Coal train derails near Evansville spills 100 tons
A Union Pacific coal train derailed late Thursday night near Evansville in Randolph County while en route from Southern Illinois to Momence. Twelve cars left the tracks, ten spilled an estimated 100 tons of coal. Clean up began Friday with 450 feet of track replacement. No injuries or evacuations were reported. UP spokesman Mark Davis expressed apologies to residents.
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Union Pacific
Southern Illinois
Momence
Mark Davis
Evansville
Randolph County
Charity basketball game rescheduled to December sixteenth in Carbondale
The Friends of Brenda postponed the benefit event to Sunday Dec. 16 at Community High School to allow attendees to also watch SIU Carbondale football Salukis semifinal and the charity tournament. Admission is five dollars and the lineup features TV versus radio personalities and car dealers. A separate auto burglary report notes a rock damaged a car window and an iPod was stolen in the 800 block of East Grand Avenue between 4:30 a.m. and 6:27 p.m. Saturday with no suspects yet.
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Carbondale
Friends of
Brenda
Mayo Clinic
Brenda McVinna
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale Community High School
East Grand Avenue
Bethany Krajel
Alzheimer's unit opens to public in Murphysboro
Jackson County Rehab and Care Center invites the public to an open house for its new 36 bed Alzheimer's and dementia unit from 1 30 to 4 p m Sunday at 1441 North 14th Street Murphysboro The unit's director says the open house helps families begin the admission process and notes the unit accepts residents only through stage six of dementia Tangible activities include cognitive exercises and home like décor and wreaths created by residents with nine current residents helping with holiday displays.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
Merle Taylor
Sue Wininger
Illinois
Wininger
Jackson County Rehab & Care Center
North 14Th St
Taylor
Talk Nova
Students Dress in Civil War Era Garb at Logan Museum Ball
Fourth and fifth graders from Lewis Elementary School, guided by Betsy Brown, wore replica Civil War uniforms and 19th century gowns for a museum partnered ball. The event, held Friday night, mixed nervous energy with formal dialogue and era inspired dancing, as students embraced refined speech and decorum.
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Lewis School
Carbondale
John A. Logan Museum
Lewis Elementary
Betsy Brown
Brown
Civil War attire meets modern rock at school dance
Students studied Civil War history through a slideshow and museum visits at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield. They participated in an overnight encampment with self grown vegetables, marking the culmination of the project. Volunteers sewed 24 uniforms and 25 gowns after months of labor, with work beginning in mid October and wrapping up now.
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Springfield
Brown
Sandy Schleuter
Carterville opens new Progress Port recycling center today
The city unveils the Progress Port facility at 1120 N Division St with a 10 AM to 3 PM grand opening. The center, run by Progress Port for mentally disabled adults, will sort and bale recyclables, offering supervised wages to resident workers and pickup service for businesses.
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Carterville
Progress Port
Division St
City Hall
Lori Jones
John Andelsek
Andolsek
Pirates of the Madrigalian Madrigal Feaste at Marion High
Marion High School Vocal Department staged its 18th Madrigal Feaste Pirates of the Madrigalian at Williamson County Pavilion. Dinner and a concert by Marion Junior High followed a pirate tale with Captain Partridge in a Pear Tree and treasure search. Students in medieval costume performed amid choral prelude while peers served meals.
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Claudette Roulo
Marion High School
Marion
Williamson County
Marion Junior High School
Captain Partridge
Johnny Depp
Captain Jack Sparrow
Elizabeth Byassee-Shore
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