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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 2007
Page
6
Charleston officials released more than 900 radio transmissions from the Sofa Super Store fire that killed nine firefighters. The tapes capture a trapped worker’s pleas for help and firefighters’ final moments including a mayday and a prayer.
The proposal would fund a 1940s Danville baseball stadium and a downtown Normal transportation center from revenue growth. Lawmakers expect a brief Capitol hiatus as a statewide construction program falters in the Senate, leaving Blagojevich’s fate uncertain. Senate leaders blame Republicans for the failure while urging action despite a Minnesota bridge collapse backdrop.
Seiner reports seven or eight heat related hospital transports by two county ambulances and one CO2 inhalation overdose requiring police restraint at a county hospital. Hardin County General Hospital confirmed multiple heat related ER visits but could not estimate numbers. Sevier notes few complaints from Cave-In-Rock residents about campers on private property and some graffiti on street signs.
Anna man Rodgers faced charges in a murder for hire plot targeting his uncle. Prosecutors say he gave $100 toward a $1,000 payment with a note listing Schlenker and phrases to “bump him off.” Motive was money from the grandfather estate. Rodgers remains jailed on $500,000 bond. If convicted, he could receive 20 to 40 years.
Riders aged 10 to 89 push through heat on the Sikeston Ride heading toward the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo last day of events. Dale Hanks, a 10 year old camper, joins veterans like Bob Jones as teams travel 26 miles day one and 18 miles today while cooling in air conditioned trailers and overnighting in Anna and Charleston Missouri.
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