Today's Events: Local Arts and Family Activities in Carbondale Area
A roundup of tonight and weekend events across Carbondale and nearby towns including concerts at Melange and Kleinau Theatre, theater productions at SIUC and John A. Logan College, a Captain themed show at Rend Lake College, a monster truck event in Cape Girardeau, a book signing in Murphysboro, and community sessions in Marion and Sparta. Also listed are a golf expo, estate sale, and home show with contact numbers and ticket prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kleinau Theatre
Communications Building
Siuc
Max Ernst
Reperatory Theater of America
Herrin Civic Center
McLeod Theater
Anton
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Texas
Rend Lake College Theatre, Inc
Knights of Columbus
S. Monroe St
West Frankfort
Dispatcher seeks immediate hire amid merit test dispute
Marion police dispatcher Stephanie Knight Simmons claims a female bias blocks her promotion as a patrol officer. She has led the merit list since 2001 after the retirement of Howie Joyner, with a vacancy in the budget and testing proceeding today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Stephanie Knight Simmons
Simmons
Howie Joyner
Teresa Machicao-Hopkins
Machicao-Hopkins
Machicao- Hopkins
Randolph County preserves past with new courthouse and museum
Randolph County built a new five story courthouse in 1974 costing 2 million dollars overlooking the Mississippi River. The old 1864 courthouse was preserved as a museum housing documents dating to the 1700s Native American artifacts and Lewis and Clark items. The museum operates mainly by volunteers with winter tours by appointment and summer hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Randolph County
Mississippi
Missouri
McLaughlin Seckeel Agee Se
Redlin
Bill Rabe
Kaskaskia
Emily Lyons
Irvin Peithmann
Lyons
Rabe
Gibbs body found in Mississippi River eight miles from Charleston
Walter Gibbs 74 of Alto Pass disappeared December 11 after leaving a music session in McClure. His partially submerged white 1998 Dodge Ram was found January 4 in Mississippi County near Charleston. Union County Sheriff Jim Nash said boats recovered the body at Moore's Landing.
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Mississippi County
Walter Gibbs
Gibbs
Charleston
Alto Pass
McClure
Cape Girardeau
Mississippi River
Union County
Jim Nash
Moore
Missouri
Nash
Sparta man pleads innocent to killings
Ryan Parker, 24, pleads innocent in Madison County to killing Granite City florist Edward Kirby 48 on Jan 5. He also pleads innocent in Randolph County to the Dec 18 shooting death of video store employee Tanda Clarkson 39. State's attorneys seek the death penalty in both counties. Parker, stepson of Sparta Police Chief Alan Young, has held several law enforcement posts. Status hearings set for April.
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Edwardsville
Sparta
Ryan Parker
Madison County
Granite City
Edward Kirby
Parker
Randolph County
Tanda Clarkson
Alan Young
Joliet Correctional Center
Okanville
Du Quoin honors past as sesquicentennial nears
Du Quoin marks 150th anniversary with a preservation drive to save early city records. City Clerk Rex Duncan seeks volunteers to adopt about 50 fragile volumes, with restoration by Brown River Records Preservation Services in Vermont. Costs range 800 to 1500 dollars per book, funded by sponsors and mayor and wife for the first volume. Public viewing planned at Du Quoin Public Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DU Quoin
Old du
Rex Duncan
Brown River Records Preservation Services
Vermont
John Rednour
Also Mentioned on This Page
Perry
Union
Todd Leiter- Weintraub
Melange
S. Illinois
Carbondale
S.1
Carbondale Civic Center
S. Illinois Ave
Don Elwell
Mungo Jerry's
Chestnut St
Murphysboro
First Presbyterian Church
S. Carbon St
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Hall
Illinois
Broadway
Yellow Moon Cafe
Front St
Cobden
Eagle Point Bay Association
Association
Spring Cove Drive
Goreville
Tim Petrowich
Ben Picou
McKenzie
Linda Rush
Picou
Donnie Krull
Terry Redlin
Steve Binder
Christi Mathis
Illinois Central Railroad
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