Slain woman's husband fights to rebuild life after tragedy
David Witte, former GM executive, endures daily battles to maintain dignity after his wife Virginia was murdered on May 12. Police suspect a stranger. Witte aided the investigation while denying involvement. Neighbors report heightened fear, but emphasize community resilience as the couple’s home remains a solemn reminder of the crime.
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Dan Hubble
David Witte
General Motors Corp
Virginia
Witte
Lakeview Drive
F.B.I. Crime Lab
Washington D.C
Humphrey Bogart
St. Louis
Chicago
Beause
Southern
Illinois
Du Quoin Hires Police As City Raises Parking Fines
Du Quoin officials held a rare two day special meeting to form a quorum and hire two policemen Mark Sipe and Howard Shotten. The council amended the parking meter ordinance to sell yearly permits for 50 dollars and increased fines for quick payment to 50 cents within 12 hours and two dollars within ten days, doubling prior penalties.
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du Quoin
Cecil Daily
Robert Armstrong
Tom Moss
Robert Murray
Burt Williams
Jerome Roznowski
Williams
Roznowski
Armstrong
Mark Sipe
Howard Shotten
Summer Playhouse sells record season tickets at SIUC
Linda Kostalik choreographs the show and Lang Reynolds lights with a rotating mirror ball as Southern Illinois theater fans flood the Summer Playhouse. Three performances of Come Blow Your Horn sold out last week while Anything Goes nearly sold out for two nights and the coming weekend. Season tickets rose from 70 to 900 this season, a new limit before profitability concerns arise. Bravo!
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Linda Kostalik
Lang Reynolds
Southern Illinois
Summer Playhouse
Siuc Theater
Bravo
Unemployment figures show stable rates in Southern Illinois
May unemployment across a four county area Franklin Williamson Johnson and Saline stood at 9.6 percent up from 9.5 in April down from the first quarter. Jackson Perry Randolph Union counties showed mixed shifts with Union down to 10.7 and Perry up to 7.4. Nationally the rate fell to 5.7 percent in June indicating ongoing improvement. Pro ERA demonstrators in Carbondale highlighted ongoing advocacy.
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Southern
Illinois
Franklin, Williamson, Johnson and
Saline
Mike Wessel
Harrisburg
Franklin County
Williamson County
Jackson, Perry, Randolph
Union
Jackson County
Randolph County
Perry County
Jackson
Randolph
Perry
Union County
David Koch
Murphysboro
Labor Department
SIUC revival of Anything Goes dazzles at Carbondale
SIUC Carbondale opens Anything Goes directed by Joe Proctor with Debbie Branch as Reno Sweeney Garth Schumacher as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh and David T McCracken as a Wall Street broker in a lively revival. Cast delivers bright vocals and energetic dances as Jonathan Rehearsals with elaborate 1930s costumes and Ocean liner setting keep audience engaged.
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Cole Porter
Blow
Gabriel
Debbie Branch
Reno Sweeney
Ethel Merman
Garth Schumacher
Sir Evelyn Oakleigh
Ms. Branch
Merman
Schuma
Cher
SIUC
David T. McCracken
Wall Street
Cheryl Foland
Hope Harcourt
Sir Evelyn
Billy
Dom DeLuise
Russell S. Drummond
Moonface
Rev. D. Moon
Victor Moore
Patricia L. Hunter
Bonnie Letour
Bob Mad
Wadsworth T. Harcourt
Hope
Manhattan
P. G. Wodehouse
Guy Bolton
Howard Lindsay
Russell Crouse
New York
London
Darwin Payne
Richard Ross
Michael Hanes
Joe Proctor
No charges filed in Goreville incident
Former Fort Lauderdale police officer Pedro Alfonso surrendered peacefully at his Goreville home after telling family he wanted to start his own army because he believed the end of the world was near. He was taken for observation at Anna Mental Health Center as police watched for hours fearing risk to self or others. no laws were broken as he held legal firearms.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinois
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Goreville
Pedro Alfonso
Johnson County
Elly Faulkner
Faulkner
Alfonso
Anna Mental Health Center
Ferne Clyffe State Park
Illinois 37
John Donahue
Olga
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David and
Virginia Witte
Ernie Branson
Vernon Kelley
Diane
Scott
Ted
Marion
Renee St. Laurent
National Organization For Women In
Southern Il
Linois
Carbondale
Central Plaza
Joe Jines
Ben Gelman
The
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Fred Suits
Suits
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