Murphysboro Man Charged After Home Invasion and Theft
A 17 year old youth was charged with armed robbery criminal damage to property and auto theft after allegedly breaking into Paul Miller’s home at 2015 Logan St Murphysboro. Police say Steve Miller 17 of Springfield was apprehended Saturday morning. Paul Miller was tied up, gagged and the home ransacked before the intruder fled with Paul’s car.
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Paul Miller
Logan St
Murphysboro
Steve Miller
Springfield
Steve
Paul
Miller brothers in custody after high speed chase
Police chased a car fitting the Miller description east on Gartside street and Lt. Steve Miller was arrested after failing to turn at Rt. 13 and Business Rt. 13 north of Murphysboro. Paul Miller identified items in the car as from his home and Steve Miller is jailed in Jackson County. Franklin County deputies logged three calls with injuries and burglar deterrence at local sites.
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Paul Miller
Steve Miller
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
West City
Jesse Craig
Benton
Craig
Franklin Hospital
Franklin County
Club 14
Buckner
Gerald Owens
Owens
West Franklin High School
Rt. 148
Zeigler
Sheriff’s Office
Almer M. Yancey
Almer G. Yancey
Rt. 1
Makanda
U.S. Air Force
Yancey
Chanute Air Force Base
Rantoul
Ill
Vietnam
Carbondale Community High School
Jean
John Glover
Rt. 3
Carbondale
Carbondale group maps traffic island landscape plan
Environmentalists led by CFBE in Carbondale are outlining a yearlong project to landscape a traffic island on Route 51 in the north part of the city. Howard Shand notes plans include two grass seed plantings, 50 trees, 30 shrubs, and ongoing maintenance questions. A glass recycling program is also proposed with local partners and funding from the Work Activities Center.
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Hank Shaw
Rt. 51
Carbondale
CFBE
Howard Shand
State Highway Department
Paul Yambert
SIU Outdoor Laboratory
Work Activities Center
Murphysboro
J. W. Ward Co
Alton
Shand
Bakalis names Heinz acting director for SI regional office
Dr Charles Heinz professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale named acting director of the Southern Illinois regional office in Mount Vernon He will head the office for at least one year taking a one year leave of absence from SIU The office will open next month with 30 to 40 employees and the acting director will be paid 18000 annually
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Mount Vernon
Charles Heinz
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Micheal Bakalis
Heinz
Funeral Services for Mrs Ves ta O Wortham in Gorham
Funeral services for Mrs Ves ta O Wortham 74 of Gorham will be 2 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church Gorham with Rev Robert Fox officiating. Burial in Good Bread Cemetery near Grand Tower. She died in St Joseph Hospital Murphysboro after five years of illness. She was born March 19 1897 Ava daughter of Harmon and Abbedell Conder. Survived by five daughters six sons and numerous relatives. Funeral home Crawshaw Murphysboro. Also included are notices for Margaret Morgan Emma East J Erby Hastings and a police brief from Pinckneyville.
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Vesta O. Wortham
Gorham
First Baptist Church
Robert Fox
Cahokia
Good Bread Cemetery
Grand Tower
Wortham
St. Joseph Hospital
Murphysboro
Ava
Harmon W
Abbedell (Wayland) Conder
Elmer Wortham
First Baptist Church of
Jennie Fay Hamilton
Marie Rogers
Elmer
Chicago
Ida Ledbetter
St. Louis
Carrie Blanton
Jim Conder
Crawshaw Mortuary
Margaret Morgan
Cobden
Rt. 2
Union County Hospital
Anna
Earl Morgan
Betty Coles
Edna Doughty
Miss Morgan
Charles and
Mollie (Davidson) Morgan
McC
Walker Hill
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Doetch
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Carbondale Group
Chamber of Commerce
W. Main St
James Harney
Charlies Summers
Cfbe North
Bakalis
Illinois
the Baptist Church
Emma East
Emma Louise East
Richland St
Effingham
St. Anthony
J. Erby Hastings
Mill St
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Hastings
First Christian Church
Masonic Lodge
Carbondale B.P.O. Elks
Marion
Oscar
Clara Turnege Hastings
Slater
Florence Neal
John Hastings
Royal Oak
Mich
Wilbur Brown
Harry Boyd
Honolulu
Hawaii
Earl
Orlando
Fla
Alfred, Riley and
Milan
Steele, Mo
Claude
Bertha Prichard
Anna Belle Hodge
Pauline Gurley
Hayti, Mo
Rella Mayo
Riverside
Calif
Huffman
Charles D. Watkins
Robert Hastings
Plesant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Pinckneyville
Robert V. Moll
Zwick’s Ladies Store
P. E. Shirts
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South Illinois
Iscount Records
Urcell
de Soto
Lumber City
Nixon
Evans Quality
SeComer City
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