Fire at The Fields apartments causes power outage
Firefighters responded to The Fields apartments on South Lewis Lane Tuesday evening. Cooking oil ignited in a kitchen, damaging cabinets and triggering an estimated 35000 dollars in losses as the 10 unit building lost power. a mother and four children escaped unharmed and some residents were without electricity Wednesday morning.
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South Lewis Lane
Carbondale
Fields
Dave Keim
Keim
Bush man faces more meth charges after arrest
Gary D. Parini, 38, of Bush, was arrested on a failure to appear warrant and faces new charges of participation in the manufacture of methamphetamine and possession of meth precursors. A warrant execution at his residence yielded items used in meth production and distribution, officials said.
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Southern Illinois Drug Task Force
Illinois State Police
Hurst Police Department
Gary D. Parini
Bush
Parini
David Bartoni
Williamson County to host sixth State of the County Address
Williamson County Board Chairman Brent Gentry will deliver the sixth annual State of the County Address at 10 a.m. Friday. The event takes place at the Marion Senior Citizens Center 507 West Main and is open to the public.
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Williamson County
Brent Gentry
Marion Senior Citizens Center
W. Main
Gentry
Harriman Wins Endorsements From Five Southern Illinois Parties
Brad Harriman, the Democratic congressional candidate for Illinois 12th district, picked up endorsements from five county parties in St. Clair, Madison, Randolph, Monroe and Perry. He faces Iraq war veteran Chris Miller and Kenneth Wiezer in the March primary as a retired St. Clair County administrator. DNR Director to Speak at JALC Tomorrow. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources head Marc Miller will discuss the department’s budget and future funding at John A. Logan College Room 127 Building H at 7 p.m. Feb. 2, in a Sierra Club sponsored forum.
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Harriman
Illinois
Brad Harriman
St. Clair
Madison
Randolph
Monroe
Perry
St. Clair County
Chris Miller
Carbondale
Metro East
Kenneth Wiezer
DNR
JALC
Illinois’ Department of Natural Resources
John A. Logan College
Marc Miller
The
Sierra Club
Marion banks and agencies launch Bank on Marion program
Marion, Illinois partners city government nine local banks and social service groups to offer free or low cost checking to residents without bank accounts. The effort led by Mayor Bob Butler and including Banterra Farmers State Fifth Third Mid Country Old National Regions SIU Credit Union The Bank of Marion and US Bank aims to bring unbanked citizens into the financial system.
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Marion
Bank On
Banterra Bank
Farmers State Bank
Fifth Third Bank
Mid Country Bank
Old National Bank
Regions Bank
SIU Credit Union
Bank of Marion
US Bank
Jennifer Olson
Illinois
San Francisco
Stephen Rickers
Southern
Students learn entrepreneurship over breakfast at Harbaugh's Café
About 50 fourth and fifth graders joined Laura Harbaugh at her Carbondale restaurant for an eggs and pancakes breakfast. The event kicks off a semester long unit on entrepreneurship at Lewis School taught by Betsy Brown. Students will craft a business plan and product to sell at the Carbondale Farmer's Market, with SIU Carbondale backing from its Entrepreneurship and Business Development Unit and Saluki CEO Corps.
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Paul Newton
the South
Laura Harbaugh
Lewis School
Harbaugh
Carbondale
Brown
Erience
Harbaugh’s
Carbondale Farmer’s Market
SIU Carbondale
Saluki Ceo Corps
Robyn Laur Russell
SIU
Cason seeks 20th Circuit judgeship
East St. Louis native Laninya A. Cason, the lone Republican candidate, seeks the 20th Circuit seat vacated by Milton S. Wharton. Now Belleville resident, sworn in Feb 2 2003 as one of Illinois youngest judges, she views moving from Associate to Circuit as a logical step. She holds a BS in Finance 1992 and a Master in Education 1993 from the University of Illinois.
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St. Louis
Laninya A. Cason
Milton S. Wharton
20Th Judicial Circuit
Belleville
Cason
Illinois
University of Ilinois
Johnston City Tables Plan for Electric Deregulation
Johnston City Council tabled action Tuesday night on proposed electric supply deregulation to allow further study. The measure would ask voters to decide in the November general election. Mayor Jim Mitchell supported tabling to review the proposal first, initially presented in November by W Stephen Thayer of the Southern Illinois Municipal Electric Co.
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Johnston City
Jim Mitchell
W. Stephen Thayer
Southern Illinois Municipal Electric Co
Du Quoin honors Rottschalk and Macaluso at chamber gala
Doris Rottschalk and Sam Macaluso received Outstanding Citizen Awards at the Du Quoin Chamber of Commerce annual banquet. Stacy Hirsch earned the President's Award. Rotary and university ties, library reading, food pantry work, and hospital volunteering highlight Rottschalk's service to education and community.
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du Quoin
Chamber of Commerce
Doris Rottschalk
Sam Macaluso
Chamber
Stacy Hirsch
Fred Huff
Ethel Holladay
du Quoin High School
Rottschalk
Steve Jahnke
Ciizen
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