Truck Hits Trooper at Du Quoin State Fair Entrance
A pickup truck struck an Illinois State Police trooper directing traffic at the Du Quoin State Fair entrance on Illinois 14 at 8 26 p m. The 23 year old McLeansboro driver was cited for failure to reduce speed. The trooper was treated at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale and released. he is expected to fully recover.
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Fair Entrance
Illinois
du Quoin
Illinois State Police District 13
Fair
Fairgrounds
Historic Kaskaskia Picnic on island church grounds
Randolph County hosts the Historic Kaskaskia Picnic on Sunday at the old church on Kaskaskia Island from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The event features truck and tractor pulls Bingo games food horseshoes tours of the Catholic church and the 1741 Liberty Bell of the West plus T-shirts plants and a cash raffle. Access is by crossing the Mississippi River at Chester then US 61 to St Mary Mo and the island bridge with signs guiding motorists.
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Kaskaskia Island
Kaskaskia
Randolph County
Mississippi River
Chester
St. Mary
Car hits tree injures Golconda man in Pope County
Nathaniel Curtis Cossey 22 of Golconda was airlifted to Deaconess Hospital Evansville after his 2002 Nissan Altima left Illinois 145 south of Bay Valley Road and struck a tree at 3 20 a m Cossey wore a seat belt Illinois State Police District 22 Ullin reported Ameren Illinois plans to send nearly 100 workers to Vermont to aid Central Vermont Public Service if Hurricane Irene causes outages Mutual assistance details will be posted at illinoisoutage com
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Nathaniel Curtis Cossey
Golconda
Deaconess Hospital
Evansville
Ind
Illinois 145
Bay Valley Road
Illinois State Police District 22
Ullin
Cossey
Ameren Illinois
Vermont
Leigh E. Morris
Illinoisoutage.com
Morris
SIU Carbondale unions press ongoing contract talks
Negotiations continue for faculty and staff unions including the Faculty Association NTFA ACsE and Graduate Assistants United at SIU Carbondale amid a long impasse. Union leaders report halted talks last spring over imposed terms as more than 400 days pass without a contract while administration hopes for progress and resolution.
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SIU Carbondale
Association of Civil Service Employees
Rod Sievers
NITFA
Acse
Randy Hughes
NUFA
Anita Stoner
Jeff Gordon
Stoner
NTFA
Red velvet funnel cake debuts at Du Quoin State Fair
Richard George of George's Fun Food introduces an eight dollar red velvet funnel cake with real cream cheese topping at the Du Quoin State Fair. The Florida based family, in concessions since 1954, travels to about 54 venues yearly and praises the fair’s atmosphere and management.
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Danielle Stanley
George
du Quoin State Fair
DU Quoin
Richard George
Florida
Southernstock fundraiser reunites Lick Creek for LifeSavers show
A 70s era reunion formed the Southernstock charity concert at Marion Pavilion to benefit LifeSavers, a crisis-prevention program. Doors open 5 PM with show at 7 PM, tickets 10 in advance 15 at door, raffles silent auction 50 50 prizes, food by John Browns on the Square, and performers from hard rock to bluegrass. Public calls offer advance tickets in Marion retailers and online samples of music at southernstockconcert com and lifesavers net.
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Lick Creek
LifeSavers
Marion Pavilion
Williamson County Pavilion
Illinois Star Centre Mall
John Brown
On the Square
Judy Ashby
LifeSavers Training Corp
Rick Gravatt
Carol Short
Gravatt
Marion
Jeff Pritchett
Houston
Pritchett
Wells Big & Tall
Gmail
Southernstockconcert. Com
Thelifesavers.net
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Pope County
Hughes
Rita Cheng
IEA
Illinois Education Association
Codell. Rodriguez
Shannon Woodworth
Southern Stock
Linda
Rush
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