This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 2002
Page
7
Southern Illinois Children's Choir presents a Canterbury Tour preview at SIUC Quigley Auditorium Carbondale at 7 p.m. featuring sacred and secular works. Free with donations welcomed.
Crab Orchard Unit 1 school board and library district pursue a plan to relocate the public library to clear space for a new junior-senior high school. Both sides report constructive talks and closeness to an agreement as they consider moving the library or relocating portable buildings to a new site along Old Illinois 13. The library serves about 6,200 residents across Crab Orchard, Pittsburg, Creal Springs and eastern Williamson County.
About 150 children aged 5 to 12 from the area participated in the Come Surf for Jesus festival at Victory Christian Fellowship on Illinois 13 127. Keon Cathey 9 Carruthers School won a portable fan in a sponge throwing game. The church runs an annual summer event to reach out to kids with games skits and a puppet show. Pastor Bonnie Voorhees says the aim is to offer love and hope to youths. Crystal Voorhees Tammy Hines and 50 to 60 volunteers helped. activities lasted about 10 minutes each and included songs pledge of allegiance and sponge games.
GELCO Management and Developers seeks to convert abandoned Lincoln School into 15 two bedroom apartments in a high density R4 zone. After a 3 2 planning commission vote approval, failure to notify the public requires a new vote on August 1. Local resident David Moore criticizes officials for favoring GELCO, while zoning administrator Paula Smith says the issue must return to the commission.
Du Quoin officials clash over a proposed 14 unit apartment complex for mentally ill residents. Mayor Rednour calls for withdrawal of HUD 811 funding citing local safety concerns. Perry County Counseling Center defends openness, need, and benefits including jobs and services, while residents and officials seek to deny or delay the project.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.