Carbondale and area meetings and film listings
Carbondale City Council meets 7 30 p m at city hall along with Zeigler Royalton C U 188 and Union County housing authorities. Movie venues list films at Varsity Fox Rodgers Marlow's Egyptian Drive In Fox Eastgate with showtimes and pairings through the week.
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Carbondale City
Fox
Carbondale
Rodgers Theatre
Anna
Marlow’s
Murphysboro
Shaggy Dog
Herrin
Cool Hand
Luke
Paul Newman
Big Hand
Henry Fonda
Fox Eastgate
Missouri man in critical condition after carbon monoxide incident
Thomas Carmack 39 and his stepsons Gary 15 and Dennis 18 were found in a panel truck on a farm near Marissa Missouri. Carmack and Gary remain in critical and fair condition while Dennis was dead on arrival. Funeral services for Dennis are set for 1 30 p m Saturday in Ferguson Missouri.
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Missouri
Thomas Carmack
Jennings Road
Jennings
Sparta Community Hospital
Gary Haynes
Carmack
Dennis Haynes
Charles Abrason
Abrason
Marissa
Abras
Lee Tyron
Lee
Mullen Mortuary
Ferguson
Memorial Park Cemetery
Normandy
Furnace fires injure Marion and Murphysboro homes
Fire calls report two furnace related incidents. At Marion 2 a.m. today, 501 S Court St the house was full of smoke but no fire or damage recorded. In Murphysboro at 1:54 a.m. Thursday 419 N 7th St interior heavily damaged by fire from an overheated furnace.
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Marion
S. Court St
Murphysboro
N. 7Th St
Weather stalls sewer repairs near St Joseph Memorial Hospital
Repairs to a sewer line south of St Joseph Memorial Hospital are halted by bad weather. Murphysboro Water and Sewer Commission reports the job is about 70 percent complete after a week of delays by E A Sullivan Inc of Metropolitan. Extensions into Replogle Subdivision await better weather. Burial notices follow for Randle Romans and Stella Vrobel with service details and survivor lists.
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St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Sullivan
Hudson
Commission
Water Department
Cold Night Forecast From Pennsylvania to New England
A winter weather advisory notes a cold night with a forecast of snow extending from Pennsylvania northeast through New England. The system predicts accumulating flakes, low temperatures, and light winds across affected areas, with travel impacts possible statewide.
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Pennsylvania
New England
Snowy roads trigger accidents and highway treatment in region
Snow-covered roads caused slick travel with one car crash near Marissa injuring five. About one inch of snow fell as 100 Illinois Division of Highways trucks dispersed salt and cinders in 14 counties starting around 2 p.m. The forecast calls for more snow in the Rockies Plains and Midwest with colder temperatures ahead.
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Marissa
Illinois Division of Highways
Roy Meyer
District 9
Cook County tops SIU enrollment in fall quarter
Cook County students remain the largest Illinois county delegation at Southern Illinois University with 4,533 enrolled across Carbon dale and Edwardsville campuses, leading Madison County's 4,204. Counts follow across St. Clair, Jackson, Williamson, Du Page, Sangamon, Franklin, Lake, Macoupin and more, with several smaller counties over 200. Also notices two obituaries: Charles A. Foster of Sparta, 91, and Joe Dean, 63, Herrin area, with funeral details.
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Cook County
Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Edwardsville
Chicago
Madison County
St. Clair County
Jackson
Williamson
du Page
Sangamon
Franklin
Lake
Macoupin
Marion
Saline
Champaign
Macon
Will
Kane and
Perry
Union
Train ride to Pittsburgh from Carbondale a costly misadventure
A traveler recalls a cross state trip from Carbondale to Pittsburgh aboard Illinois Central and Pennsylvania Railroad. Conflicting fares from agents ranged from 79 to 86 dollars, with extra costs for meals and a late departure. The family ends the journey back in Carbondale after a detour revealed by a conductor. The piece muses on train service quality and costs.
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Pittsburgh
Carbondale
Big City
Paul Reistrup
Illinois Central Railroad
St. Louis
Pennsylvaniaia Railroad
Shane
Dayton
Ohio
Effingham
Rend Lake dam breaks amid floods near Waltonville
The U S Army Corps of Engineers said a Rend Lake secondary dam near Waltonville collapsed in three spots during last week’s floods. Mayor Frank Patterson said breaks along the 2,400 foot concrete and earth dam ranged 50 to 100 feet, with concrete slabs up to 35 by 100 feet carried downstream.
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Waltonville
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rend Lake
Frank Patterson
Patterson
Rites set for Mrs. Lessie Hennes of St Louis
Mrs. Lessie Hennes 84 of St Louis Missouri died after a stroke at St Luke’s Hospital. Born January 13 1884 she was formerly of Murphysboro and Vergennes. Survived by husband Ralph R Hennes two cousins and a niece. Funeral at Alexander and Son Funeral Home St Louis Friday 8 p.m. Graveside at Parrish Cemetery Vergennes Saturday 1 30 p.m. Public viewing at Meyer Denny Murphysboro Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Randle E. Romans
Marion
Rose Hill
James T. Bryant
Mitchell
Romans
Brick Road
South Bend
Ind
Louis
Viola Smith Romans
Bertha Bauers
Jacob Lurie
Chicago
Frank Rosko
Munster
Elgan Pendley
Hammond
Leon Sanders
Bradentown
Fla
Nell Fly
California
Stella Vrobel
Sesser
Herrin Hospital
Ourea
John
Anna Pursacyk
John Vrobel
John J
Stanley
Valdosta
Peter Hsu
Maple Hill Cemetery
Brayfield Chapel
Lessie Hennes
St. Louis
St. Luke’s Hospital
Hennes
Murphysboro
Vergennes
Jefferson
Mary Law
Ralph R. Hennes
Alexander and Son Funeral Home
Delmar St. St. Louis
Parrish Cemetery
Meyer-Denny Funeral Home
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Varsity
Missouri Man
Randle
Stella Vrobel, Sesser
U.S. Weather Bureau
ESSA
Rockies
Idaho
Utah
Crab Orchard
Devil’s Kitchen
Little Grassy Lake
Lake of Egypt
Plains States
Gulf Coast
Midwest
SIU
Charles Foster
Sparta
Charles A. Foster
Randolph County
Edward
Nancy Temple Foster
Sparta Methodist Church
AF & AM Hope Lodge
Lynn-Hill
Francis Michels
Union Cemetery
Joe Dean
W. Monroe Sr
West Virginia
Pearl Throgmartin
Pearl
Johnson Funeral Home
Lester Caraway
West Monroe
By Mike Shane
Limpus
The
Moline
United Auto Workers and Deere & Co
UAW Deere
Deere
Iowa
Tennessee
Board of Education
James F. Redmond
Austin
South Shore
Real Estate Research Corp
Redmond
Cernan
Bellwood
Andrew Cernan
Eugene A. Cernan
St. Simeon Church
Queen of Heaven
Rose
Dolores Riley
Orbit
Freeport
Stephenson County
Cedarville
William Parriott
Orangeville
LeRoy E. Homan
Dakota
Russell Homan
Bradley Sports Complex
John Meinen
Peoria
Bradley University
John I. Meinen
University
Meinen
Bradley
Charleston
Brockton
Helen L. Bardin
Ralph
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Walnut Street
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Dally Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
AP News
Osh
Further Savings Mens
Sale
Jarman Shoes
Velveteen
Zeigler, Illinois
Doris
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