Caravan gifts aid Du Quoin boy with spina bifida
Matthew Garza 18 month old of Du Quoin receives the Common Cents Fund donation at the Wally Byam Caravan Club International Rally at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. The fund aims to raise at least 6000 for medical and related costs with yearly contributions from Airstream club members.
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Matthew Garza
du Quoin
Wally Byam Caravan Club Inc
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Matthew
Linda Amme
Amme
Brandy
Mark Garza
Anthony
Children’s Hospital
St. Louis
Wally Byam Caravan Club Aids Garza Family And Charities
The Wally Byam Caravan Club Inc collects over 1,500 pounds of aluminum tabs for Ronald McDonald House charities and plans to donate 500 to 700 staffed fabric items to hospitals schools nursing homes and emergency workers. Members also knit hats and blankets for adults and infants ahead of winter despite hot weather.
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Garza
du Quoin
Wally Byam Caravan Club Inc
Ronald McDonald House
Anme
Wally Byara
American Red Cross
Habitat For Humanity
Linda Amme
Family and Youth Committee
Airstream Rally Revs Up In Du Quoin Teeming With Campers
The Airstream International rally attracts about 1,000 attendees and up to 4,000 RVs in peak years, with 150 committees coordinating a week of activities at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. Vendors, seminars, charity drives, and local trips boost the economy as members travel from across regions, sharing community involvement and long journeys.
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Locaion
Oward Sullivan
Rally Prootions
Illinois
Sullivan
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Garden of the Gods
St. Louis
Southern Illinois
Menard Correctional Center Locked Down After Officer Attack
Correctional facility in Menard is on lockdown after an assault on a staff member. IDOC officials note standard shakedown procedures follow such incidents and stress ongoing staff safety, with Menard’s inmate security staff ratio given as 5.5 to 1. Critics argue staffing levels lag attrition. the prison houses about 3,552 inmates as of IDOC data.
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Menard
Solano
DOC
Caumiant
IDOC
Drowning at Rend Lake Claims 19-Year-Old Life
A 19-year-old man died in an accident at Rend Lake prompting a large search and recovery effort. Water was murky and the lake high at about 14 feet complicating divers work. The drowning would be the 29th at Bend Lake since 1973 with multiple local agencies assisting.
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Rend Lake
Brown
Jones
Bend Lake
South Sandusky Beach
Lesser and Walier
Franklin County
Coroner’s Office
Franklin County — Emergency Management Agency
American Red Cross
Amtrak sues Nevada truck firm over fatal crash
Amtrak sues John Davis Trucking Co. of Battle Mountain in federal court in Reno alleging negligence in training a driver whose semi-trailer struck a passenger train, killing six and injuring more than 20 in a fiery crash.
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Amtrak
Reno
Nev
Nevada
National Railroad Passenger Corp
John Davis Trucking Co
Battle Mountain
Former Carbondale cop confesses to 2008 bank robbery
In a video confession former officer James D Gaddis admits he used an unloaded handgun in the 2008 robbery, did not keep any of the $22800, and only confessed after ensuring his family’s safety amid threats. He says an accomplice Mitch Fike witnessed a drug deal that set the crime in motion and he feared for his family.
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Carbondale
James D. Gaddis
Mitch’ Fike
Gaddis rests as he retraces role in bank robbery case
Gaddis admitted to police he felt trapped by threats from neighbor Fike and agreed to act as a consultant for a 2008 bank robbery after witness to a drug deal and burglarized home threats. He said he and Fike stole more than 22800 from First Southern Bank and fled to a safe house. He claimed he did not keep any money.
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Gaddis
Fike
Bianca
Jimmy
Georgia
Bryan Drew
First Southern Bank
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