Southern Auction Block Promises 200 Local Items Online
More than 200 items from local merchants including a Baldwin digital piano and Wright Do It Center gift certificates are offered in The Southern Auction Block running through today. Also in brief: Pinckneyville pension vote, Denton case set, post office reopen delay, and trucking firms lacking state approvals. Weather calls for partly cloudy to sunny with mild temperatures across the area.
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Baldwin Piano
Wright Do It Center
Fire kills West Frankfort boy during house blaze
Five year old Daniel Wilkins died in a West Frankfort home fire after reportedly escaping with 4 year old Kevin Trexler and then returning inside. Witnesses say April Trexler and Randy Katich lived at the Clark and Monroe street residence and watched the fire from outside as crews responded. The death was confirmed about 9 p.m. Monday as rescuers and family searched for the missing child.
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West Frankfort
Daniel “D.J.” Wilkins
Clark
Monroe
D.J
Kevin Trexler
April Trexler
Kevin
Randy Katich
Benton
Clark and
Monroe Streets
McDonald's to drop Supersize items by year end
McDonald's plans to remove the largest fries and drinks from menus nationwide by the end of 2004 and phase out Supersized items, saying the move simplifies the menu and promotes balanced choices. Company officials deny links to lawsuits or the film Super Size Me, noting the change has been in the works since 2002.
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Southern Illinois
McDonald’s
United States
Jon Rump
Indianapolis
Illinois
Rump
Morgan Spurlock
Spurlock
McDonald’s Corporation
Man Cleared Of Murder Charges In Perry County
Brandon D. Overton, 20, had murder charges dismissed days before his birthday amid tears and relief in court. The case stemmed from the Sept. 6, 2003 killing of Marshall Irvin, a 19 year old, with two friends, James Bagley and Mindy Creekpaum, still facing charges.
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Perry County
Brandon D. Overton
Overton
Marshall Irvin
James Bagley
Mindy Creekpaum
Irvin
Jackson County crime rises 30 percent in 2003
State police preliminary figures show crimes reported to the Jackson County Sheriff's Department climbed from 363 in 2002 to 473 in 2003, a 30 percent rise and the highest level since 1998. The numbers are from the Illinois Uniform Crime Report using local law enforcement data.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County Sheriff's Department
Crime rise noted in Jackson County in ISP report
Illinois state agencies report rising crime in Jackson County with a final countywide crime statistics release planned for June or July. ISP spokesman Rick Hector indicated the full findings will be published later this summer.
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ISP
Rick Hector
Nitz to serve life in jail in 1988 murder case
Williamson County State's Attorney Garnall celebrated after the Fifth District Appellate Court, following Illinois Supreme Court guidance, reversed its prior ruling in the Richard Nitz case. The court ruled that any error in juror unanimity on brutal or heinous conduct did not alter Nitz’s life sentence for the 1988 slaying of Michael Miley, 23, of Murphysboro, and he will serve life at Menard.
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Marion
Williamson County
Charles Garnall
Richard Nitz
Fifth District Appellate Court
Mount Vernon
Nitz
Illinois Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Michael Miley
Murphysboro
Menard
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