This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 2002
Page
2
TV crew filming a kids news segment worked with about twenty club members after school. Bolling advised students to stay calm and focus on harvesting while co-leaders Rosie Wece and Lawanda Fager assisted. Terry Sharp filmed and Bryan Kweskin managed sound as youths gathered turnips and other produce for greens.
Linda Ellerbee hosts Nick News at 7 30 p m Sundays on Nickelodeon highlighting kids achievements. Garden at the Extension Service property opens to community members with water seeds and tools. Students weigh harvest including turnips carrots potatoes and pumpkins and deliver to Murphysboro Food Pantry before pizza at the Extension office.
Road crews stockpiled 20,715 tons of salt for 13 counties and mobilized 100 dump trucks plus de-icing gear as 8 to 15 inches of snow or sleet were forecast for Tuesday night. District 9 maintains about 2,900 lane miles of highways with thawing materials ready to keep pavements passable. Weather forecasters split ranges, with Carbondale seeing 1 to 3 inches and areas south and east facing heavier ice and snow, prompting warnings about bridge and overpass icing. The storm was expected to last into today before clearing and freezing temperatures return.
Illinois Department of Transportation official Greg Smothers advises carrying a winter emergency kit in vehicles. Items include ice scraper, jumper cables, shovel, blankets, non perishable food, water via melted snow, flashlight, first aid kit, fire extinguisher, and reflectors to aid when stranded in snow.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.