Missouri DOT ordered to pay 624000 in snow bridge death
The Missouri Department of Transportation must pay 624000 to the family of 13 year old Stephanie Johnston killed when a pickup truck vaulted over a snow pile on a guardrail on I 55 south of St Louis on December 26 2000. The crash also injured her father and left a lasting impact on the Meramec River site near the guardrail and guardrail debris. The article also mentions other unrelated items such as a 100th day celebration in Indiana and Grammy nominee Compay Segundo. Weather and notices follow in the page sections.
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Arnold, Mo
Missouri Department of Transportation
Donald Johnston
St. Louis
Meramec River
Stephanie Johnston
Children moved to safety during police chase
Police chased an armed robbery suspect through Marion, forcing officials to evacuate the north side of Washington Elementary. At 9:41 a.m. a caller described a small caliber handgun at a North Market Street store. After about an hour the suspect, Joey E. Williams, 17, was cornered at a East Jefferson house and arrested, with students moved to the computer lab and library for safety.
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Marion
Washington
North Market Street
Williamson County
East Jefferson
Washington Elementary
Joey E. Williams
John A Logan College Community Orchestra Grows in Size
The John A Logan College Community Orchestra rehearses each Thursday night from 7 to 9, drawing 46 players from 13 Southern Illinois communities. Conductor Tony Prochaska notes tripling in membership over four years from 15 to 45, with wide age range including students and retirees.
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Tony Prochaska
John A. Logan College
Carterville
John A. Logan College Community Orchestra
Southern Illinois
Orchestra spans ages with two cello players apart by decades
John A Logan College Community Orchestra features Phil Carstens an 11 year old Marion resident and Charlotte Foote an 82 year old Carbondale resident as cellists showing a wide age range. Carstens began cello after mastering the recorder and chose strings over violin.
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Carterville
John A. Logan College Community Orchestra
Phil Carstens
Marion
Charlotte Foote
Carbondale
Carstens
Enron probes shift to Gramm couple in scrutiny
The Enron case widens to Sen. Phil Gramm and wife Wendy as authorities probe their roles. Duncan refuses to testify after subpoena. Wendy Gramm sits on Enron board and audit committee while Phil grills energy trading oversight reforms.
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Washington
Enron
Congress
Phil Gramm
Wendy
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Arthur Anderson
David Duncan
Duncan
Robert Giuffra
Gramms
Senate Banking Committee
The
Wendy Gramm
Woman who abandoned baby escapes again in Benton
A 29-year-old Royalton woman Lisa Shelton Williams fled again after abandoning a newborn at Carbondale Memorial Hospital two weeks earlier. She had given birth Jan 9 and the infant tested positive for controlled substances. Williams is wanted on warrants across Franklin, Marion and Williamson counties as DCFS took the child into protective custody. Her husband was not as elusive.
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Benton
Royalton
Carbondale Memorial Hospital
Lisa
Shelton) Williams
Williams
Franklin
Marion
Williamson
DCFS
Deanna Freeman Aims For National Finals At The Opry
Deanna Freeman of Zeigler has advanced to the national finals of the True Value Country Showdown, with tonight’s event at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. Her supporters from Zeigler will travel 920 miles for the televised finals and she vows this is her last year in the contest.
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Herrin
Deanna Freeman
Freeman
Wrul Radio
Carmi
Zeigler
Grand Ole Opry House
Nashville
Tenn
Southern Illinois
Zeigler Square
Opryland
Country Music Hall of Fame
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Mark Daniel Gilmore
Rossville
Ind
Francisco Repilado
Compay Segundo
Havana
Cuba
Thesouthern.com
the Southern Illinoisan
John Sharp
Larry Hyde
de Peseans
John A. Logan Community College Orchestra
John D. Homan
Phillip Carstens
Jim Muir
Opry
Vince Hoffard
Ken Seeber
Deanna
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