Carterville girl saves home fire after calling 911
Column reports Carterville girl spots a fire and calls emergency services just in time to save her home on Page 1B. Inside regional items note Du Quoin custody bid, Herrin teacher counseling lesson, West Frankfort hospital power outage, and a court report covering Franklin Perry Jackson Union Williamson counties on Page 4B. The Southern Illinois Anno
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Franklin
Perry
Jackson
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Williamson Counties
Washington Co. deputy tied to 1987 battery conviction
Washington County deputy Eric Frazier, involved in a June 30 shooting near Nashville, previously pleaded guilty in Knox County in January 1988 to a battery charge from November 1987. He, age 18 at the time, was fined and supervised with firearm restrictions.
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Nashville
Washington County
Eric Frazier
9Th Judicial Circuit
Knox County
Frazier
Galesburg
Michael Renth
David Reidelberger
Illinois 127
Reidelberger
Drawing on Creativity Meg a Arts Mini Camp
Young artists from second to eighth grade attend the Mega Arts Mini Camp at University Mall. They explore scratch art, printmaking, painting, and other media led by local artists and director Colleen McCall. Children like Matthew Booker and Ryan Bobell describe creative fun and messy hands on learning as they develop storytelling through art.
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Carbondale
Super Dog
Stinky Cheese Man
Bomb Man
Fire Guy
Matthew Garwin
Garwin
Mega Arts
Carbondale Community Arts
Linda A. Krutsinger
the South
Emily Wessl
Washington
Matthew Booker
Jackson Geyman
University Mall
Colleen McCall
Ryan Bobell
Carbondale Arts Camps Offer July to August Sessions
Upcoming Mega Mini Arts Camps in Carbondale run July 15-19 Mardi Gras in July, July 20-August 2 Summer by the Sea, and August 5-9 Paper Puppets Stories and Song. Registration required. call 457-5100 for more information.
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Carbondale
Murphysboro honors retiring police chief at council meeting
Murphysboro Police Chief Ron Manwaring received a standing ovation after 30 years of service at a city council meeting. He will retire, with his July 19 public celebration at the council chambers. The meeting also approved extrication fees, renewed the Southern Illinois Enforcement Group contract, and a donation to Murphysboro Main Street.
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Murphysboro
Ron Manwaring
Ron
Ron Williams
Manwaring
Dorothy
Brian
Chamber of Commerce
Southern Illinois Enforcement Group
Mark Costa
Kevin Beavers
Beavers
Williams
Murphysboro Main Street
Curt Kohring
Main Street
Kohring
SIU compares poorly with its peer universities
A Southern Illinois University report quietly lists Carbondale’s weak spots beside its achievements. It shows lower undergraduate retention and graduation rates, lower test scores, lower faculty salaries, poorer reputation, less federal research funding, and a smaller alumni giving rate compared with national peers. Chancellor Wendler presented the data to the Board of Trustees and framed it as a call to improve by aiming higher peers.
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Springfield
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Carbondale
SIUC
Walter W. Wendler
SIU Board of Trustees
Wendler
Trustees welcome dismissal of Argersinger suit
The former and current chairmen of the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees welcomed the dismissal of a lawsuit by former Carbondale campus chancellor Jo Ann Argersinger. Board chairman A D VanMeter Jr said the judge’s ruling showed the board acted correctly. See Trustees page 2A.
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Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Carbondale
Jo Ann Argersinger
A.D. VanMeter Jr
Argersinger
U.S
Jeanne Scott
Board of Trustees
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