Cairo youth stage heritage festival to boost city pride
Cairo High School students organize a 6 to 9 p.m. music festival at Box Field with $7 an hour summer program funding. The event features Chicago rapper acts and Stace England performing Greetings From Cairo Illinois, aiming to lift a city scarred by poverty and racial strife with positive outreach.
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Cairo
Angelica Johnson
Louis Armstrong
Johnson
Muddy Waters
Sonny Boy Williamson
Michael Harrell
Kevin Schraer
Delta Center Inc
Box Field
Cape Girardeau Or
Chester
Chicago
Tony Lacy
Haley
Sam-I-Am
Stace England
Greetings
Illinois
National Public Radio
Village Voice
England
Dane Spall
Ron Johnson
Charlie Tabing
Holland
The
Hague
Alan Rogers
Cairo Music Festival Walk Through in Box Field Cairo
The Cairo Music Festival runs 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Box Field in Cairo offering a walk through Cairo history with performers booths and vendors. For information call 618 734 3626.
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Cairo
Box Field
St. Michael’s Parrish School
St. Michael Church
Radom
Benton Square
Donnie
The
Doo-Wops
Associated Sound
Judge orders Illinois to pay legal fees for video ban fight
U S District Judge Matthew Kennelly orders Illinois to pay more than $510 000 in legal fees to three business groups that challenged the Safe Games Illinois Act after ruling the ban unconstitutional. The groups Entertainment Software Association Video Software Dealers Association and Illinois Retail Merchants Association had challenged the measure that aimed to restrict sales to minors. Governor Blagojevich defended the law but the court blocked its enforcement.
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Illinois
Springfield
Pay Up
Matthew Kennelly
Kennelly
Entertainment Software Association
Video Software Dealers Association
Illinois Retail Merchants Association
Rod Blagojevich
Williamson County Fair Tonight Schedule at Marion Grandstand
The Williamson County Fair in Marion lists a 5:30 p.m. carnival opening and a packed schedule. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. crafts produce and floriculture entries are collected, then at 6 p.m. the Speed Horse Show is free, followed by a 7:30 p.m. demolition derby with general admission eight dollars and children twelve and under four dollars, box seats ten dollars, and pit passes fifteen dollars.
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Williamson County Fair
Marion
Green Party candidate defends campaign finances
Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney defends a modest fundraising total, noting he began Jan 1 to Jun 30 with 2034 dollars and ended with 860.11 in the bank while rivals Blagojevich and Topinka raised millions. He emphasizes movement politics and noncorporate funding, contrasting corporate donations and media buying by major parties. Whitney highlights reliance on individuals, noncorporation PACs, and Illinois merchants, arguing corporate patronage politics shape outcomes.
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Carbondale
Green Party
Rich Whitney
Greens
Whitney
Rod Blagojevich
Judy Baar Topinka
Illinois
Blagojevich
Jonesboro Library Book Sale Sets Saturday Time and Place
Multiple community events listed for Saturday across Illinois and Kentucky. Public library book sale at Jonesboro Library runs 8 am to 1 pm with rain or shine. Includes yard sale for Buckminster Fuller Dome preservation in Carbondale and author signing by William J. O'Shea in Marion. Fort Massac Archeological Day in Metropolis features exhibits and reenactments. Various fairs, workshops, and fundraisers noted with times, locations, and contact numbers.
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Jonesboro Public Library
S. Main
S. Forest Street
Carbondale
RBF Dome Board
Buckysdome
William J. O'Shea
Latta
Java
N. Johnson St
Marion
O'Shea
Advocate
CASA
Williamson County
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Marleen
Shepherd
Thesouthern
Food Service Sanitation
Siuc Pulliam Hall
Katie Chu
SIUC
Davies Gym
Greg White
Siuc Communications
Jim Lambert
Pulliam Hall
Brooks Venable
Life Science
Connie Shanahan
Istener
Ae Ae
Faner Hall
Dcc.siu.edu
SIU
Southern Ilinois University
Nicole
Topinka
Nicole Sack
Fort Massac State Park
Metropolis
Kincaid Mounds
Massac Marines
County Fair Grounds
Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site
Wicklife
Call
Bend Lake Visitor Center
Mack Wynn
Schnucks
Olivet Free Will Baptist Church
Fazoli’s
Hobby Lobby
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