Pregnant mother dies after West Frankfort fire
In West Frankfort an apartment fire left Rosalie Wininger 19 and her husband Rick 19 critically burned. Rosalie died at Barnes Hospital after telling her sister to care for their unborn baby. The couple’s 18 month old daughter was handed to a police officer. a 78 year old man, Fred Webb, also died. Firefighters rescued the couple as neighbors assisted, while the community gathers donations for the newborn.
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Ed Bean
Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Rosalie Wininger
Rick
West Frankfort
Shannon
Mrs. Green
Rosy
Winingers
Ronald Gass
Gass
West Frankort
Richard “Flip
Minton
Rick Wininger
Union County Hospital
Armed robbery probe at Continental Health Club near Carbondale
Jackson County Sheriff investigated an armed robbery Saturday at a trailer health club on New Era Road. A man tied up a female employee and fled with another, then was apprehended by Royalton police around 5 pm. Names withheld. investigation ongoing. no charges yet.
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Jackson County Sheriff's Department
Continental Health Club
New Era Road
Carbondale
Royalton
Sheriff's Department
Sheriff’s Department
Franklin County
West Frankfort
Jackson County
Christmas messages sent from Marion to Iran for hostages
A Touching Jesus program at WGGH Marion collected Christmas messages for American hostages in Tehran. Debating censorship, the taped tape will travel by air to Iran for security checks, with 54 callers on Thursday and 40 on Friday. Messages ranged from prayers to release wishes.
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Tehran
Illinois
Marion
Dean Stevenson
Touching Jesus Center
WGGH
George Dodds
Iran
Dodds
Supreme Court ruling frees inmates from Illinois prisons
Illinois corrections officials say 146 inmates including 114 state prisoners and 32 parolees were released or recomputed after a Supreme Court ruling on Class X good conduct credits. Fifty-nine releases came from Southern Illinois centers. Menard, Vienna, and Phychiatric Center at Menard listed among affected facilities.
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Chicago
Supreme Court
Illinois Department of Corrections
Illinois
Gayle Franzen
Illinois Supreme Court
High Court
Illinois General Assembly
Franzen
Menard Correctional Center
Vienna
Vienna Correctional Center
Phychiatric Center
Southern Illinois
UMW Delegates Back Church as Man Who Gets Things Done
Southern Illinois delegates to the United Mine Workers of America convention in Denver praise Sam Church for strong leadership and unity. They note a dues hike to 26 dollars, support for organizational expansion, and consideration of selective strikes against Consolidation. Some remain wary of staffing costs and wage goals, but all express optimism about Church's future leadership.
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UMW
Image
Church
Evan Davis
Southern Illinois
Sam Church
United Mine Workers of America
Denver
Marvey Cowley
Consolidation Coal Co
Burning Star No
Jim Milligan
Burning Star No. 4
Illinois
Cowley
Tom Gaston
Zeigler Coal Co
Gaston
International
Old Ben Coal Co. No. 27
John Bennett
Bennett
Billie Ray Craig
Southwestern Coal Co
Streamline Mine
Jim Thomas
Burning Star No. 2
Thomas
Consol
Ation
BCOA
Craig
Benton
Letters to Santa get right to the point
Carbondale Park District answers more than eighty unsign ed requests addressed to Santa Klaus. The Letters from Santa program, eight years in operation, routes letters via the local post office and yields personally signed replies from Kris Kringle.
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Ella Reilly
Southern Illinoisan
Santa Claus
North Pole
Santa
Carbondale Park District
Park District
Carbondale
Kris Kringle
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Neil Knutson
Leif Garritt
Samantha Bailey
P.S
Jeremey
Chris McFadden
Santa Claws
Michelle Riley
Clause
Ol Santa
Jeff Jenkins Joseph
Jennifer Rene Stover
Mary Hines
Park District Leisure Service
Mrs. Claus
Rudolph
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