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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 2003
Page
4
Publisher Dennis DeRossett and Editor Meta Minton lead The Southern Illinoisan with Reader Voice editor Jeff Smyth. The notice lists contact emails, phone numbers, hours, and policies for letters, classifieds, and display ads. It explains circulation rates, mailing address, and editorial standards for letters.
An analysis of teen seat belt use notes that 2001 saw 5341 teen deaths in crashes with two thirds unbuckled. Illinois Gov Blagojevich signed bills to stop unbelted drivers and restrict teen passengers, urging parental and peer influence to make buckling up a social norm.
In a letter to the editor residents urge the governor to finish the eight unit Grayville facility or instead replace it with a smaller four unit prison at the same cost. They argue the project would create 600 Southern Illinois jobs and a new maximum security site, while warning of wasted taxpayer money and urging action.
The Cairo basketball star Brandon Childs and companion Leonard Duncan were arrested July 28 for alleged attempted robbery and aggravated battery of 65-year-old Anne Howell. Both charges are enhanced due to the victim’s age, with bond set at 2,500 for Childs and 25,000 for Duncan. The piece discusses whether a suspect’s fame justifies front page treatment and notes Childs’ state prominence and past mentions in the paper.
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