Burglaries Investigated In Carbondale Area
Police are probing two burglaries in Carbondale one residential on South Ash Street and one auto on West Main Street with losses totaling about 700 dollars. A separate chase ended in cocaine possession and warrants for 21 year old Austin Taylor. In a traffic crash on I 57 two minors were injured and two drivers cited for unsafe child restraints.
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South Ash Street
West Main Street
Carbondale
Austin Taylor
East Corbella Street
Jackson County
Taylor
East Snyder Street
Arkansas
Terra Sutton
Marion
Ark
Williamson County
Glenn Harrison
Jacksonville
Sutton
Harrison
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Lee McKinney
Miss Illinois Ashley Hatfield trains for Miss America pageant
Anna resident Ashley Hatfield endures a two hour session of tough questions from local celebrity judges at John A. Logan College as part of Miss Illinois training. The interview portion, worth 35 percent of her score, precedes the January 22 Miss America pageant in Las Vegas.
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John A. Logan College
Ashley Hatfield
Anna
Hatfield
Las Vegas
Amalia Schwerdtmann
Miss Illinois Scholarship Association Inc
Schwerdtmann
Robin Meade
CNN
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Kim Lyons
Manda Whitluck
Southern
No kill shelter opens in Marion area for displaced animals
Stormy the gray tabby languishes in Marion Regional Humane Society after being rescued from a Halloween sewer. The no kill shelter, founded by Bruce Carter and Sam Lattuca with Marion Animal Control, offers adopted pets microchipped, vaccinated, and neutered for 65 dollars after a thorough screening.
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Dave Taylor
Bruce Carter
New
Marion
Stormy
Marion Regional Humane Society
City of
Mrhs Board
Fire Department
Carter
MRHS
Nokill
Sam Lattuca
Marion Animal Control
Lattuca
Chuck Wright
West Frankfort
St Taylor
THE
Miller's World Jewelry
Local shelter cares for cats amid plan to expand
Wright praised a cat shelter that avoids euthanasia and emphasizes humane care. The facility houses about 75 cats in its main shelter at 8230 Old Illinois 13 as volunteers and board members work on ongoing improvements.
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Wright
Old
Illinois 13
Carter
Carterville School Board Eyes 1 Percent Sales Tax Referendum
Carterville School Board met to plan a 1 percent sales tax for school construction and how to inform Williamson County residents. They will mail brochures addressing common questions to explain the Feb five ballot measure and its importance to Tri C residents.
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Carterville
Williamson County
Tri-C
SIU responds to student's lawsuit over law school bias
SIU tailed by Board of Trustees and School of Law as Lisa Dawn Rittenhouse sues asserting discrimination under the Rehabilitation Act and ADA. Attorney Ian P. Cooper filed a mid-December motion to dismiss the complaint on grounds of immunity. The suit targets SIU Board of Trustees, the School of Law and Dean Peter Alexander.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University Law School
Ian P. Cooper
St. Louis
SIU Board of Trustees
School of Law
Peter Alexander
Lisa Dawn Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse
Cold weather grips Southern Illinois residents
Temperatures near nine degrees bite Benton and surrounding areas as mail carrier James Restivo and students endure the cold. Residents share how they cope, from hoodies and shorts to layered outfits, with some outside work and routes stretching hours. More details on Page 4.
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Steve Jahnke
James Restivo
Benton
Franklin County
Sami Pendergast
Pendergast
Benton Consolidated High School
Tez Henderson
Henderson
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Codell Rodriguez
Marion Shelter
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SIU
Scott Fitzgerald
Becky
Malkovich
Southern Illinois
Restivo
West City
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