Burglary in Progress Prompts Carbondale Police Response
Police responded to a burglary in the 300 block of West Elm Street in the early hours, a resident interrupted the attempt and the suspect fled. Call 618-457-3200 or 618-549-2677 with tips or use the Crime Stoppers site for anonymous reports. Mayor Fritzler swore in three new officers Ian Lohnes Jarrod Livingston and Daniel Rice as the department is now fully staffed.
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West Elm Street
Carbondale
Carbondalepolice.com
Joel Fritzler
Herrin Pink Out game supports cancer cause at school
Herrin High School teams host a 6:30 p.m. Saturday Feb 11 Pink Out matchup with Murphysboro to aid the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Williamson County. Proceeds from tickets, a silent auction, and a $10 pink T shirt preorder fundraiser back ACS.
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ACS
Herrin High School
American Cancer Society
Relay For Life
Herrin High School Memorial Gymnasium
Herrin
Murphysboro
Williamson County
Emily Lind
Hotmail
Www
Cancer.org
Birding trip planned to Mermet Lake by Shawnee Audubon
The Shawnee Chapter of the Illinois Audubon Society will host a birding visit to Mermet Lake on Saturday January 28 meeting at 8 am near the bluebird trail parking area. Participants should sign up via anne.parmley gmail.com or 618-524-9022. Weather or extreme cold may cancel.
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Mermet Lake
Shawnee
Illinois Audubon Society
Bluebird Trail
Anne
Illinois
Judge to rule on suppression of Pinckneyville teen statements
Judge James Campanella will decide in ten days whether to suppress statements by James Glazier an 18 year old Pinckneyville defendant in the Sidney Stephens homicide Five police officers testified he confessed to his parents on arrest day while and after his arrest his parents testified he made no such statements Officials say ruling depends on witness credibility as defense cites questions of counsel voluntariness and coercion in the July 29 2010 arrest and statements made during the September 28 2011 hearing
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Pinckneyville
James Campanella
Sidney Stephens
James Glazier
Glazier
Tom Mansfield
Stephens
Charles
Elizabeth Glazier
Charles Glazier
Perry County
David Stanton
Campanella
Mansfield
Mount Vernon mayor touts jobs drive in state of the city
Mount Vernon Mayor Mary Jane Chesley used the state of the city address to stress job creation retention and training. The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce hosted the event at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts highlighting a Continental Tire expansion adding 444 local jobs. Officials from the state county and city attended the May 12 ceremony.
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Mount Vernon
Mary Jane Chesley
Chesley
Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
Cedarhurst
Southern
Continental Tire
State of Illinois
Jefferson County
Good Sam honored with second Gold Award
A Southern Illinois hospital, St. Marys Good Samaritan in Mount Vernon, becomes the first facility to win the Gold Award for Achievement of Excellence twice. Illinois Performance Excellence will honor the staff at a January 20 ceremony in Naperville, with Darcy Davidsmeyer praising their ongoing commitment to excellence.
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Aoe
Southern File
Good Samaritan Regional Health Center
Veterans Memorial Drive
Mount Vernon
Southern Illinois
Illinois
St. Mary’s Good Samaritan
Naperville
Darcy Davidsmeyer
Illinois Performance Excellence
Ossig Named West Frankfort Citizen Of The Year
Sharon Ossig received The Daily American Citizen of the Year at West Frankfort Chamber of Commerce 69th annual dinner honoring community boosters. She led events including the Orient 2 mine disaster memorial service and the Coal Miners Memorial Park project completed in 2010 in memory of Rich Voorhees who inspired the effort.
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Ossig
West Frankfort
West Frankfort Chamber of Commerce
Sharon Ossig
Daily American Citizen
Orient 2
Richard Voorhees
Rich Voorhees
Alan Rogers
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Mulls
Center For the Arts
Good Sam
Chamber
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