Garden gnomes found staged as players in Newark park
Newark village police found 24 garden figures made of ceramic plastic and concrete placed around a ballpark as if playing baseball. Officer Tim Vanderlinde said officers laughed at the scene. The Garden Gnome Liberation Front had announced a pause in thefts to help start new local chapters. Gnomes have been missing from lawns since summer with calling cards left in flower beds.
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Newark
N.Y
Tim Vanderlinde
Garden Gnome Liberation Front
GGLF
Ducks Float Upside Down Under Water Near Flint River
Five young mallard ducks float upside down while feeding beneath the surface in a swampy patch off the Flint River in Lapeer Michigan. The scene captures a curious feeding pose as they bob and dive in quiet water.
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Flint River
Lapeer
Mich
Thrift-sale art brings $50,000
In Eau Claire Wisconsin a thrift sale oil painting titled Into New Country by Philip Russell Goodwin sold for 50000 at an Idaho auction. Carolyn Bugher kept the piece after her mother-in-law bought it decades ago but later sold it after researching the artist online.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Carolyn Bugher
Idaho
Goodwin
Bugher
Local forecast shows clouds with a likely shower risk
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a chance of rain and a low near 70. Thursday will be cloudy with showers likely and high temperatures near 90. For service, call 800 228-0429 option 2 or visit southernillinoisan.com for 24/7 online access.
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Southernillinoisan.com
Layoffs Hit Rend Lake Coal Mine in Illinois
Consolidation Coal Co will lay off 153 workers at the Bend Lake Mine two miles north of Lesser, Illinois. The cut includes 141 hourly union workers and 12 salaried staff, about one third of the mine workforce of 430. Local 1545 president Benny Wilson blames the Clean Air Act and says 13 senior employees will be reinstated or challenge the layoffs. The Rend Lake Mine, opened in 1967 and bought by Consolidation in 1986, anchors unemployment concerns in Franklin County.
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Sesser
Southern Illinois Coal Industry
Consolidation Coal Co
Bend Lake
Lesser
Tom Hoffman
Consolidation Coal
Pittsburgh
Hoffman
Southern Illinois
Benny Wilson
Wilson
Rend Lake
Local 1545
Consolidation
Franklin County
Inland Steel
Roadwork causes months of delays at Williamson County intersection
The $1.1 million project at Illinois 13 and 148, begun today by George Jones Excavating, will widen the roads add left turn lanes and upgrade signals. Expect lane closures and heavy traffic through fall with completion targeted by November 30. SIU Carbondale classes start August 20 and officials foresee minimal impact on student travel.
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Williamson County
Paul Mowrer
Mowrer
Pauly
Herrin
Illinois 13
Mike Helfrich
George Jones Excavating
Marion
Illinois Department of Transportation
Illinois 148
George Jones
IDOT
Casey Teckenbrook
Illinois
Joe Lenzini
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
SIUC
Southern Illinois unveils Treasure Trail for Perry and Jackson counties
Tourism officials tout a 30,000 copy Treasure Trail brochure promoting antique shops in Perry and Jackson counties. Funded by county grants, the project aims to attract visitors with brochures in info centers and a 10,000 household direct mail. Debbie Moore notes it mirrors Shawnee Hills Wine Trail and reflects antique shopping as a top traveler draw.
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Southern Illinois
Perry
Jackson
Debbie Moore
Carbondale Convention and Tourism Bureau
Moore
Perry County
Jackson Counties
Southern
Illinois
Researchers push toward human cloning at NAS hearing
Three scientists urged rapid progress on human cloning despite ethical fears. Brigitte Boisselier of Clonaid claimed enough data to proceed, while Panayiotis Zavos and Severino Antinori supported the right to reproduction though none had cloned a human. Opponents warned of grave risks as animal cloning failures were cited.
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Washington
Brigitte Boisselier
National Academy of Sciences
Boisselier
Clonaid
Panayiotis Michael Zavos
Andrology Institute
Lexington
Severino Antinori
University of Rome
National Academy
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