Truck Overturns Injuring Driver on Ava Road this Week
Jackson County sheriff reports a semitrailer flipped at 7:34 a.m. on Ava Road off Illinois 127 injuring driver Melba G. Crabtree 42 of Du Quoin. Paramedics transported her to St Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro for non life threatening injuries. Road blocked until 9:45 a.m. for tow. No citations. Bethany Krajelis
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Jackson County
Ava Road
Crabtree
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Ava
Bethany Krajelis
Benton-Benton Grade School appoints two staff members
The Benton-Benton Grade School board approved Melissa Severin to a first grade teaching post next fall replacing retiree Reatta Barnfield. Elizabeth Sapp was hired as playground supervisor. Booster club facility use approved for Feb 9 and 23 volleyball tournament. Building committee to meet soon to list priority projects pending possible state construction funds.
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Benton
Melissa Severin
Severin
Reatta Barnfield
Elizabeth Sapp
Richard Cook
Man accused in 1969 shooting to surrender in Chicago
Joseph Pannell, later Douglas Freeman, a former Black Panther, seeks return to face charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery for shooting Officer Terrence Knox in 1969. He has waived extradition and will come to Chicago within 30 days, while authorities recall his earlier flight and subsequent Canadian arrest.
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Chicago
Black Panther Party
Canada
United States
Joseph Coleman Pannell
Terrence Knox
South Side
Pannell
Douglas Gary Freeman
Toronto
U.S
Vic Toews
Toews
Knox
Navy
Parnell
Philip Cline
Cline
Drew Peterson to join win a date radio offer drops
A suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson proposed taking part in a radio dating promotion on Steve Dahl's show but station officials canceled the event hours after the idea surfaced. Attys and friends criticized the plan as in poor taste and potentially harmful to a high profile case surrounding Stacy Peterson's disappearance.
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Chicago
Steve Dahl
Drew Peterson
Steve
Wjmk-Fm
Peter Bowen
Peterson
Brodsky
Stacy
Joel Brodsky
Mark Geragos
California
Scott Peterson
Laci
Bowen
Dahl
Drew
Comiskey Park
White Sox
Stacy Peterson
Kathleen Savio
King of
Chuck Pelkie
Will County
Geragos
Pamela Bosco
Bosco
Daniel Bibb
New York
Ryan appeals racketeering fraud conviction to highest court
Former Gov George H Ryan seeks Supreme Court relief from a racketeering and fraud conviction that sent him to federal prison. His petition claims juror replacement during deliberations and juror misconduct biased the trial, arguing the jury was not impartial and that cumulative errors violated his right to a fair trial.
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Highest Court
Chicago
George H. Ryan
U.S. Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Rebecca R. Pallmeyer
Pallmeyer
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Larry Warner
Jamaica
Mexico
Secretary of State
High Court
Supreme Court
Bush
Fire kills six in Youngstown home including four children
A house fire in Youngstown killed four children their mother and grandmother with an 18 year old neighbor charged with six counts of aggravated murder and six counts of aggravated arson. Eleven people were inside the home when the blaze began on the front porch or near the door. Three people were treated at St Elizabeth Health Center. The fire spread rapidly through old housing stock aided by front porch accelerants and old wood construction.
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Youngstown
Ohio
John O'Neill
St. Elizabeth Health Center
Tina Creighton
Brenda Brown
Michael Davis
Davis
Patrick Kelly
Robin Lees
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Allen Edmonds
Vasque
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Benson & Salimi
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Frances E. Salimi
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Jennifer Crawford
Raneija
Jeannine
Aleisha
Brandon
Carol Crawford
Rick Jamrozik
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