Paroled felon known as Black Charlie Harris set for release
Charles Black Charlie Harris once among the FBI ten most wanted fugitives will be released from a minimum security prison in Illinois within six weeks. The Illinois Prison Review Board noted his age and long incarceration but provided no special reasons. Harris, 85, has been in prison since 1965 for murder and arson in the 1964 deaths of Betty Newton and Jerry Merritt at a Pond Creek farmhouse southeast of Fairfield. He will live with a niece in Kansas after parole.
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Vienna
Charles ‘‘Black
Charlie’ Harris
FBI
Illinois Prison Review Board
Fairfield
Shelton
Harris
William Kauffman
Review Board
Kauffman
Betty Newton
Jerry Merritt
Pond Creek
Merritt
Newton
Carbondale Library Shares Christmas Cookie Recipes
The Carbondale Public Library hosted its annual cookie and recipe exchange. Participants shared favorite holiday treats, with several recipes provided for readers to try at home.
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Carbondale Public Library
Mary Liedloff Built Carbondale Physical Therapy Depart
Almost a doctor Mary Liedloff director of rehabilitation at Carbondale Memorial Hospital planned to be a physician but found her calling in physical therapy. She came to Carbondale when no one in town sold orthopedic shoes and began the physical therapy department here. There’s still much to be done.
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Mary Liedloff
Carbondale Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Coal mining game by Harrisburg woman seeks toy makers
Carol Salus, a Harrisburg resident, has created a board game about coal mining and is negotiating with toy companies to manufacture the new game.
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Carol Salus
Harrisburg
Southern Illinoisan contact and subscription details
Publication offices listed in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and Marion with mailing options and rates. It notes carrier and mail costs, local and out of area rates, and office phone numbers plus classified ad lines. Postmaster address for changes provided.
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Southern Ilinoisan
USPS
Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
16Th
Herrin
Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Free Oe Herrin Daily Journal
Hysboro
Marion
Water potential shapes Southern Illinois growth
Water availability could attract industry across Williamson Franklin Perry Randolph Union Johnson counties with Jackson relying on the Mississippi River. Regions face costs of independence, push toward regional systems, and ongoing needs for infrastructure, environmental safeguards, and governance study before vast potential becomes reality. Monday: The good, the bad and the in-between in Southern Illinois lakes.
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Lake of
Egypt
Williamson
Franklin
Perry
Randolph
Union
Johnson
Jackson
Mississippi River
Illinois
Sparta
Alto Pass
Johnson County
Vienna
Big Lake Country man made waters shape Southern Illinois
Cathy A. Monroe documents how Southern Illinois built a water system around man made lakes like Bend and Crab Orchard. The region, once water scarce, now sustains extensive reservoirs and regional systems, with few towns owning their plants. It highlights depths, lake quality, and shifts to Rend Lake and Kinkaid Lake governing regional water supply.
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Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Herrin
Benton
Chester
Rend
Kinkaid
Cedar
Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Egypt
Little Grassy
Devil’s Kitchen
Big Lake
Illinois
Gulf of Mexico
Mount Vernon
Bend
Carlyle Lake
Shelbyville
Devils Kitchen
Long Lake
Vermilion County
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Cedar Lakes
Jackson County
Devil's Kitchen
Williamson County
Wesslyn
Pyramid Start Park
Perry County
Jackson
Williamson
Franklin
Perry
Rend Lake
Kinkaid Lake
Marion
Pinckneyville
West Frankfort Craft Shop Opens at 902 West Main
The Franklin Williamson Workshop opens Craft Outlet at its West Frankfort offices to sell handicraft items produced by residents of two counties. Items include wooden toys ceramics dolls and wood furniture. The store runs 9 am to 3 pm Monday through Saturday until Christmas and may continue after the holidays.
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The
Franklin-Williamson Workshop
W. Main St
West Frankfort
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Perry Devils Kitchen
Lesser City Lake
Goodlow
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Union Anna Hospital
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Devil’s Kitchen Lake
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St. Louis Globe- Democrat
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