Fourth of July Fireworks and Festivities Across Region
A full day of Fourth of July events across Carbondale Goreville Harrisburg Marion Mount Vernon Murphysboro Steeleville Tamms and Du Quoin with parades tailgate areas flea markets drone displays and concerts. Fireworks are scheduled at dusk in multiple towns including Carbondale Goreville Harrisburg Marion and Mount Vernon plus a Freedom Fest parade at 2 p.m. and a 2:30 p.m. derby in Du Quoin with various activities for families and veterans groups.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Jim Scales
Veterans of Foreign Wars
David T. Kenney
Lions Club
du Quoin
Goreville
Village Park
Project Success
Harrisburg
Town and Country Lions Club
Kaskaskia Island
Immaculate Conception Church
Marion
Knights Columbus Hall
Mount Vernon
County seeks partners to fund GIS project in Murphysboro
Jackson County Board member Gerald Compton told about 50 participants a GIS system will consolidate land data into one database and reduce costs. A two hour session featured Bruce Harris and Associates showing the system, with Carbondale expected to contribute the largest share about 125000 dollars, leaving others to cover part of the 250000 dollar total.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
Gerald Compton
Bruce Harris and Associates
Illinois
Compton
Davis-McCann Center
Carbondale
Demolition of Herrin High Sparks Memories for Graduates
Herrin officials begin tearing down the 1917 structure with a three story building to be cleared in a month. Cheryl Nossinger, Class of 1961, recalls her brothers sisters and her daughters all attended the school and treasuring memories from sports and classes. Superintendent Mark Collins notes the melancholy but necessary end as a new high school will replace the aging campus.
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Herrin
Herrin High School
Cheryl Nossinger
Nofsinger
Jim Ranchino
Tigers
Mariann
Tiger Tattler
Marlow Theatre
North 14Th Street
Joe Razmus
Millennium Wrecking Inc
Bunker Hill
Mark Collins
Last hurrah for state Project Success program ends
Becky Gates of the Family Counseling Center in Vienna criticizes budget cuts that end the state Project Success program after 94 systems. Goreville holds a 2 to 6 p.m. block party in the village park after the July Fourth parade featuring food, games, drawings for prizes, and a dusk fireworks display.
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Goreville
Becky Gates
Family Counseling Center Inc
Vienna
Gates
Project Success Group
Goreville Village
She
Remarkable Civil War tale of Enoch Henry and his wife
In Williamson County IL history, Enoch Henry of Company F 128th Illinois Infantry died January 16 1863 after being fetched from camp by his wife Caroline who hauled his body 50 miles home through snow to Crab Orchard. Caroline lived to age 100, dying August 31 1980. The Footprints quarterly by the Williamson County Historical Society highlights this tale and offers back issues for purchase.
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Enoch John Henry
Caroline McComb Henry
Henry
Crab Orchard
Williamson County
L.D. Adams
Illinois
Enoch Henry
Ilinois Infantry
Camp Butler
Ulysses S. Grant
Caroline Henry
Enoch
Adams
Williamson County Historical Society
S. van Buren St
Marion
Mary Ruth Charless
Footprints
William Henry Frederick Schafer
America
Germany
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Anna
Union County Fairgrounds
Abe Martin
Saline County Fairgrounds
Knights of Columbus Hall
Airport
Riverside Park
Steeleville
Legion Park
Tamms
George Croft Memorial Park
Www
Thesouthern.com
Osamu Tsukimar
Raz
John D. Homan
Michael Dann
the Southern
Rend Lake College Children’s Center
Travis Deneal
Ben
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