Funeral home identifies Ava accident victim
Wilson's Funeral Home in Ava confirms Donald "Duce" McBride of Ava died in a Thursday morning single vehicle crash on the Johnson Creek Bridge along Illinois 151 at 1 48 a.m. The Ford Ranger left the road, hit a guardrail and the bridge. Jackson County Sheriff's Department investigates. McBride, a 2003 Trico High School graduate, enlisted in the Illinois Army National Guard and served in Iraq in 2005. Obituary details on Page 3B.
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Wilson
Ava
Donald “Duce
McBride
Johnson Creek
Illinois 151
Jackson County Sheriff's Department
Trico High School
Pinckneyville lays off two police officers
Pinckneyville City announces the first of six layoffs approved last month, with two police officers to be suspended temporarily on Jan. 14 amid fiscal troubles. The department will maintain 24 hour patrols as officials stress continued police protection and emergency response.
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Pinckneyville
Martin Beltz
Order of Police
Paul Day
Day
Beltz
Mall losses: Wilsons Leather and Alongis Italian close
Two University Mall businesses shut this week as mall officials push forward with new plans. Debra Tindall, mall general manager, confirms Wilsons Leather and Alongi's Italian restaurant closed their doors. A sign on the restaurant thanked patrons and cited ongoing challenges.
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Carbondale
Debra Tindall
Wilson's
Leather
Alongi
Perry County’s 2007 Mixed News From Jobs to Tragedy
The year brought both gains and losses for Pinckneyville and Perry County. A major employer closed, costing 442 jobs across 100 ZIP codes, while the area mourned two Pinckneyville High School students in a fatal two-vehicle crash and longtime Du Quoin police chief James Booker, age 54, who died after surgery, with his wife Lora succeeding him.
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Perry County
Pinckneyville
du Quoin
Technicolor Universal Media Services
Illinois
Perry
Randolph
Franklin
Pinckneyville Community
Patrick “Tyler” Kellerman
Dustin Harris
James Booker
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Belleville
Booker
Lora
Franklin County Sees Jail Term in Public Official Case
Former Franklin-Williamson Regional Superintendent Barry Kohl was sentenced to six years for theft by deception theft over 300 bribery and official misconduct after an 18 month AG probe followed a 2003 audit questioning 160000 in ROE expenditures. The case linked to a kickback scheme and spanned years of legal wrangling.
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Franklin-Williamson
Barry Kohl
ROE
State Attorney General
Kohl
Franklin County
Tom Dunn
Dinn
New FedEx Terminal and Benton projects boost Franklin County
In 2007 Franklin County gained three major ventures boosting jobs and income. FedEx Ground broke ground on a 45 000 square foot West Frankfort terminal replacing Marion operations with 55 workers moving and four new positions. Renovations to the historic Wood Building in Benton bring People’s National Bank into renewed use alongside a planned ethanol plant adding regional economic momentum. Benton also saw extended economic activity in 2007.
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West Frankfort
Franklin County
FedEx
Ken Burzynski
Ken Gray
Marion
Benton
Benton Square
People’s National Bank
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Hamilton County
Macedonia
Leila N. Bennett
Illinois 14
Bennett
Cassie L. Reed
Johnston City
Reed
Hamilton Hospital
Bethany Krajel
Hansel and Gretel
Kerasotes
Metropolitan Opera
Alice Coote
Christine Schafer
Vladimir Jurowski
Adam
Testa
Thesouthern.com
Rend Lake
Pamela Kay’ Schmalenberger
Amanda Whitlock
Southern Pickneyville Community High School
Cheryl Clark
Jaqueline White
Kristie Sheppard
Patrick ‘Tyler’ Kellerman
Becky
Malkovich
Souther
Steve Jahnke
Jarrett Bray
Franklin County Animal Control Shelter
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