Community events listing for Southern Illinois region
Canceled Canot du Maitre event and multiple local activities listed. Dinner options at St. Anthony Church Illinois 153 include chicken meals 7 and 6 dollars with children 4. bingo, music by Midnight Drive, Masses at 4 and 6. Bald Knob Cross hosts meatloaf fundraiser 11 to 3 through Sunday. Carwash at Arby's Benton for United Pentecost Church youth. Benefit concert at Shawnee CC Auditorium Allin with The Masters Quartet and others supporting Baptist Children’s Home. Watermelon Wars runs 11 to Sunday at Davidson Drive Mount Vernon with catapult and throwing activities. Birthday carnival 3 to 7 at Puka School Carbondale with games and auction. Programs at West Bay Amphitheater Carlyle Lake plus multiple learn and safety sessions at Carlyle Lake venues and beaches through Sunday. Contact numbers: (618) 439-7430 (618) 824-6372 (618) 439-6732 (800) 252-5464 (618) 594-2484 (618) 504-2484.
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St. Anthony Catholic Church
Illinois
Lively Grove
Bald Knob
Bald Knob Cross
Alto Pass
West Bay
Dam West
Carlyle Lake
Cattail Cove
Coles Creek
Brewster Creek
Boulder
McNair
Keyesport
Randolph County teachers association meeting and dance night
The Randolph County Teachers Association holds a noon Tuesday meeting at the Silver Spur, 1305 S Main St Red Bud, following lunch with Ron Hood speaking on his second career in airport security. A dance runs 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesday at the Wit and Wisdom Center West Frankfort with the Southern Swing Band. admission is $3. Contact (618) 859-2972 or (618) 937-3511 or visit www.thesouthern.com for details.
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Randolph County Teachers Association
Silver Spur
S. Main St
Red Bud
Ron Hood
Wit and Wisdom Center
E. Poplar St
West Frankfort
Judge sentences Moss to 25 years in prison
Moss, 40, of Harrisburg, was sentenced by Judge Ronald Eckiss to 25 years for reckless homicide after a jury verdict. The judge cited a horrendous prior record, waived court costs, and ordered concurrent sentences for related charges while stacking a five year term Moss was already serving.
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Harrisburg
Raymond Moss
Ronald Eckiss
Moss
Eckiss
Raymond Moss Sentenced After Reckless Homicide Conviction
Raymond Moss, 40, of Harrisburg, was sentenced to 25 years after being convicted by a Jackson County jury on June 3 for reckless homicide, aggravated driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, disobeying a stop sign, and driving with a revoked license.
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Moss
Jackson County
Southern Illinois Children's Choir camp ends with choir on campus
The Southern Illinois Children's Choir wrapped a weeklong summer singing camp at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Altgeld Hall. It taught teamwork and musicality as 27 singers became one choir. Students learned Americana roots, blues, and even wrote their own blues songs while preparing a Friday performance.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois Children’s
Amanda Sims-Groves
Sims-Groves
Lauren Arnett
Altgeld Hall
Southern Illinois University
Bowling Green
Madeline Rogers
Eldorado
Soto gets six years for violating probation and new felony charge
Perry County man Jason R. Soto 18 of Du Quoin was sentenced by Judge James Campanella to six years for violating probation on a 2003 home burglary plea and for a new felony count. Soto previously received 70 days jail and 48 months probation plus fines and restitution to homeowner Michael Blagg. He was ordered not to enter Illinois while on probation.
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Perry County
Jason R. Soto
E. South Street
du Quoin
James Campanella
Soto
Michael Blagg
S. Division Street
Stabbing victim says attack was unprovoked
Eric Smock the stabbing victim at One Horse Gap Lake says Banks 29 attacked him after a peaceful swim. Smock recounts Banks threatening a friend with a knife and stabbing him in the side leaving a five inch wound. He drove to safety as Banks and two others pursued.
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Rosiclare
Eric Smock
Smock
One Horse Gap Lake
Banks
John Towns
North City
Cody Burke
Golconda
Charges filed against driver in fatal I 57 wreck
Jason K. King of Cypress faces charges for driving the wrong way on a divided highway in the June 19 Interstate 57 crash that killed five people including Chantel Mason and her passengers. King may face DUI charges. a Aug. 31 court appearance in Union County, Anna is set. Unconfirmed reports say he may have lost a leg. Victim counts include Mason 25, Tonia Conley 30, Unique Harris 23, Derrion Sutton and Velaka Fleming 27. Eric Taylor, 4, survived. Condition updates were not available.
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Anna
Jason K. King
Cypress
King
Union County
Southern Illinois
Chantel Mason
Arkansas
Tonia Conley
Unique Harris
Derrion Sutton
Velaka Fleming
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville
Tenn
Eric Taylor
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Carwash
Arby's
Benton
United Pentecost Church of Benton
Shawnee Community College
Allin
the Challengers
Bill Carter
Davidson Drive
Mount Vernon
Puka School
S. Wall St
Www
Thesouthern.com
Andrea Marie Kampworth
Katie Childers
Kaci Wooldridge
Herrin
Southern Illinois Children’s Choir
BY Kristen
Josh Kimball
Kimball
Christ Mathis
Andrea
Kampwertien
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