Fire damages attic after roommate helps friend escape blaze
Firefighters contained the attic fire at the rental home owned by Anderson Properties as rain and snow battered the scene. Three roommates coping with loss joked about the incident while awaiting repairs and shelter arrangements. The blaze required roof vent and kitchen ceiling access to deliver water, with no serious injuries reported.
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Randy Murray
Murray
Anderson Properties
Cecil
Hamilton
David Senstedt
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Senstedt
SIUC names final three appointees to university board
Governor Blagojevich announced three new trustees for SIU completing the board after a year of vacancies. The appointees are Tedrick, Simmons, and Jackson, each bringing legal, medical, and dental backgrounds and promising to boost SIU’s Edwardsville campus and overall diversity. New members can serve immediately but require Illinois Senate approval to become permanent.
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Edwardsville
Blagojevich
SIU
Gene Callahan
Springfield
John Brewster
Herrin
Callahan
Brewster
Mark Repking
Molly D’esposito
Poshard
Ed Hightower
Harris Rowe
Jacksonville
A.D. van Meter
Ed Ford
Rick Maurer
University
Tedrick
Tedrick Insurance Agency Inc
Mount Vernon
Carbondale
SIU Foundation
Walter Wendler
Congress
Simmons
Southern Illinois
SIUE
Southern Methodist University School of Law
Dallas
Illinois
Georgia
Simmons Firm LLC
East Alton
U.S. Senate
Dan Hynes
Jackson
University of Illinois
Chicago
Vencer Hospitals
James Walker
Illinois Senate
Monoxide detector saves lives of Du Quoin family
Du Quoin firefighters credit a carbon monoxide detector with saving three lives when Stacey King called 11:50 a.m. after detectors sounded. In a home at 802 S Washington St the crew found very high CO levels from a furnace or flue problem and advised the family to evacuate but they left unharmed.
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DU Quoin
Stacey King
Fire Department
S. Washington Street
King
Dave Durkota
Durkota
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