
1
Gov Rod Blagojevich will mark his 100th day in office at John A Logan College in Carterville today in conference room F 117 118 at 4 15 p m. The event is open to the public. The Southern Illinoisan notes additional local pages and weather outlook.
Southern Illinois University coach Bruce Weber says he has not been contacted about Illinois, while SIU AD Paul Kowalczyk reports no permission calls have been made. Rumors name Weber alongside Tom Crean and Ben Braun as top candidates as Illinois moves to hire amid a two week ban on announcements.
Sesser born Jerry Jones, 64, appointed director of the Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals by Gov. Blagojevich, effective April 14. He has four decades in mining and unions, aiming to attract new mines and support coal generation projects in Southern Illinois.
William Barham, once Shawnee Correctional Center warden, is released from a federal prison in Rochester, Minnesota. He was convicted of reckless homicide and aggravated DUI for a October 2000 crash near Simpson, Johnson County, that killed Jerry Isom after drinking seven to nine beers at Lakeside Bar and Grill in Vienna. Barham served 15 months of a four year term before an appellate court overturned part of the sentence.
The death of 20 year old Adam Scott from Carrier Mills in a Cottage Grove Auger Mine accident near Gallatin County is under thorough review by the Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals under director Jerry Jones. Scott was fatally injured while at work earlier this month.
Opening arguments start today in the first degree murder case against Taffin Cunningham 25 of Carbondale a former SIUC graduate student charged with murder home invasion and armed violence Jury selection occurred Monday in Jackson County courthouse The charges stem from a Sept 8 2001 incident where Cunningham and four others allegedly broke into Prentice Washington's Murphysboro apartment seeking drugs and money Washington shot Tyree Cunningham who carried a shotgun and Cunningham and Singletary reportedly dumped his body near Crab Orchard Lake An autopsy showed two gunshot wounds to Tyree Cunningham See Cunningham on page 2A.
Timeline shows Sept 8 2001 alleged armed robbery at Prentice Washington's Murphysboro home involving Taffia Cunningham Tyree Cunningham Jahne Singletary Donald Druid and Karen Smit. Tyree Cunningham killed allegedly by Washington and bodies dumped near Crab Orchard. Police recover body Sept 10.
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