Winter bar party crackdown in Carbondale yields 329 calls
Police report from January 28 and 29 in downtown Carbondale shows 329 calls for service, 141 arrests, 87 underage alcohol tickets, 32 public possession tickets, with seven bars totaling 109 violations. tickets issued to individuals or bars within the venues.
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Carbondale
Parties kept cops busy in Carbondale on Jan 28
Police logged 329 calls for service in a 24 hour period from 8 a.m. January 28 to 8 a.m. January 29 tied to daylong bar parties led by Pinch Penny Pub Polar Bear event and competing parties at Cali's and Saluki Bar.
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Pinch Penny
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Saluki
Steve Jahnke
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Pearly Whites: SIU offers free dental care for kids
Booneville eight year old Cole Curtiss received free dental care during Give Kids A Smile Day with his sister Lacey Inman a SIU dental hygiene student providing an X ray cleaning and exam. Cole called the experience torture though his sister and another sibling teased him about the hour in the chair.
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Lacey Inman
SIU Dental
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Riley Curtiss
Hiring surge boosts jobs and cuts unemployment to 8.3
The United States added 243,000 jobs in January, driving the unemployment rate down to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years. Officials say hiring accelerated across sectors, marking the fastest growth since early last year. President Obama hailed the improving recovery as growth strengthens.
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Washington
Barack Obama
U.S
Six inducted into Saluki Hall of Fame at SIU Arena
Six athletes were enshrined in the Saluki Hall of Fame at SIU Arena, including John Garrett, Nate Hawthorne, Gary Hunter, Kristie Kemner, Sandy Blaha, and Joel Sambursky. Hawthorne is posthumously honored. his family attended, with daughter Natasha Hawthorne-Wilson expressing emotion.
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Saluki Hall of Fame
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John “Mouse
Garrett
Nate Hawthorne
Gary Hunter
Kristie Kemner
Sandy Blaha
Joel Sambursky
Hawthorne
NBA
Alan Rogers
Southern Saluki Hall of Fame
Jerry Kill
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