Road closure in Marion for crossing improvement
Sections of Old Creal Springs Road in Marion will close Wednesday through Friday from East Main Street to East Boyton Street near Fabick Machinery. Northbound traffic will detour to East Boyton while East Main Street traffic goes to South Fair or South Virginia streets. Crews install 33 feet of rubber padding at the COE railroad crossing, funded at 9,800 dollars by Marion City Council approval. John S. Sharp.
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Marion
Old Creal Springs
East Main Street
Eldorado to receive state bike path grant
The city will receive 34500 dollars from the state to build a four mile bicycle path along a railroad right of way from Illinois 142 to Borland Road in Eldorado. The route will provide a safe school access for children on the north side of the city.
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Springfield
Eldorado
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Borland Road
Children’s choir opens fall season at SIU Carbondale
The Southern Illinois Children's Choir starts its fall season with an open house from 6 15 to 8 p m in Altgeld Hall Room 115 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. New and prospective singers are welcome and auditions will be held during the open house through Sept 11. Directed by Katherine Hickey contact 453 5814 or khickey siu edu.
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Southern Illinois Children’s Choir
Altgeld Hall
Southern Illinois University
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Hickey
Khickey
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Du Quoin State Fair Entry Deadlines For Contests
Deadlines loom for Du Quoin State Fair contests with entries due today for Twilight Parade and Farmyard Follies and Ponytail Pigtail and freckle events. Some contests allow day-of registration. others close Sept. 2. Call 542-1515 for details.
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DU Quoin
Farmer's of America
Logan theater tuition waivers offered this month
John A. Logan College invites auditions this month for theater tuition waivers. Auditions run 3 to 6 p.m. today and Wednesday in O Neil Auditorium for Play It Again Sam and 6 to 10 p.m. for Wild Honey. Directed by college staff, performances slated for fall. Call Mike Seagle at 800-851-4720 Ext. 8654 for details.
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Carterville
John A. Logan College
O'Neil
Mike Seagle
Make New Friends But Keep the Old Workshop
The University of Illinois extension service in Perry County will host a 7 p.m. Thursday workshop at the extension office south of Pinckneyville. Kay Mayberry will share tips on building and maintaining friendships amid life changes. Call 357-2126 to register.
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University of Illinois Extension Service
Perry County
Illinois 13/127
Kay Mayberry
Forgotten Soldiers documentary highlights black Civil War vets
The film by David Fleeter, with Murphysboro students, examines 175000 black soldiers denied marching in a Washington parade. It cites General Sherman and segregation, tracing veterans who settled near Murphysboro and the Bostick brothers community. The project stems from a 1994 student booklet.
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Murphysboro
Washington, D.C
William
Tennessee
Thelma Battle
Bostick
Forgotten Soldiers film at Eve of Elegance fundraiser
Murphysboro hosts a screening of the Forgotten Soldiers documentary on Saturday at Carbondale Civic Center as part of a $50 ticket Eve of Elegance event to aid the Southern Illinois African-American Museum. A second screening is planned for 7 p.m. November 10 at Liberty Theater in Murphysboro pending renovations.
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Murphysboro
Carbondale Civic Center
S. Illinois Ave
Southern Illinois African-American Museum
Liberty Theater
Lumberyard owner to hand over city keys in Anna move
Anna News reports Mike Smith plans to vacate his lumberyard by October 1 and transfer ownership to the city. Renovations worth 250000 will convert the site into shared quarters for Anna police and fire departments, with ongoing inventory liquidations at 40 percent off.
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Anna
Mike Smith
Anna Building Center
Smith
Anna Police
Vienna Street
Southern Illinoisan
Larry McKenzie
Anna plans emergency building conversion and sale of center
Anna City Council hired Richard Helstein to convert the Anna Building Center into a municipal emergency services building at a 250000 project cost. Helstein’s fee may be 17000 to 20000. The plan also envisions housing fire and police in the renovated facility and future options for city hall and civic center locations. Karen Binder
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Anna — Anna
Vienna Street
Anna
Carbondale
Richard Helstein
Anna Building
Steve Guined
Helstein
Guined
City Hall
Gained
West City remembers former mayor Ross Cockrum
West City honors Ross Cockrum, 77, a lifelong resident who served as village trustee and mayor for over twenty years. He died Monday at Benton Healthcare Center after months of declining health. Colleagues recall his strong love for the village and his distinctive, sometimes blunt, approach to local government.
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West City
Ross Cockrum
Franklin County
Cockrum
Benton Healthcare Center
William “Honey” Rice
Benton
Rice
Ronald Giacone
Ross
Bainbridge Trace work begins soon in Marion
Marion Mayor Robert Butler announced Bainbridge Trace will be upgraded with a 1.65 million dollar project funded by motor fuel tax. The 5,274 foot road will be widened and resurfaced, with construction starting in two to three weeks and finishing next summer alongside the new hospital complex.
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Marion
Robert Butler
Bill Bainbridge
Bainbridge Trace
Williamson County
Butler
New Illinois 13
Illinois Department of Transportation
Glen Clarida
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