Woman Injured Four Killed In Head On Collision Near Coulterville
Four people died and a woman was injured in a head on crash on Route 193 about six miles north of Coulterville Saturday. Victims include Earl Jeffers 49 of Richview and his nine month old daughter, and Gary Newman 4 of Richview. Clifford D B Kekels and their daughter Nate Valle were also involved. Tonya Kekels 21 is hospitalized in Sparta in fair condition. Bodies were sent to Howard and Wilson Funeral Home in Coulterville.
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Rt. 193
Coulterville
District M1
du Quain Iden
Earl Jeffers
Richview
Gary’ Newman
Clifford DB
Wekels
Natevalle
Senate Okays 14.4 Million In Area Water Projects
The Senate approved a 14.4 billion public works appropriation allocating funds to Southern Illinois projects including Rend Lake dam construction, canalization work on the Big Muddy River and Kaskaskia River, land purchases, and watershed planning. House support was near, bill moves to conference to resolve differences.
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Senate
Ilinois
Boad Lake
Big Muddy
Kaskaskia
House of Representatives
Rend Take
Lyndon B. Johnson
Franklin - Jefferson County
Rend Lake
Tlinets
Kenneth J. Gray
Y-West
Frankfort
Appropriations Committee
Bit Muddy
Aeniteld
Fae
Wabash Riv Valley
House
Sonal
Newitheong
Qantire
Memorial Service Planned For Three Mississippi Civil Rights Workers
A memorial service is set for 7 pm in Carbondale for Andrew Goodman Michael Schwerner and James Chaney. Ministers from multiple faiths will take part at Hoek Hill Baptist Church with host Pastor Rev. Lenis Turley and special music by Bethel AME Church.
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Carbondale
Mississippi
Hoek Hill Baptist Church
Andrew Goodman
Michael Schwerner
New York
Jams Charney
Meridian
Miss
Org
Melvin Haas
Eugene Schoenfeld
Malcolm E. Gillespie
Lenis ‘Turley
Bethel Ame
Carbondale Woman Bitten by Dog
A Carbondale woman, Mrs Herbert You of 7115 Marion Carbondale, was bitten on the ankle by a dog last week. Police later found the dog and isolated it. A laboratory test today showed the dog did not have rabies.
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Carbondale
Herbert You
Marion Carbondale
Coulterville Woman Dies In Crash
Marie Folden of Coulterville died Friday night when a car driven by her husband Harold Folden, 42, veered off the road and struck a dirt embankment near Eden, Illinois. She leaves a brother Delbert McKibben and sister Frances Bradley. Funeral services are set for Monday at the Howard and Wilson Funeral Home in Coulterville with Swanwick Cemetery burial.
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Coulterville
Sparta District 13
du Quoin
Marie Falden
Harold
Eden
Sparta
Polden
Folden
Albion
Harold Polder
The
Penticostal Church
Folden Laaves
Delbert McKibben
Frances Bradley
East St. Louis
She Howard and Wilson Funeral
Coul‘vervilla
Swanwick
Youth bitten by dog in Carbondale on North Michaels Street
Carbondale police report that Gary McDaniel, 17, was bitten by a dog around 5 20 p m Friday in the 300 block of North Michaels Street. The dog is confined for 10 days for observation to determine if rabies is present.
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Carbondale
William McDaniel
Ane W
Willow Sr
Carbon ‘Dale
Gary
North Michaels Street
Murphysboro Landfill Custodian Slain in Robbery
A Murphysboro custodian, Lee Smith, 62, was found slain at the Mt Carbon landfill after a robbery. Investigators say he was struck multiple times and his body dragged beneath a fallen tree, with his wallet reportedly missing and as much as $400 in cash unaccounted. Police, sheriff’s deputies, and state investigators cordoned the dump as they hunted for the killer, while a .22 caliber pistol and other scattered clues were recovered nearby. Smith, a longtime city employee, lived on Dewey Street with his wife and relatives mourning amid the case’s slow progress.
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Tony Stevens
Murphys
Boro
Trisday
John
Smilin
Bureau of Criminal Idertion and Investigation
Jackson County Sheriff’s
Murphysbora Police
Smith
By & Murphys
Tne
Anderson
Lee
Edwards
Amberson
Spann
Smit
Igmith Bent
Ila
Jit
New Hil
Murphyshor City
Old City
Bridge Street
Mt. Carbon
Murphysboro
Claud Hiser
Hiser
Jackson County
Ory
Springfield
Civil Defense
Ismith
Floyd Crawshaw
Innstead
Irving Tn
Dewey St
Jifelam Murphysbord
Shariff
Liestianahive
Andre Ixley
Wridlg
Nursing Hung
Ly Murphysbor
Te Malea
Vic Lird
Eld Weberly Edwards
Pixley
Hursing Hante
Llinois
Car Struck While Parked in Baptist Book Store Lot
James E. Kerley reported a car struck his automobile while it was parked at 306 West Main Street in the Baptist Book Store lot at about 3:30 a.m. Friday. Carbondale police filed the report.
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James E. Kerley
Marion
Carbondale
Baptist
Main St
Mosquitoes Halted by Heat in Herrin Ablation Effort
City officials led by Gerald Batley, chairman of the abatement district, report that high heat reduces mosquito insecticide effectiveness as protective measures are temporary. Officials warn residents that weather conditions may limit ground coverage and readiness for further treatment.
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Herrin
Gerald Batley
Saii
Murder Confession Mix-Up in Murphysboro Case
Investigators pursuing a Murphysboro slaying followed a false lead after a nursing home visitor allegedly confessed to murder. Names混乱 tied to a mistaken link with a landfill worker and a suspect from Illinois, with Andrew Pixley reportedly tied to the case amid prior arrests.
Pleasant Days Expected As Humidity Drops
Pleasant days are forecast with cooler conditions and lower humidity after several muggy spells. The Weather Bureau in Cairo says Sunday will bring sunshine and a high near 85 assisted by a low of 33, with humidity in the upper 30s. A southerly breeze shifts to 10 to 15 mph as a high pressure zone from the northwest moves in, ending the hot spell that stretched from Central Canada to northern Texas.
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Southern
Cat
Ghee Bureau
Cairo
Song
Davy
Weather Bureau
Canada
Texas
Mississippi Delta
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