Plane crash kills Olney trio en route to pick up ballplayer
An 18 year old Olney basketball star Chip Jennings a minister Larry Densmore 35 and his 11 year old son Matthew were killed Friday when the small private plane crash near Sweetwater Tennessee. They were en route to pick up Philadelphia 76ers player Doug Collins after he spoke at Madisonville Tennessee and during the Christmas week camp run by Benton coach Rich Herrin. The crash occurred in hazy fog on a hillside after the plane struck a ridge and broke apart. Authorities cited poor visibility as a factor and funeral services are planned for Tuesday in Olney for Jennings and the Densmores.
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Olney
Sweetwater
Tenn
Philadelphia 76Ers
Doug Collins
Chip Jennings
Larry Densmore
Matthew
Civil Air Patrol
Mike Thornburg
Collins
Benton
Tennessee Military Institute
East Tennessee
Madisonville
Densmore
Rich Herrin
Ron
Jennings
Olney High School
Ron Herrin
Illinois Basketball Coaches Association
Jennins
Three Rivers
Herrin
Densmores
School program on hold in Williamson County districts
The fourth Williamson County district weighs joining the Alternative Education Program while Carterville Unity tables action to Aug 13 after Johnston City Crab Orchard and Herrin withdrew for financial reasons. Marion Unity to consider program Tuesday. The program runs via John A Logan College with Illinois Law Enforcement Commission funds at 1452 per student per district.
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Theresa Churchill
Williamson County
Carterville
John A Logan College
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
Johan (JoAnn) Obis
John A. Logan College
Tragic drowning of 3 year old at Sesser family event
A 3 year old, Shane T Harris of Route 1 Sesser, drowned Friday night at a family gathering when he slipped from a flotation device at a Ver gennes home pool. Time of death was about 8 30 p.m. He is survived by his parents two brothers paternal grandfather and other relatives. Funeral services set for Monday at Neal Funeral Home with burial in Old Du Quoin Cemetery.
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Shane T. Harris
Route 1
Sesser
Shane
Danny
Sandy Harris
Vergennes
Fred Bierer
Jackson County
du Quoin
Bobby Gene
Cindy Gail Flint Harris
Sister Mary Bede to Leave St Joseph Hospital in Murphysboro
March of Dimes party for Sister Mary Bede marks her departure as administrator of St Joseph Hospital Murphysboro at end of July. Friends and admirers plan a going away event tonight as she reflects on her tenure in a recent interview.
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Sister Mary Bede
Mary Bede
St. Joseph Hospital
Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan Publication Office Details and Rates
Publication offices listed in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and Marion with address details and phone numbers. Subscription rates shown for Sunday through Friday and mail options across the 18 county circulation, plus classified ad contact numbers. Postmaster address provided for change of address requests.
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Southern Illinoisan
USPS
Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
16Th
Herrin
Murphysboro
Southern Ilinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Marion
Veteran drowns in Lake Carlyle IL man dies swimming
A 24 year old St. Louis man Raymond Aldridge recently discharged from the Army drowned at Lake Carlyle near Centralia Clinton County officials said. He went under in about 12 feet while swimming toward west beach with family. Park rangers retrieved the body within 10 minutes and CPR was unsuccessful. He was pronounced dead at St Joseph's Hospital in Breese. He had been released from the Army earlier this month and was married with two children.
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Breese
Aldridge
Three killings yield three life terms in East St. Louis
In East St. Louis, Jimmy Lee Smith received three natural life sentences for the murders of Kristi Lee Smith, 18, Ronald Walker, 20, and Charles Sims, 39, while co defendant Lee Otis Griffin got three 40 year terms. Charles Kellick, 37, survived two bullet wounds to the head. Smith was on parole from a prior murder when charged.
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Belleville, Ill
St. Clair County
Jimmy Lee
Bush City
Jimmy” Smith
East St. Louis
John J. Hoban
Smith
Lee Otis Griffin
Kristi Lee “Snow” Smith
Ronald Walker
Charles Sims
Charles Kellick
Griffin
CTA board OK's proposal to create overseer board
Chicago officials moved a bailout plan forward as the CTA board approved negotiations to transfer budget and service control to a six member mayoral overseer commission. The deal would grant the CTA up to 100 million in subsidies this year while a separate purchase of service pact with the Regional Transportation Authority would allow fare and service decisions without RTA approval.
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority Board
CTA
Jane Byrne
Eugene Barns
Card
Byrne
City Council
Regional Transportation Authority
RTA
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Manchester Life Insurance of
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Salt of Carbondale
Prairie Farms
Cambria
Crainville
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Sesser Boy
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Williamson County Home Economics Extension
March of Dimes Child
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March of Dimes
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CTA Board OK
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