Du Quoin Dowell clash over south water service plan
Du Quoin and Dowell clash over water supply for south Du Quoin residents. Dowell funded by a 700000 grant to install new lines while Du Quoin proposes a faster, cheaper in city solution. Officials plan a joint meeting to negotiate a path forward while preserving fire protection and revenue considerations.
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DU Quoin
Dowell
Brett Crain
Crain
Clem Jansen
Dowell Board
Jansen
Dennis Stewart
South du Quoin
Rednour
Council
Rend Lake Conservancy District
Stewart
du Quoin Council
Water Department
du Quoin City Hall
Illinois 13 127 project workgroup weighs five route options
Community members engage in focus groups to identify concerns across agriculture environment business economic development government and community affairs for the Illinois 13 127 expressway project. The advisory council plans to measure impact by acreage and traffic effects and will decide at the August meeting which alternates best serve the area before a probable public presentation in late fall.
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Michaud
Perry County
Jeff Ashauer
Pinckneyville
St. Louis
Ashauer
Sue Lane
IDQ
IDOT
Roadside rage injures two children in glass window crash
Thomas Wilkens, 31, faces aggravated battery reckless conduct and criminal damage charges after a heated roadside dispute with Robin Hopkins and her boyfriend William Reed. Wilkens allegedly grabbed a ratchet tie-down and shattered the passenger window of Hopkins's car near Marina Road Illinois 149. The two children in the car suffered minor injuries and were treated by paramedics. Wilkens was found at Kinkaid Lake Campground and is jailed in Jackson County.
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Jackson County
Thomas Wilkens
Robin Hopkins
Hopkins
William Reed
Marina Road
Illinois 149
Wilkens
Reed
Kinkaid Lake
Murphysboro Man Accused of Beating 8-Year-Old
Illinois DCFS joins the case of 35 year old Troy E Bradford arrested after the grandmother reported an 8 year old was beaten with an extension cord. The child did not require hospitalization and the mother faces no charges. Anyone with information is urged to contact local law enforcement. Andrea Marie Kampwert
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Murphysboro
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Troy E. Bradford
Fire destroys home in Du Quoin. no injuries reported
Du Quoin fire destroyed a home early Monday with no occupants home. Firefighter Rick Loyd said the 2 a.m. blaze was under control by 4 a.m. Investigators will determine the cause as crews from Tamaroa and Dowell assisted. Chuck Voice was the homeowner.
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DU Quoin
Rick Loyd
Chuck Voice
Loyd
Tamaroa
Dowell
Bridges of Song and Picnics and Quests Card
Wyat's Domine presents Bridges of Song at 2 p.m. Friday in Carbondale Public Library with Hispanic folk songs folklore and craft contact 618 457 0354. St John the Baptist annual chicken dinner runs 5 p.m. Friday to 3-8 p.m. Saturday at Red Bud Locust Street with cod and river fish plates and buffet. Also quilt cash bingo raffle country store rides games music blood drives at Schnucks Carbondale 2-6 p.m. Friday Foley Sweitzer Motors Benton 1-5 p.m. Friday Illinois Centre Mall Marion 2-6 p.m. Friday.
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Carbondale Public Library
W. Main
St. John the Baptist
Locust St
Schnuck’s
Carbondale
Foley Sweitzer Motors
N. Main St
Benton
Illinois Centre Mall
DeYoung St
Marion
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Hcis
Kristen
Cates
Thesouthern
Andrea Marie Kampwert
Illinois
Lincoln
Garden OF the Gods
Chicago
Kristen Cates
Wyat
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