Community events and festivities across Murphysboro and county
A full slate of events including a Flag Day ceremony at Murphysboro Elks Lodge with Young Marines in charge, Lesser Homecoming Bend Lake Days car show and parade, Perry County Fair activities with crafts and a Saturday market, Pinckneyville Young Writers Workshop, Owl Creek Grape Stomp benefit, Colonial Tool Time demonstrations, a Fish Fry fundraiser, garden tours in Golconda, a grand prize quilt raffle in Nashville, Herrin Junior Ball League items pickup, a Benton barbecued dinner for charity, and a neonatal intensive care reunion at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. details include locations, times, and contact numbers.
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Whispering Angel
Main St
Golconda
Pope County Chamber of Commerce
Nashville
Ill
Washington County Historical District
South
Kaskaskia
Lebanon Street
Blair death ruled homicide in Lake Moses case
Franklin County Coroner's jury ruled Cassandra Blair's March 17 death a homicide by asphyxiation with a ligature. Blair's body was found April 10 after a monthlong search. John Delbert Smith Jr. is charged with two counts of first degree murder and one count of concealment of a homicide, with details undisclosed at this time.
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Benton
Cassandra Blair
Lake Moses
Franklin County
Blair
West City
John Delbert Smith Jr
Smith
Bill Richardson
Stephen Leek
Richardson
Leek
Lake Moses Richardson
Thompsonville
Remembrance marks Juneteenth at Rock Hill Church
About 50 people joined a Juneteenth observance at Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Carbondale. A march to Woodlawn Cemetery featured wreaths on graves of former slaves and a Civil War veteran, with NAACP, Girl Scouts, and local officials in attendance as the cemetery gains National Register of Historic Places status.
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Michael Dann
THE
Rachel Simon
Carbondale
Woodlawn Cemetery
Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church
Monroe St
Main
Woodlawn
Lewis Chambers
Harriet Tubman
Jesus
Patricia Mayberry
Carlton Smith
NAACP
Veterans Affairs
Mikel Ralston
Ed Dorsey
Brad Cole
New library board appointments in Du Quoin amid controversy
Du Quoin mayor John Rednour approved Dr. Alicia Crawford to the public library board and reappointed Kevin Kern Shirley Degenhardt and Eric Von Pflanz. Debate arose over not renewing Kathy Emling citing reasons including a prior confrontation with the council and a theft case linked to former librarian Donna Campanella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DU Quoin
John Rednour
Rednour
Alicia Crawford
du Quoin Public
Appuhn
South Washington Street
Steve Emling
Kathy
Donna Campanella
Emling
Campanella
Tax bills mailed on time in Williamson County
Williamson County real estate tax bills were released on schedule this year totaling over 36 million dollars with 45 000 bills sent. First payments due by July 19 and second installments by September 6. Treasurers and commissioners praised efforts to avoid delays and noted past issues.
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Williamson County
Marion
Bruce Troutman
Southern
Rex Piper
Troutman
Board of Review
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Murphysboro
Elks Lodge
Shoemaker Drive
Young Marines
Mount Vernon
Bend Lake
Craddock
Hawaii
Perry County Fair
Perry County Fairground
Pinckneyville
Pulliam Hall
Cisne Auditorium
Owl Creek
Owl Creek Vineyard
Water Valley Rd
Cobden
Martin-Boismerie
Prairie Pont
North Cape
Map Training Center
Karnak
Grand Chain
Eastern Star and Masons
Herrin
Pool
Immanuel Baptist Church
Franklin-Williamson Homeless Shelter
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
NICU
Jim Muir
Linda Rush
William Perkins
Colp
Karriem Shariati
Tim Petrov
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
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