Local Auction Block Offers 200 Items and Gift Certificates
The Southern Auction Block features over 200 items from local merchants, including Cleopatra Health Spa memberships, Lee's Sports and Variety gift certificates, a bush hog mower from Vergennes Equipment, and a $1,000 Campers Supply gift certificate. Auction runs today through Tuesday with details at thesouthern.com auctionblock.
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Cleopatra Health Spa
Lee's Sports and Variety
Southern
SIUC crime rate ranks second among public universities
SIUC police union rep says the Carbondale campus has the second highest crime rate among public universities in the state, behind Illinois at Urbana Champaign, per last year’s Uniform Crime Report. State police confirm figures from county and agency data. 2002 shows a 27 percent jump from 359 crimes in 2001 to 471 in 2002.
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Carbondale
University of Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Bill Mehrtens
Fraternal Order of Police
SIUC
Rick Hector
Mehrtens
Towns seek buyers for vacant downtown spaces in Illinois
In Benton and nearby West Frankfort, downtown vacancies reflect broader coal-dependent economic decline but developers tout progress in filling spaces. West Frankfort economic official G David Green explains a 7,200 square foot property was recently leased as he maintains detailed listings to match buyers with vacant downtown blocks.
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Illinois
Benton
Franklin County
Benton Town Square
Old Western Auto
Main Street
West Frankfort
G. David Green
Green
Chuck Novara
Frankfort
Jack Woolard
Young voters hope rise in turnout marks election year
Chicago high school seniors witness political engagement as volunteers push for 18 to 24 year olds to vote in November. The Pew Trust backs the New Voters Project, funding peer driven campaigns in Colorado Iowa Nevada New Mexico Oregon and Wisconsin to show politicians how to mobilize youth turnout.
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Chicago
Greta Honard
Wesley Clark
Northside College Preparatory High School
Tim Devine
Howald
Pew Charitable Trust
New Voters Project
Colorado
Iowa
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Wisconsin
Salukis face wait for NCAA invite after MVC semifinal loss
Southern Illinois University’s Salukis fell 80-74 to Southwest Missouri State in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament semifinal and now hold a 25-4 record with a week to learn their NCAA fate. Coach Matt Painter stressed staying in the moment as anxious projections loom, noting the team plans three days off to recover after a long season and aiming for a third straight at large bid despite fears of a snub. Stetson Hairston’s late 3 sparked a 58-57 lead before SMS surged 10-1 to end SIU’s title hopes. top seed drought continues for six straight years.
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ST. Louis
Southern Illinois University
Salukis
Southwest Missouri State
SIU
Matt Painter
Painter
Butler
Southern Illinois
Stetson Hairston
SMS
Decline in Young Voter Share Since 1972
Since 1972 when the voting age became 18, the share of presidential voters aged 18 to 24 has steadily fallen. The trend reflects reduced participation by young adults in national elections over the decades.
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