Foggy Saturday crashes injure several in Williamson County
Heavy overnight fog blamed for two multi car wrecks and two additional incidents near Illinois 13 and Cambria Road in Williamson County. Six cars in the largest crash at 11:40 am involved Roy alton resident Robert Howell and Goreville resident Coy Girstman, with four more vehicles colliding as drivers attempted to navigate the wreckage. Minor injuries reported for several occupants at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. A second four car crash near the same area involved Du Quoin resident Elmer Gladson and West Frankfort resident John Jones. A tractor trailer jackknifed on Cambria Road at 1:30 pm and was cleared without injuries. Authorities noted visibility remained poor despite daylight.
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Williamson County
Illinois 13
Cambria Road
Crab Orchard Lake
District 13
du Quoin
Robert Howell
Royalton
Coy Girstman
Goreville
Illinois
Virgil Sachary
West Frankfort
Catherine Drabik
Carbondale
Frank Kelly
Berrien Spring
Gladson
Cambria
Jones
Clyde Summers
Benton
Clyde Hefner
Buckenr
Marguerite
Summers
Rose
Memorial
Palmer gets 100 to 150 years for child murder
Walter Michael Palmer, 25, of Anna received 100 to 150 years for murder in the July 16 death of 22 month old Jason Lee Bruce in Union County Circuit Court. He also received concurrent 3 year four month terms on three aggravated battery charges tied to bruises and bite marks.
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Ann Schottman
Walter Michael Palmer
Anna
Union County
Jonesboro
Jason Lee Bruce
Robert Chase
Metropolis
Palmer
Gerald
Johnson
Ballard
Jason Lee
Catherine Bruce
Bruce
A.S. Thompson
Herrin
Carroll Loomis
Union County Hospital
Loomis
Palemi
Jury trial fees approved for First Judicial Circuit
Chief Judge John Clayton announced that starting Feb 1 jurors in civil and related cases in nine counties will pay fees for jury trials. Clerks receive 50 dollars for a 12 person panel or 25 dollars for six in civil acts while criminal juries remain free by constitutional right. Small claims juries keep 12.50 for six or 25 for 12. Nine counties Alexander Massac Pulaski Union Jackson Williamson Saline Pope Hardin adopt the fee system, joining six other districts nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Judicial Circuit
John Clayton
Marion
Clayton
Pope County
Jackson County
Williamson County
Alexander
Massac
Pulaski
Union
Jackson
Williamson
Saline
Pope
Hardin
Streaker on wheels gets traffic ticket
Randall L. Jackson, 23, of 1200 E Grand Ave Carbondale, sped through dense fog with no lights in a State Street to Lake Road chase at 3 am. He wrecked a three year old car, was ticketed for reckless driving and attempting to flee police. He was naked jogger earlier in night near Grand Avenue, no charges filed.
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Carbondale
Luther Deniston
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Security Office
Randall L. Jackson
E. Grand Ave
Deniston
Main Street
Lake Road
Jackson
Grand Avenue
Sentencing Set For Ellen Sperry In Ex tortion Case
Ellen S Sperry 56 of Route 1 Herrin faces a 1 30 p m Monday hearing in Williamson County Circuit Court Marion Judge William Lewis will determine punishment after Sperry pleaded guilty October 11 to two counts of extortion involving letters demanding 1000 from Dr Daniel Roth and 200 from Tom Newbold In Herrin cemetery a dummy money package was seized Sperry blamed family stress and diabetes Public Defender urged probation while the state sought maximum 3 years 4 months to 10 years plus the Lane case noted for intimidation
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Ellen S. Sperry
Route 1
Herrin
Williamson County
Marion
William Lewis
Roth
Lewis
Sperry
Gregory Scott Lane
Jackson County Delinquent Tax Sale Set For Monday
About 1,200 parcels of delinquent property will be offered Monday in Murphysboro by Jackson County Treasurer Shirley Booker. Sale starts at 9 a.m. with redemptions allowed for two years. parcels sold to highest bidder. Murphysboro Township has the most delinquencies at 513. Fountain Bluff has the fewest.
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Jackson County
Shirley Booker
Murphysboro
Bradley
Carbondale
Booker
Murphysboro Township
Fountain Bluff Township
Carbondale mother fostered 15 children over decade
Ginny Brahe of 605 W Walnut St Carbondale and her husband Champ have cared for 15 foster children in 10 years, treating them as family. She explains foster care is a shared effort to help children and their families regain stability. She also volunteers locally, bakes bread, helps at PTA events, and supports historic preservation before moving to Florida due to her husband's new job.
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Cindy Rippal
The
Southern Illinoisan
Ginny Brahe
Mrs. Brahe
West Walnut Street
Brahe
Carbondale
State of Illinois Department of Corrections
Department of Corrections
Miami, Fla
Home Remedies of the Illinois Ozarks published
A Shawnee Hills Craft Program booklet collects time honored cures from Southern Illinois pioneers. Remedies range from kerosene and turpentine on chest for colds to scaring chickens for chicken pox and a frog on the head for headaches. Available for 1.95 at area bookstores or from the Illinois Ozarks Craft Guild in Carterville.
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Ben Gelman
Ilinois
Illinois Ozarks
Shawnee Hills
Southern Illinois
Illinois
Ozarks Craft Guild
S. Division St
Carterville
Sidelights on Illinois Ozarks residents and a sound experiment
A Green Bay feature profiles Sister Sue Cox a former Johnston City resident now practicing pharmacy in Green Bay and active in music therapy. The piece notes her WI UWGB bands and her teaching duties. In another item three Illinois historians plan a Fountain Bluff acoustics experiment across the Mississippi near Wittenberg Mo to test century old Indian acoustical theories weather permitting.
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Johnston City
Sue Cox
Green Bay
Wis
Press-Gazette
St. Louis College of Pharmacy
Sue
St. John’s Hospital
Springfield
Ill
St. Vincent Hospital
Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis
University of Wisconsin At Green Bay
UWGB
St. Mary of the Angels Church
Esther Lee Cox
Zeigler
Loyd F. Cox
Southern Illinois
Wayman Presley
Makanda
Irv Peithmann
Chester
Julius Swayne
Herrin
Grand Tower
Presley
Mississippi River
Wittenberg
Fountain Bluff
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Butch Nevious
William Ballard
State Street
Pat Yost
Coxes
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