Anniversary of end of slavery observed by community
Readers note the community gathers to mark the anniversary of emancipation on Page 1B with brief observations from residents. Inside Du Quoin highlights several appointments amid controversy, Williamson County reports timely mailed tax bills, and Benton notes Blair's death officially ruled a homicide on Page 1B.
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du Quoin
Williamson County
Benton
Blair
The Southern Illinoisan Subscription Services Update
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Perry judge named in $10 million discrimination suit
Bruce Clarry, black, sues Perry County Circuit Court Judge James W. Campanella and the 20th Judicial Circuit, in U S District Court, Benton, alleging racial bias in two child custody cases from 1991 and 2000, seeking damages and attorney fees. Campanella denies discrimination. Clarry’s filings list multiple Perry County cases.
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Pinckneyville
Perry County
James W. Campanella
20Th Judicial Circuit Court
Campanella
Bruce Clarry
United States District Court
Benton
Clarry
Bruce
Nora Clarry
Lisa Pulke
Nurse advocates for Southern Illinois hidden people
Amy Bohmer, a registered nurse, speaks loudly for migrant workers and families in Southern Illinois. At the Farmworkers Medical Center near Cobden, she supports rights for the region's “hidden people,” recounting early volunteer work and influence from her late brother Dr. Steven Bohmer who inspired her care in Central and South America. The piece highlights Bohmer caring for one-year-old Erica Paleo during a vaccination visit.
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Michael Dann
Amy Bohmer
Melissa Coello
Farmworkers Medical Center
Cobden
Erica Paleo
Patricia Montoya
Corden
Illinois
Bohmer
Steven Bohmer
Central
South America
Marion teen killed in one car crash in Williamson County
Audra Nicole Moroni, 17, of Lake of Egypt, died when her car left the South Market Road roadway seven miles south of Marion. She was wearing a seat belt and died at the scene after the vehicle struck a tree at about 2 a.m. The coroner's inquest is pending. Sheriff Cundiff linked the spate of this week's crashes to driving too fast for conditions.
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Williamson
Moroni
Rossita Stapleton
Johnston City
Stotler Road
Danville
Bryan Scott Stacks
Herrin
North Bend
St. Louis
Rebecca Barnett
Corinth Road
Williamson County
Tom Cundiff
Cundiff
Bishops Adopt Policy to Bar Abusers From Parish Contact
U S bishops approve a plan to bar sexually abusive clergy from face to face parish contact while keeping them in the priesthood. The policy aims to bind 178 dioceses, pending Vatican approval, and follows months of abuse scandals.
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Dallas
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Vatican
United States
Wilton Gregory
Conference
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