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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 2004
Page
1
Carbondale officials reject Wal-Mart request to sell alcoholic beverages. The decision was reported on page 1B alongside other local items including a veterans reunion and a school anniversary.
Randall D Banks, 29, is sought after a stabbing near One Horse Gap Lake during a drugs dispute. Police say Eric Smock of Hardin County was stabbed once and hospitalized. charges of attempted murder are expected by weekend. The incident occurred near the Nine Day Trail Ride camping area. Banks is described as 5 feet 10 inches, 140 pounds, brown hair, blue eyes, with multiple tattoos.
Crainville archer John Magera joins three men and three women on the U S Olympic Archery team arriving in Greece after 30 hours of travel and several false starts to enter the Olympic Village. He will report for The Southern Hinsl.onian with Postcards from Greece during the Games.
Four-time Olympian Connie Price-Smith, longtime Southern Illinois University track coach, won’t compete in the Olympics this year. She attended Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, and Sydney 2000, marking the first time in decades she has watched rather than competed. The 1985 SIU graduate shifted to track late in college and is remembered for basketball exploits at SIU. See OLYMPIAN / PAGE 2A.
The Rend Lake Conservancy District audit by the Illinois Auditor General is ongoing with no completion date given. Spokesman Jim Dahlquist said the financial, program and management review is in progress as lawmakers review a case that sparked earlier investigations into misappropriation allegations involving former RLCD officials. Federal grand juries also convened in Benton to review RLCD matters, signaling multiple investigations.
Several hundred Democrats lined up at a Cape Girardeau motel to glimpse vice presidential candidate John Edwards. He spoke for under five minutes about a positive vision, jobs in Missouri, and affordable health care, amid unclear public access and shifting motel arrangements.
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