Sesser Homecoming and Rend Lake Days Festival
Community festival schedule features old fashioned games at Sesser City Park 3 p.m. and carnival rides at 6 p.m. Joyce hosts events. health screenings at Kroger Marion run 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Saturday with rapid results. Film Daughters of Abraham shows at Unitarian Fellowship Carbondale at 7 p.m. showing the Palestinian Israeli conflict.
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Sesser
Rend Lake
Joyce
Sesser City Park
Carl Acuff Jr
Kroger
Marion
Unitarian Fellowship
Parrish Lane
Carbondale
Local school boards and committees meet across area
Government calendars show Benton Cairo Carbondale Carterville Chester Cobden Du Quoin and Eldorado boards and commissions scheduling meetings in the evening. Times range from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. with locations at schools city halls and office buildings.
Hogg Farm Rally Returns to Benton East of Benton
Mike and Roberta Kearney gear up for a three day Hogg Farm Rally and Music Festival at a 220 acre hog farm site east of Benton. Two days of music feature .38 Special and Confederate Railroad with crowds expected to exceed last year’s 8000. Event emphasizes community impact and weather concerns.
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Hogg Farm
Benton
Mike
Roberta Kearney
Agee County Ine
Mike Kearney
Kearney
Mother Nature
Confederate Railroad
Carterville to Get New Community Center Near Cannon Park
Construction on a 10 000 square foot Carterville community center moves into its third month with a hoped for completion soon. HE Mitchell Construction of Harrisburg began mid April on a facility for weddings, reunions and events. Officials estimate about 1 million dollars cost including playground equipment and fields. Local residents praise the project as a community asset and anticipate hosting events closer to home.
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Carterville
HE. Mitchell
Harrisburg
Bill Mausey
Mausey
Mansey
Sarah Haas
Haas
Don Wagner
Wagner
Huck Novara
Cannon Park
Lesser men denied bond in Franklin County meth case
Federal Magistrate Phillip Frazier denied bond to Chad Heiman and Greg Slack, named ringleaders in a meth production and trafficking conspiracy in Franklin County. They face multiple counts including conspiracy to manufacture meth and maintaining a residence for drug distribution. The investigation spans nearly four years with over 5,000 pages of evidence and confidential-source testimony.
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Benton
Phillip Frazier
Franklin County
Chad Heiman
Greg Slack
Heiman
Slack
St. Louis
Daniel Ringwald
John M. Delaney Jr
East Alton
U.S
Tom Leggans
John H Barton Carbondale journalism legend of the era
Biographical sketch from the 1905 Carbondale City Directory details John H Barton born January 2 1837 in West Carlisle Ohio his early printing training under Joseph Medill Civil War service recruiting Union troops and serving as a lieutenant before joining Ulysses Grant in the Secret Service Barton established Cairo Daily News built influence in Southern Illinois and founded Carbondale Free Press later sold to Lindsay Schaumb.
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Carbondale
John H. Barton
Barton
A. Lyman Donlin
West Carlisle
Coshocton County
Ohio
Joseph Medill
Coshocton
Medill
Chicago Tribune
South
Cairo
Anna
Illinois
Richard Yates
Union
Jackson
18Th Regiment
Illinois Infantry
Ulysses S. Grant
Secret Service
New Era
John A. Logan
Andrew Luce
Carbondale Free Press
Lindsay-Schaub Company of
Decatur
Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
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West Frankfort Public Library
E. Poplar St
John A. Logan College
Shryock Steps
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Wyat
Mount Vernon Outland
Chris Collins
Southern Illinois
Red Oak Pavilion
Evergreen Park
Tamara Millay
U.S. House
Missouri
Carbondale High School Board
E. Walnut St
Carbondale Energy and Environmental Advisory Commission
City Hall
S. Illinois Ave
Chester
Cobden Plan Commission
Eldorado School Board
Illinois Ave
Www
Thesouthern.com
Jim Muir
Carterville Community Center
Matt Williams
Jim Rann
Tom Somers
Crab Orchard Golf Course
Matt.williams
Thesouthern
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