Today's Community Events List in Southern Illinois
A schedule of local happenings includes Crime Stoppers Night Out at Elkville Civic Center at 8 p.m., a blood drive at Eldorado College Heights Baptist gym from 1 to 6 p.m., a Gospel concert at Metropolis First United Methodist Church at 7 p.m., and 42nd Street showings at SIUC Shryock Auditorium with advance and door pricing. Also listed are numerous municipal and county meetings across Anna, Benton, Buckner, Carrier Mills, Ewing, Jackson County, Murphysboro, Mount Vernon, Marion, and Carbondale with start times ranging from 5 to 7:30 p.m. and a Carbondale art group booking.
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42Nd Street
Shryock Auditorium
SIUC
Carbondale
Old Main Room
Carbondale Community Arts
Rapist ordered to stand trial on charges
Clifford R. Kelley 55 of Colp faces trial on failing to report a change of work address as a registered sex offender and window peeping after a Carterville incident. He had been arrested for disorderly conduct peeping tom and resisting a peace officer. A preliminary hearing found sufficient evidence for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Carterville
Clifford R. Kelley
Colp
Nevada Street
Williamson County
Phillip Palmer
Palmer
Kelley
Monty Jeralds
Center Street
Fair Opens With Food Fun At Williamson County Fair
Cobden’s Driskell pins a ride finish while Herrin’s King enjoys a corn dog. Pittsburg’s Williams adds craft display as arts and crafts under way. The fair runs through Saturday with beef cattle judging at 8 am and Demo Derby No. 1 at 7 30 pm north of the main track. General admission varies from 7 to 8 dollars. local acts include Nu West and Travis Parks during New Starts on the Horizon Night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Driskell
Cobden
Williamson County
B.J. King
Herrin
Regina Williams
Williams
Pittsburg
Nu West
Travis Parks
Murphysboro considers bids for school bus service
Murphysboro school district awarded a $2.1 million bus contract to Transportation of Kansas City after West Bus Service bid was rejected for lacking a performance bond. West had provided service for over 20 years but bid was not accepted due to school code limits on multi year contracts.
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Murphysboro
West Bus Service
District 186
West
Christy Hale
Centralia
Lori James Gross
Beck Bus Transportation of
Carbondale
James-Gross
Pinckneyville advances senior complex. parts with Denton
Pinckneyville officials unveiled plans for a senior citizen complex on a five acre Dimondtown adjacent site with duplexes and a nursing home plus a central cafeteria and utilities funded by tax increment financing. The council also approved a separation agreement with Tom Denton Jr. receiving 28580 longevity pay and severance terms after leaving his roles. Denton remains off duty from an April injury as city officials pursue new leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinckneyville
Tom Denton Jr
Mason Woods
Jimmie Wright
Larry Pericolesi
John Perry
Dimondtown
John Hammack
Hammack
Denton
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
Police
Police and Fire
Bret McDaniel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elkville Civic Center
Sixth St
Royalton Blacktop
Elkville
College Heights Baptist Gymnasium
Illinois Ave
Eldorado
Eldorado Lion's Club
Wyat's Domino
First United Methodist Church
Metropolis
Joy Trio
Massac County
American Cancer Society
Linda Kennedy
Anna City
City Hall
W. Davie St
Benton Police Pension Board
Police Department
Buckner
Carrier Mills
N. Mill St
Ewing Village Board
Jackson County
Jackson-Perry Counties
Vocational Education Board of Control
Jefferson County Highway Committee
Highway Department
Old Fairfield Road
Mount Vernon
Marion Park Board
Boy Scout Cabin
Ashley Park
Parish Ave
Lesser-Walier
Thompsonville School Board
Thompsonville
Zeigler-Royalton Community School Board
Www
Thesouthern.com
Tim Petrowich
Jeralds
T.J. Warren
Williamson County Sheriff's Department
Williamson County Fair
Novara
Ken Seeber
Ken, Seeber
Thesouthern
Christi Mathis
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