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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 2011
Page
1
Amanda Mannes, 32, of Carbondale, died at 9:35 a.m. Tuesday at Memorial Hospital after being struck on West Main Street at 4:58 p.m. Monday. Coroner Thomas Kupferer said Mannes was pregnant but no details on the child were released.
PINCKNEYVILLE The future of Perry County Sheriff Keith Kellerman remains unclear after the Perry County Sheriff's Department said Kellerman was on leave as of Tuesday morning leaving the department to plan its next steps.
In a Benton farmhouse interview, the narrator asks grandmother Kathleen Collins about the Orient No. 2 mine disaster. She recalls a rare, direct memory, noting the event was “really bad” and deeply affected their family, including the loss of a father.
West Frankfort honors 119 miners killed in the Orient No. 2 explosion sixty years ago. The tragedy left 176 children fatherless and 111 women widowed, affecting Franklin County with many residents from West Frankfort among the dead.
A public service gathering will take place at 7 p.m. today at First Christian Church, 1001 S. Cherry St., West Frankfort, with an open invitation to all residents.
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