Carbondale Daily Events Firefighting Program and Brown Bag Concert
The town showcases a 4 p.m. Carbondale Public Library event with crafts stories and a close up firetruck look plus fire chief hats for older children. Safety House visits require parental supervision and a contact line is listed 457-0354. The Brown Bag Concerts at noon feature The Natives at the town square pavilion. A driving review runs 9-11 a.m. at the West Frankfort Senior Citizens Center, free, with a separate second center contact 724-4804. Health tests at Kroger Du Quoin run 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. including cholesterol glucose and PSA with a nominal fee and rapid results. A blood drive is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Southern Illinois Orthopedic Center Herrin.
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Carbondale Public Library
Regional government meetings schedule list
Benton Fireman Pension Board meets at 8 30 a m at city hall 500 W Main St Carbondale Planning Commission at 7 p m at city hall 200 S Illinois Ave Du Quoin City Council 6 p m at city hall Jackson County Building Grounds Committee 5 p m at county board office courthouse Murphysboro Insurance Committee 5 30 p m at courthouse Jefferson County Fiscal Committee p m at courthouse Mt Vernon Land Tax and Appointment Committee 6 p m at courthouse Mt Union County 911 board 6 30 p m Corn Center Jonesboro Union County Board 4 p m courthouse Jonesboro Vienna City Council 6 30 p m city hall 205 North 4th St Williamson County Housing Authority 6 30 p m office 300 Hickory St Carterville
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Benton Fireman Pension Board
City Hall
W. Main St
Jackson County Building & Grounds Committee
County Board
Murphysboro
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Vienna
Williamson County Housing Authority
Hickory St
Carterville
Union County hires auditor for financial reform guidance
Union County adopts audit recommendations from Kemper CPA Group to fix tracking deficiencies and budget data. Auditor Paul Schmidt proposes updated clerk office software to improve cross office access, though price and final decisions remain unsettled amid tight funds.
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Union County
Kemper Cpa Group LLC
Anna
Paul Schmidt
Kemper
Schmidt
Bobby Toler Jr
Toler
Jack Eddleman
Everett Ury
Board of Commission
Eddleman
Ury
Jim Watkins
Bobby Myers
Kemper Cpa Group
Myers
Planting Picks Up After Slow Start In Southern Illinois
In Southern Illinois farmers, led by corn growers, rush to plant after a wet cool spring left fields waterlogged and soil temperatures low. The Illinois soybeans progress lags but a stretch of dry weather and sun prompts a rapid planting push, with Vergennes farmer Eric Harsy urging timely action.
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Wcasak Maragin
Eric Harsy
Vergennes
Royalton
Southern Illinois
United States Department of Agriculture
Illinois
DNA evidence links Jackson to Carbondale shooting death
Forensic biologist Stacie Speith testified that blood found on Robert Jacksons shoes and sweatpants matched the victim Kameron Allison and another shooting survivor Ricardo Woods. The Dec 26 incident at 606 W Owens St in Carbondale left Allison fatally wounded and Woods injured, with Jackson later returning armed.
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Murphysboro
Carbondale
Stacie Speith
Robert Jackson
Jackson
Kameron Allison
Speith
Jackson County
Woods
Allison
Memorial Hospital of
Michael Putzek
State Police Crime Lab
John Cavanaugh
Inmate talks life lessons at Youth Leadership Camp
Bud, an inmate from Marion Federal Penitentiary, speaks to 100 teens at Southern Illinois University's Touch of Nature Center during a June 2 4 leadership camp. He warns of drug use and crime, recounting a life shaped by early addiction, car thefts, and a long prison sentence.
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Carbondale
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Southern Illinois University
Touch of Nature Environmental Center
Bud
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Town Square Pavilion
Senior Citizens Center
West Frankfort
Free
Senior Citizen's Center
Christopher
Southern Illinois Orthopedic Center
Lincoln Drive
Herrin
Carbondale Planning Commission
S. Illinois Ave
du Quoin
Jackson County Insurance Committee
Jackson-Perry County
Office of Education Advisory Board
Office of Education
P.m
Union County 911 Board
Corn Center
Jonesboro
Union County Board
Caleb Hale
Ceasar Maragii
Claire O’brien
Shawnee Development Council
Wabash Area Development, Inc
Chuck Novara
the Southern
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