Lawler Cleared of Campbell Murder in Perry County Trial
Mount Vernon man Stanley Keith Lawler was found not guilty of murder and arson in the 1978 death of John Miles Campbell. The jury, sequestered for five hours, rejected confessions and accepted Lawler's account that he did not kill Campbell.
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Evan M. Davis
Stanley Keith Lawler
Mount Vernon
Perry County
Lawler
Wanda
Lonnie
Lloyd Middleton
John Miles Campbell
Campbell
Georgia
Illinois
Michael Vanderwald
Ft. Gordon
Middleton
Vanderwald
Denton
Jor
Belleville
Harry Parks
Gerald Sims
Parks
Sims
Mary Stacey
Stacey
Campbell’s
Kenneth Stacey
Mary
Sophie Stamm
Mysterious black sludge seen along Marys River area
A 13 mile stretch of the Marys River between Chester and Steeleville drew alerts as a black sludge appeared on the riverbed and along banks over Memorial Day weekend. Randolph County Health Department officials said they are investigating with no clear source or effect yet known. Local cattleman Clint Webster reported a calf dying after exposure while others appeared unaffected. tests and further reports are pending.
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Marys
Chester
Steeleville
Randolph County Health Department
Carolyn White
Clint Webster
Webster
Steeleville Ledger
Sparta
Marys Creek
Sanitarian
James Tucker
Joe Akers
Randolph County Herald-Tribune
Marys River
Akers
Wilburn Sternberg
Mississippi River
Union County ambulance service faces staffing and equipment woes
Union County Board Chairman Rendleman seeks to buy a new ambulance without federal or state strings to avoid guidelines. Directors report shortages and CETA-paid EMTs leaving for other jobs, with overtaxed workers and worn vehicles raising safety concerns. A 12-person staff is desired, but funding remains tight as founder leaders navigate regulations and trade-ins.
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Union County Board
W.C. Bud Rendleman
Rendleman
Union County Ambulance Service
Everett Morgan
Morgan
CETA
Shawnee Consortium
Union County
Sarah Jane Clarke
EMT
HSA
Ilinois Department of Transportation and Public Health
Ambu
On Language Missteps and Safire's Word Watch
Ben Gelman discusses William Safire's New York Times column On Language and cites examples of misused words and mispronunciations such as Richard Stans and Dan Burr. The piece notes metanalyses malapropisms folk etymology Jose can you see syndrome and other sound defects shaping everyday speech. It invites readers to submit favorite examples for sharing.
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William Safire
New York Times Sunday
Safire
America
Richard Stans
Republic
Richard Stansey
Johnny Appleseed
Paul Bunyan
Dan Burr
Aaron Burr
Natary Republic
Jose
Yankee Stadium
New York
Mike Royko
Pullet
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Cubs
Jose Cardenal
Malaprop
Richard Sheridan
Union exits six county ambulance pact in Southern Illinois
Union County has pulled out of the Multi-County Ambulance Service affecting Johnson Alexander Pulaski Massac and Pope counties. The move follows years of funding debates and saw Union use two ambulances stationed at Anna with others in Vienna and Cairo. The regional plan relied on local, state and CETA funding and included cross county responses. Union’s tax levy funds covered about 9 000 to 10 000 dollars yearly for county residents.
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Ilinois
Union County
Union
Johnson
Alexander
Pulaski
Massac
Pope
Vienna Correctional Center
Union County Board
Illinois Department of Transportation
Anna
Johnson and Pope
Padco Hospital
Cairo
Massac County
Alexander County
James Dean Williams
Everett Morgan
Williams
Federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
EMT
Morgan
W.P. Rendleman
Rendleman
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Joe Jines
Doug Parr
Bill Gurley
Jonesboro
Union County Ambulance
By Cathy Saxenmeyer
The
Southern Illinoisan
Joanne R. Wood
Emts
Donald Poole
Division of Emergency Medical Services and Highway Safety
Illinois Department of Public Health
Poole
W.C. Rendieman
Ben Gelman
Iindian
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