Robbery at SIU Carbondale Delivery Point Near Allen III Hall
A pizza delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint early Wednesday outside Allen III residence hall on the SIU campus. Three Black suspects, two about 5'8" in black hoodies and a tall 6' gunman in a grey hoodie, stole pizzas wallet and cell phone. victim unharmed. Police urge tips to SIU DPS or Crime Stoppers.
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Southern Illinois University
Allen III
Siuc Department of Public Safety
Carbondale
Bethany Kraj
United Way Braggin Rights Challenge in Benton
Franklin County United Way hosts Rangers versus Redbirds Braggin Rights at 6 p.m. Friday in Rich Herrin Gym Benton with volunteers greeting fans and buckets for donations. Last year the drive raised $350.54 for local service agencies. Tickets for Bulls game drawings Fundraiser by United Nations Association USA. Tickets $2 each or three for $5. On sale at University Book Store SIU Student Center noon to 1 p.m. and 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. this week and next.
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United Way
Franklin County
Rangers
Redbirds
Rich Herrin Gymnasium
Benton
Ranger
Redbird
United Way of
Southern Illinois
Uwsihelps.org
Shawnee Community College to Build Dorms and Nursing Lab
Shawnee Community College will receive 2.9 million dollars from the U S Department of Agriculture Rural Development to fund the Saint Place dormitory set to be ready by early spring and to equip a nursing clinical simulation lab. The project includes loans totaling 2.85 million from Capaha Bank and a 56 780 dollar USDA grant for equipment. Doug Wilson of USDA praised the investment as meeting community needs.
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ALLIN
Shawnee Community College
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Saint Place
Rural Development
Capaha Bank
Tamms
USDA
Doug Wilson
Shawnee College
Wilson
Peterson
Booker sworn in as Pinckneyville board member on 47th birthday
Lora Booker, newly sworn Pinckneyville commissioner, celebrated her 47th birthday as she took an oath to fill the seat left by husband James Booker who died in November. Her sons Evan and Austin attended the meeting, marking a personal milestone amid a period of local political and civic shifts.
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Amanda Whitlock
Lora Booker
du Quoin
Booker
Jim Booker
Perry
Pinckneyville
Perry County
Evan
Austin
James
Jim
John Rednour
Rednour
Adam Testa
Kevin Kern
James Booker
Effort to cast aside political signs code rebuffed
A former city planner Jim Rayfield who helped draft the political signs code urged repeal at a Planning Commission meeting. The commission unanimously upheld the city rule allowing political signs, including one supporting presidential candidate Ron Paul, to be posted only in accordance with the code.
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Carbondale
Planning Commission
Jim Rayfield
Ron Paul
U.S. House of Representatives
Texas
Rayfield
Arkansas murder suspect arrested in Herrin
U S marshals arrest Rahsaan Taylor linked to a November Wal Mart parking lot shooting in Little Rock that left Randy Hudson paralyzed. Officers from Herrin Police Department Williamson County Sheriff s Department and state police joined in the capture Tuesday evening. See Taylor on page 2B.
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Herrin
Arkansas
Williamson
Rahsaan Taylor
Little Rock
Ark
Randy Hudson
Vandals Destroy $70,000 Benton Park Playground
Benton Community Park suffered a late Monday night to early Tuesday fire that destroyed $70,000 worth of new playground equipment. Police investigate as park officials note the loss harms children and community funding covered by a state grant and local donations.
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Steve Jahnke
Benton Park
Benton
Benton Community Park
Park District
Bill “Scooter
Nelms
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Mike O'Neill
Peoples Bank
O'Neill
BPD
Mike Andrews
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Thesouthern.com
U.S
John D. Homan
Taylor
Bit Nelms
Benton Park District
Mickey Marshall
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