State reimburses Randolph County for attempted murder case trial
The state pays Randolph County 1613 for prosecuting a Menard Penitentiary inmate charged with attempted murder. Thruston Fields, 30, tied to a St. Clair murder, faced trial in Chester. he was acquitted. The payment follows the Penitentiaries Act and was acknowledged by the Department of Corrections. Nearby note observes names James and Jane remain popular.
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Randolph County
Herbert J. Lantz Jr
Dept. of Corrections
Menard Penitentiary
Thruston Fields
St. Clair County
Gary Thetford
Chicago
Fields
Chester
Donald L. Diehl
Lantz
Penitentiaries Act
State Dept. of Corrections
United Front Member Faces Third Trial in Firearm Case
Bobby Lee Williams, linked to the United Front of Cairo, Illinois, faces a third trial after federal prosecutors say he falsely claimed no felony convictions when purchasing a firearm in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He previously was convicted in 1970 for carrying a concealed weapon, and the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found errors in his second trial last November.
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Cairo
Bobby Lee Williams
United Front of
Cape Girardeau
8Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Williams
SIU exhibit Second Look at Du Quoin Fair
Southern Illinois University Carbondale museum will show a mobile exhibit titled Second Look from Aug 25 to Sept 3 near the grandstand at the Du Quoin State Fair. Sixteen dioramas of early Southern Illinois life and a 10 minute three screen slide show will run, revealing plants insects and reptiles with free admission. The unit will also be at the Southern Illinois Folk Festival Oct 4-6 and later resume its usual campus stand.
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Southern Illinois
University Museum At
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
du Quoin
Darrell Harrison
Southern
Illinois
Harrison
du Quoin Fairgrounds
University
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