Government meetings set across two counties and a hospital issue
The Trico school board will meet at 7 30 p m in the school library Campbell Hill Waltonville school board meets at 7 30 p m in the grade school teachers workroom Union County Board of Commission holds a public forum at 4 p m in the lower courtroom of the Circuit Court in Union County Jonesboro to discuss contract issues for Union County Hospital.
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Trico
Campbell Hill
Waltonville
Union County Board of Commission
Circuit Court of
Union County
Jonesboro
Union County Hospital
De Soto Daze and Weekend Community Events Schedule
A weekend of activities across De Soto Park Perry County and southern Illinois venues. Includes Little League games and a local talent show at De Soto Daze, a Perry County Fair carnival in Pinckneyville, Sunset Concerts at SIU Carbondale, Habitat information forums in Marion, a Summer Reading program at Benton Public Library, a Travelling Dinosaur Show at West Frankfort, and theater and libertarian meeting listings with dates, times, and contact numbers.
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de Soto
Benton Scout Cabin
Benton Public Library
West Frankfort Public Library
E. Poplar St
Wyat's Coming Annual Shawnee Audubon Meeting
Shawnee Audubon Society holds its annual meeting at 6 p.m. Saturday in Warbluff Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, five miles north of Golconda. Program titled Alaska Adventures: Two 70 Year Olds to Alaska with a Tent and Canoe by Jim and Eleanor Smith. potluck. For directions call Jackie at 996-2547. Yard sale to aid Haiti, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Francis Xavier Carport.
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Shawnee Audubon Society
Warbluff Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Golconda
Alaska
Jim and
Eleanor Smith
Potluck
Jackie
Appeal filed in Jackson County landfill decision
GERE Properties appeals the Jackson County Board ruling approving the Southern Illinois Regional Landfill expansion. The petition claims the ruling misapplies siting criteria and questions jurisdiction over SIRL’s application. A July 17 Pollution Control Board hearing will proceed without new witnesses.
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Jackson County
Perry County
Jackson County Board
Southern Illinois
Gere Properties, Inc
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Gere Properties
DeSoto
Illinois Epa
Perry Ridge
GERE
Stephen F. Hedinger
Hedinger & Howard
Springfield
Bart Hogston
Jackson County Health Department
Pollution Control Board
Steven Langhoff
Hogston
Dan Brenner
Empty coal train derails near Joppa Junction Massac County
Burlington Northern officials report an empty coal train derailed early Wednesday along U S 45 near Massac County Highway 1375 by Mermet Lake Conservation Area. Eighteen cars left the track with two tipping from a bridge into a creek. No injuries. By noon, eight cars re-railed and at least 15 back on rails. cause suspected as damaged rail.
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Massac County
Burlington Northern Railroad
Forsberg
Joppa Junction
U.S. 45
Massac
Mermet Lake
Sheriff’s Office
Marion Police Investigate Car Theft and Break-in
Marion police report Amy Tindell missing a 1988 Pontiac Grand Am from her East Carter carport in the early hours of June 15. The vehicle was found later in a rural Williamson County ditch by a sheriff deputy. Tim Petrowich and Patricia Woodall also reported a residence break-in on North Walker Street with a microwave, satellite receiver, and power tools taken between June 15 and June 16.
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Marion
Amy Tindell
East Carter
Williamson County
Walker Street
Patricia Woodall
University Museum summer kids program at SIU Carbondale
SIU Carbondale University Museum unveils a series of free and one paid summer activities for children ages 6 to 12. Programs include Fossil Hunt Time Voyage on June 22 with a fee, Sculpture Discovery on June 27, Montage-omatic on July 11, Reflections on July 14, and Making the News on July 18 among others through July 28.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
SIUC
Monet
Somebody
Three
Two fatal crashes in Washington County leave one dead
In Washington County a 67 year old woman, Diana Granda of Addieville, died after her pickup collided head on with another driven by Christine Missey of St. Libory on Illinois 15 near Crock Road. Missey, 38, was hospitalized with major injuries. a 13 year old passenger sustained minor injuries. Police say charges are pending. A separate crash on U.S. 51 near Youth Center Road injured a 36 year old tractor driver Ronnie Kuberski and a 37 year old Quebec, Canada man Martin Lachance, who was ticketed for speeding. Both drivers suffered injuries and vehicles sustained major damage.
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Washington County
Diana Granda
Addieville
Illinois
Christine Missey
St. Libory
Missey
Illinois 15
Crock Road
Granda
Barnes- Jewish Hospital
St. Louis
Timothy Missey
U.S. 51
Martin Lachance
Quebec
Canada
Youth Center Road
Ronnie Kuberski
Tamaroa
Lachance
Kuberski
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Big S
Barnes Hospital
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Perry County Fairground
Pinckneyville
Shryock Auditorium
Siu
Core Project
Habitat For Humanity
First Presbyterian Church
Bobbie Ann Mason
Carbondale Public Library
W. Main
Katherine Dunham Hall
Edwardsville
SIUE
Carbondale Civic Center
S. Illinois Ave
Tom Menner
Wyat
Haiti
St. Francis Xavier Carport
Kentucky
Missouri
James Doughty
Chuck Novara
Doughty
Steve Forsberg
Tim Petrowich
University Museum
Marion Memorial Hospital
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