SIUC Film Events and Local Celebrations
Film showings at SIUC including Rocky Horror Picture Show at 9 30 p m and midnight with ticket prices for students and others. Big Muddy Film Festival features Stephanie Black at 10 a m and a separate Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns screening. Cahokia area festivals include Fete du Bon Vieux Temps with multiple venues and a Mardi Gras fundraiser auction in Cape Girardeau with costumes encouraged. Proceeds support fireworks music and parades. Bake sale supports Pate Chapel Church building fund.
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Stephanie Black
Varsity
Carbondale
Siuc
Van
Yellowmoon Cafe
Cobden
Cahokia
Port Cape
River City Yacht Club
N. Water St
Old Town
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Wyat's Coming Violin Piano Duo at SIUC Hall
A 7:30 p.m. Monday recital by Wyat's Coming Violin-Piano Duo at Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall SIUC is free.
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Old Baptist Foundation
Siuc
SIU alum and TV anchor Larry Bryant dies at 53
Larry Bryant, an early Black television news anchor and SIU Carbondale graduate, died Feb 20 in New York City at age 53 after a heart attack. He lived in Los Angeles and worked as a communications executive for Wellpoint Health Networks, creating an internal video newsletter and aiding OTC requests for Claritin. He was born in 1950 in Washington and in 1970 76 appeared on WTTG-TV as a reporter and anchor, hosting Black News.
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Carbondale
Larry Bryant
Washington, D.C
Southern Ilinois University
Bryant
New York City
Los Angeles
Wellpoint Health Networks
Blue Cross of California
Wellpoint
Bryant Was
Washington
Wttg-Tv
Carbondale man sentenced for crack cocaine conspiracy
Caffey, 30, of Carbondale, received over nine years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Authorities say he coordinated cocaine and crack distribution in Jackson and Madison counties from 2000 to 2001, with prior arrests for crack possession in Carbondale and powder cocaine found in Madison County. The DEA, Jackson County Sheriff, Carbondale Police, SI Eg, and Illinois State Police led the probe.
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Benton
Marcus H. Caffey
Carbondale
Caffey
U.S. District Court
Jackson
Madison
Madison County
Alton
Voter Registration Deadline Ahead of April Elections
Voters in southern Illinois must register by Tuesday for the April 1 local elections. Contact county courthouses across Alexander, Jefferson, Gallatin and more for registration details and locations. Carbondale Public Library hosts an evening of poetry and music on March 6 featuring Michel Owens Pascone and Tom Connelley.
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Illinois
Alexander County
Carbondale
Pascone
Deaths across several Illinois towns claim residents aged in 70s and 80s
Death notices list Laura Louise Rodgers 76 of Marion, John Edwin Browder 79 of Centralia, Leota Reed Reichert 82 of Grand Chain, Mary Elizabeth Harner 78 of Vienna, Vergia Mae Willmore 83 of Omaha, Sara Hindman 87 of Carterville, Louise Odle 84 of West Frankfort, and Jack L Brown 67 of Royalton. Services set across Mitchell Hughes, Hughley, Wilsons, Bailey, Morton and Johnson, Riggin Pillatsch, with funeral details and burial plans noted for each case.
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Marion
Laura Louise Rodgers
Friendship Care Center
Herrin
Laura
Creal Springs
Oscar
Josie
Violett) Willard
Donald Walter Rodgers
Gary Wayne Rodgers
Tammy Phelps
Vevay
Ind
Susan Joy Rodgers
Amanda Lynn Rodgers
Hazel Willard
Carterville
Violet Hilliard
John Willard
Ruth Jean McPheron
Warder Street Baptist Church of
Vienna
Mary Elizabeth Harner
Massac Memorial Hospital
Metropolis
Bailey Funeral Home
Richard Swiney
Charles Swiney
Taylor Cemetery
Faith Harvest Assembly of God Church
P.O. Box
Boil water order issued for Lake of Egypt district
The Lake of Egypt Water and Wastewater District issues a boil water order for all customers north and east of Cochran Road and Moake School Road. The order remains in effect until further notice due to abnormal water demand.
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Lake OF Egypt
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Jarret
Holy Family
Martin-Boismerie
Knights of Columbus
Senior Citizens Center
Murphysboro
Pate Chapel Church Building Fund
Wyat
First Baptist Church
Herrin Senior Center
Attorney General's Office
Gary Forby
John Smith
Egyptian Area Agency On Aging
Southeastern Illinois College Board of Trustees
Sic
Harrisburg
International Association of Administrative Professionals
Ponderosa Restaurant
Andilee Warner
Bend Lake Search and Rescue
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
DeSoto
Elkville
Ronnie McDowell
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Siu
T.V. Anchor
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Thesouthern
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Jackson County Sheriff's Department
Carbondale Police Department
Southern Illinois Enforcement Group
Illinois State Police
Jefferson County
Gallatin County
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Jackson County
Johnson County
Massac
Perry County
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Union County
Washington County
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Mount Vernon
John Edwin Browder
Centralia
St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital
Hughley
Jeff Bond
Dwain Houston
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Funeral
Summerville
Leota Reichert
Grand Chain
Leota Reed Reichert
Union County Hospital
Wilson’s Funeral
Karnak
Scott Kelley
Bill McGee
St. Catherine
Lystic Fibrosis Foundation
Communication Dept
Arlington Road
Besthesda
Mary Harner
Vergia Willmore
Southern Illinois
Vergia Mae Willmore
Omaha
Neb
Logan Church of God
Melton Nelms
Brady Cemetery
Akin
Morton
Sara Hindman
Sara E. Hindman
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Riggin-Pillatsch Funeral Home
Louise Odle
West
Jack Brown
Royalton
Jack L. “Poppa” Brown
Herrin Hospital
Riggin-Pillastch Funeral Home
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Bradley
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Carbondale - Wed
Horizon Inn & Conference Center
800
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Roy Stripling
Lufkin
Elaine Burrows
Liverpool, NY
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Jeff Pacotti
Grand Junction
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