19 year old Carbondale man charged after Murphysboro gas station scuffle
Deansay Verliscia Jackson, 19, of Carbondale, faces battery and attempted robbery counts after allegedly wrestling with a Gas Mart clerk in Murphysboro. Police were called to a reported robbery in progress. He walked behind the counter, demanded money, and was detained by the clerk until police arrival. Jackson jailed. preliminary hearing August 10. He also has a Jackson County warrant for failing to appear on a theft charge and had pled guilty to a misdemeanor theft in April, with probation and ten forgery counts dropped in that plea.
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Murphysboro
Deansay Verliscia Jackson
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Jackson County
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Murphysboro man accused in church vandalism
A 19 year old Murphysboro man identified as Jeffery Eason was found with two juveniles behind the United Methodist Church on Pine Street around 11:30 p m Tuesday. Police report Eason punched and kicked the church trailer and cut a Bible school banner with a knife. He faces underage alcohol charges and two counts including a felony property damage charge. He is held at Jackson County Jail with a preliminary hearing set for August 10.
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Murphysboro
Jeffery Eason
United Methodist Church
Pine Street
Eason
Bible School
Jackson County
Hospital expansion gains approval for 14 million plan
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale wins endorsement from the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board to proceed with a 14 million expansion adding two floors and renovating the fourth and part of the third. The project increases private rooms to 74 from 18 and adds 11 beds, aiming to improve capacity and comfort amid a 92 percent occupancy rate.
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Carbondale
Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board
George Maroney
Chicago
Maroney
SIH Receives $250000 Grant for Breast Health Upgrade
Southern Illinois Healthcare SIH earned a 250000 grant from the Avon Foundation to upgrade its mammography system with digital technology and add a breast health navigator to assist underserved women. The award, part of six grants given at the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Chicago, supports SEE SIH PAGE 4B.
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Southern Illinois Healthcare
SIH
Avon Foundation
Chicago
Ready for big time ahead of time
Arron Chandler, nearly 4, is ready for school with ABCs, counting, and reading but misses the Sept 1 cutoff to start kindergarten in Benton Illinois. Parents push for earlier entry, but state law and district policy keep the date fixed at age five by Sept 1.
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Arron Chandler
Chandler
Mark
Charity
Arron
Mark Chandler
Richard Cook
Tom Rosene
Illinois State Board of Education
Rosene
Topinka outlines job plan in Illinois bid
Republican candidate Judy Baar Topinka attacked Governor Blagojevich for delaying aid to Herrin Maytag plant workers and proposed a multi point plan to boost jobs. She would dismantle the DCEO and form a public private partnership to lead job creation, arguing current efforts are late to the game.
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Dreal Springs
Judy Baar
Topinka
Rod Blagojevich
Maytag
Herrin
Jack Lavin
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Illinois
DCEO
Southern Illinois Heart Walk expands with Kids Zone initiative
Beth Hartke of the American Heart Association announced a new children’s project at the Southern Illinois Heart Walk kickoff in Carterville. The Kids Zone stems from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation and collaborates with Nickelodeon to launch the Lets Just Play Go Healthy Challenge. Four kids commit to six months of healthier living while being filmed for Nickelodeon updates starting September 30.
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Carterville
Beth Hartke
American Heart Association
Southern Illinois
Nickelodeon
Pioneer mothers of Illinois study recalls pioneer life in early Illinois
Pioneer Mothers of Illinois is discussed at the Illinois State Historical Society fifth annual meeting in Bloomington. Savilla T. Hinrichsen, a lineal descendant of a pioneer mother, describes the wearisome daily labor of women who spun, wove, sewed, cooked, and managed households with minimal conveniences.
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Illinois State Historical Society
Bloomington
Illinois
Savilla T. Hinrichsen
Virginia
Hinrichsen
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