Pedestrian Killed in Hardin County Crash
A 41 year old Hardin County man, Larry Palmer, was struck and killed by a car on Illinois 1 near Illinois 146. Eva Winters 45 of Cave in Rock and passenger Megan Embry 21 were injured and hospitalized along with Palmer. No citations issued. reason Palmer was walking not released.
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Hardin County
Larry Palmer
Illinois 1
Illinois 146
Eva Winters
Cave-in- Rock
Palmer
Winters
Megan Embry
Hardin County Hospital
Andrea Hahn
Deckhand drowns after falling from barge on Ohio River near Old Shawneetown
A deckhand in his early 20s fell off a barge into the Ohio River south of the Shawneetown Bridge near Old Shawneetown and drowned. The body was recovered around 11:40 a.m. by multiagency crews. the Coast Guard and Gallatin County Coroner handle the investigation. The man wore a life vest and was carrying a steel cable when he fell. His identity was withheld pending family notification.
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Ohio River
Old Shawneetown
Ohio Valley Sector
United States Coast Guard
Saline County
U.S. Coast Guard
Gallatin County
Tony Cox
Andrea Hahn
Battle of the judicial titans part two?
In the Fifth District Appellate Court race Republican Stephen McGlynn and Democrat Bruce Stewart report combined contributions of 287,438 in the first half of the year. McGlynn has raised 142,418 and Stewart 145,000 amid calls for campaign finance reform, compared to the 2004 Lloyd Karmeier Gordon Maag race that totaled over 9 million.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Fifth District
Illinois Supreme Court
Stephen McGlynn
Belleville
Bruce Stewart
Harrisburg
Lloyd Karmeier
Gordon Maag
McGlynn
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Stewart
Custard Stand Keeps Lesser Cool With Orange Sherbet
The Custard Stand in Lesser opened in 1948 and remains busy from May to October, serving burgers, shakes, and its famed orange sherbet. Owner Barb Lappin marks 20 years as head of the shop, which signs NDAs with staff to protect the secret recipe, producing over 80 gallons of orange sherbet weekly.
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Steve Jahnke
Kasey Murphy
Amanda Lingle
Sesser
Harry S. Truman
United States
Mahatma Gandhi
Illinois 148
Canada
Barb Lappin
Lappin
Rabid bat found dead in Marion
Health officials confirm a bat found in the 1000 block of West Boulevard Marion tested positive for rabies. No human exposure. a dog that had the bat in its mouth was quarantined. This is the second rabid bat in Williamson County this summer, with the first in June.
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Marion
Franklin-Williamson
West Boulevard
Adrienne Herron
Herron
Williamson County
Health Department
Animal Control Department
Animal Control
Jackson County
Lloyd Nelson
Animal Control Officer
Nelson
Pyramid Players celebrate 30 years in Benton
In 1977 Brian Summers and Alan Kimball started Pyramid Players with Godspell at Benton High School. The group has staged yearly summer productions, from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Sondheim, now presenting You Cant Take It With You with 19 cast members for the 30th straight year.
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Benton
Brian Summers
Alan Kimball
SIU
Benton High School
Pyramid Players
Stephen Sondheim
Illinois
Kimball
Michael A. Thomas
Rend Lake College
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Stephanie Acord
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Lesser
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