U.S. 51 work continues as students return
IDOT reports ongoing construction along U.S. 51 and Grand Avenue as SIU Carbondale students return. Crews completed the 51 Lincoln Drive intersection work and adjusted signal timing to ease flow. Pedestrian access is limited at the railroad crossing. detours apply while patch work, surfacing, and electrical updates proceed.
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U.S. 51
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Grand Avenue
Illinois Department of
Lenzini
Washington
Mill Streets
Anna-Jonesboro marching band readies for season opener
Anna-Jonesboro high school musicians enter the third week of practice for their first on-field performance at the Sept. 12 home varsity football game. First-year director Renee McLain leads 33 students, with junior Tyler Keller tackling four connected snare drums and Natalie Vincent continuing on saxophone. McLain notes the transition from junior high and stresses attitude over size.
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Anna-Jonesboro High School
Tyler Keller
Natalie Vincent
Renee McLain
McLain
nsAn Wiaragni
Marion to Enforce Garbage Nuisance Ordinance Citing Offenders
Marion public safety chief Jimmy Stewart vows strict enforcement of the nuisance and related ordinances. Police will issue tickets for junk in yards with potential liens on properties failing to clean up. Residents cite an abandoned burned home on West Chestnut Street as a local concern and example of ongoing waste and pests.
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Marion
Jimmy Stewart
Stewart
Robert Butler
Prairie
Duncan
West Chestnut Street
W. Chestnut
Katherine Martin
Shadrach Bond Two Lifetimes Shaped Illinois History
Two men named Shadrach Bond helped form Illinois with the younger becoming the first governor. The elder, Shadrach Bond Sr., accompanied George Rogers Clark in 1778 to capture the Northwest Territory, while Bond Jr. arrived in Illinois in 1794, farmed on the American Bottoms, and rose to govern Illinois in 1818 as the state secured statehood.
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Illinois
Shadrach Bond Sr
George Rogers Clark
Kaskaskia
Vincennes
Ind
Northwest Territory
Monroe County
Bond
England
America
Fredericktown
Nicodemus and
Rachel Bond
Shadrach
Meshach
Abednego
Shadrach Bond Jr
Achsah Bond
Nashville
Tenn
U.S
Congress
Territory of
Washington, DC
Ninian Edwards
Edwards
U.S. Senate
Vandalia
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