Local officers honored for meth crackdown success
Williamson County Deputy Chris Kelly and COMIT Drug Task Force Coordinator J R Moore were awarded by the Illinois Metropolitan Enforcement Group Directors and Task Force Commanders Association for leading a multi county methamphetamine investigation. The case resulted in federal convictions for 34 involved in Franklin Jackson and Williamson counties, and uncovered over 100 additional crimes from home invasions to thefts.
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Williamson County
Chris Kelly
Comit Drug Task Force
J.R. Moore
Illinois Metropolitan Enforcement Group
Franklin
Jackson
Williamson
Southern Illinois Enforcement Group
Robert Fierstein
Moore
Franklin County
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Kelly
SIEG
Fierstein
State Association
COMIT
John Currie
Sheriff's Office
James Wright
Chuck Bray
Carbondale
Dave Kemp
Jeff Gill
Matt Randolph
Franklin County honors business community and citizens
Talluto received the outstanding community service award for leading a Christmas program and other youth initiatives. Joyce Fogleman of J&S Professional Pharmacy earned Business Person of the Year. A coalition of West Frankfort furniture dealers was named Business of the Year, and John A. Logan College received special chamber recognition.
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Franklin County
Talluto
Joyce Fogleman
J&s Professional Pharmacy
West Frankfort
Southern Illinois
John A. Logan College
The
Chamber of Commerce
Enrollment rises at regional community colleges in 2008
Enrollment soars at Rend Lake Shawnee and Bend Lake colleges with 2008 counts: Rend Lake up to 4236, Shawnee 2468, and Bend Lake 1650. College leaders credit new programs stronger recruitment and economic factors as drivers of the regional spike.
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Rend Lake College
Shawnee
City Colleges of Chicago
Bend Lake
Mark Kern
Shawnee College
Larry Peterson
Peterson
ALL Area College
John A. Loganna
Rend Lake
Southeastern Illinois
Vegas Diary: Night on the Strip and Bar-B-Q
A reporter describes a Las Vegas stay with a 24 hour Gin Seng Bar-B-Q II meal of spicy pork and sides on the Strip. He notes persistent card solicitations, poor tea, encounters with locals, and mentions Robin Leach and Janet Jackson parties, ending with a casual update to his editor.
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Scott Fitzgerald
Adam Testa
Las Vegas
Robin Leach
Janet Jackson
Washington speaks at MLK Remembrance Dinner in Carbondale
Washington delivered the keynote at the Martin Luther King Jr Remembrance Dinner at the Newman Catholic Student Center in Carbondale. She urged reflection on progress and ongoing social injustices while urging young people to vote and shape history. A Carbondale student, Kouri Marshall, echoed calls to honor King by pursuing change, including efforts to name a street after King and Coretta Scott King.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Newman Catholic Student Center
Dr. King
Washington
Kouri Marshall
Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Marshall
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama
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Carbondale Civic Center
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