Chicago pastor ends vigil for gun violence on motel roof
Reverend Corey Brooks ends his 94 day vigil atop an abandoned motel after receiving a promised 98 thousand dollar donation from Tyler Perry. Brooks plans to use funds to buy and demolish the site and build a community center, kicking off a 15 million dollar fundraising drive with an 85 thousand dollar anonymous donation as a start.
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Chicago
Tyler Perry
Corey Brooks
Brooks
Perry
Tom Joyner
The
Associated Press
Area events line up from health fair to fish fry
Health Fair at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah runs 9 to noon with free screenings. A 11:30 to 1:30 program follows at New Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Carbondale. Other events include a Taste of Blackness dinner, a Polar Plunge for Special Olympics, a George Clark book signing, Elks Dart Tournament fund-raiser, a Community Cinema screening, and a Fin and Feather Club Fish Fry with carryouts and scholarship proceeds.
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Paducah
New Zion Missionary Baptist Church
N. Robert A. Stalls Ave
Carbondale
Campus Lake
Siu
Special Olympics
Illinois
Walnut St
West Frankfort
George Clark
Dog Butch
Murphysboro
Elks Lodge
Elks Children's Care
Carbondale Public Library
W. Main
Naacp Carbondale Chapter
African American Museum of Southern Illinois
Freeman Spur
American Legion Post
Legion’s Scholarship Fund
Plan to close Illinois youth detention centers gains support
Illinois advocates praise Gov. Quinn plan to shut Murphysboro and Joliet centers reducing populations of about 1,100 youths with eight facilities. They cite cost savings, home-based treatment, and lower recidivism, while officials and unions warn of service losses and jobs.
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Chicago
Illinois
Murphysboro
Pat Quinn
Joliet
Quinn
District of Columbia
Annie E. Casey
New York State
Texas
Rick Velasquez
Youth Outreach Services
Brooke Anderson
Department of Juvenile Justice
Anderson
DJJ
Juvenile Justice Department
Elizabeth Clarke
Juvenile Justice Initiative
Southern File
Illinois Youth Center
Carbondale 2013 Budget Inches Forward
Carbondale moves toward the fiscal year 2013 budget with City Manager Kevin Bally noting staff is about 80 percent through reviewing division budgets and capital requests. Expenditures run about 40.9 million with revenues near 37.7 million. final numbers depend on fire station plans and capital projects. Public inspection starts March 10, with a council hearing set for April 3 and a budget vote on April 17, before FY2013 begins May 1.
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Carbondale
Kevin Bally
Baily
Baity
Former Alorton mayor pleads guilty to theft and drugs
Randy McCallum, 46, former Alorton mayor, pleaded guilty to stealing $1,000 from the village and attempting to possess and distribute crack cocaine. He agreed to cooperate with federal investigators after a raid on his home and the village hall and resigned Feb. 13 due to outside commitments.
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Alorton
Illinois
Randy McCallum
McCallum
U.S
Steven R. Wigginton
St. Louis
St. Clair County
Alerton
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