Community Events Calendar Lands in Marion and Carbondale
Blood drive runs 1 to 5 p m at Washington elementary school Marion. History fair exhibits by Lyn Bame students. Illinois Wilderness photo program 7 30 p m at Carbondale Township Office. AARP driver safety 8 30 a m to 12 30 p m at Carbondale Senior Center. Starting seeds class 6 45 to 8 45 p m Harrisburg Extension Office. Marion Rotary Travel and Adventure Film Series 7 p m at Marion High School auditorium Europe’s Alps. Admission 4 50 for adults 2 for students.
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Carbondale Township
E. Main St
Bob Pauls
Barb McKasson
AARP
Carbondale Senior Center
N. Springer St
Veterans Drive
Harrisburg
Marion Rotary Club
Marion High School
Europe
Alps
Government and public meetings listed across Illinois counties
A slate of local government meetings includes Bush Village Board at 7 p.m. and C. E. Brehm Memorial Library Board in Mount Vernon. Carbondale Township, Elk Township, and Murphysboro areas host multiple sessions from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at various offices and courthouses. notes include Red Bud and Murphysboro library gatherings and university committee talks at SIU.
Benton Mayor Pushes Home Rule Amid Budget Gap
Benton faces a projected 416000 deficit as Mayor Gary Kraft urges seeking home rule to gain more local control. He plans to place the question on the November ballot and educate residents on potential benefits while noting home rule allows taxing beer, cigarettes and cars up to one percent and limits taxes on groceries or medicines.
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Benton
Gary Kraft
Kraft
Road commissioner and campground owners clash over aging bridge
In Pope County Illinois Ed Cunningham faces campground owners Lonnie and Peggy Barger of Little Lusk Trail Lodge over a decaying district bridge and flood-prone road. The Bargers claim 7000 annual users need a safe year round route to access Shawnee National Forest. Cunningham cites a small budget for 190 miles of road and unclear demands from the camp operators.
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Andrea Kampwerth
Lonnie
Peggy Barger
Delwood
Little Lusk Trail Lodge
Pope County
Ed Cunningham
Shawnee National Forest
Illinois 145
Harrisburg
Ex-Herrin woman Mary Duewer shot to death in Rochester
Mary Charlet Duewer 51, a 1970 Herrin High School graduate and Carbondale alumna, was found shot eight times behind a Rochester funeral home. Ex-husband Mark Duewer, pursued after a police chase, reportedly died after a self-inflicted gunshot in Toledo hospital.
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Rochester
N.Y
Herrin
Mary Charlet Duewer
Duewer
Herrin High School
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Jerri Charlet
Mark Duewer
Charlet
Mary
Toledo
Ohio
David Craig
Carterville
Craig
Cathy
Calliss) Ferketich
Duewers
Joshua
Rochester Institute of Technology
Zadok Casey Pioneer Founding Father of Jefferson County
Zadok Casey born 1796 in Georgia moved to Tennessee and then Illinois Territory in 1817 with his family. He helped found Jefferson County, named Mount Vernon, served as state representative and senator, and was lieutenant governor before serving as U.S. representative, later presiding over the 1847 Illinois Constitutional Convention.
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Illinois
United States
Zadok Casey
Tennessee
Jefferson County
Samuel K
Casey
Rachel King
Mount Vernon
Georgia
Methodist Episcopal Church
N.W. Draper
Fleming Greenwood
Joseph Jordan
Illinois Senate
U.S
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Washington Elementary School
Marion
Anna-Jonesboro High School
Lyn Bame
C.E. Brehm Memorial Library Board
S. Seventh St
Carbondale Township Board
Carbondale
Devil's Kitchen Water District Board
Giant City Road
Elk Township Board
Elkville
Jackson County Insurance Committee
Jackson County Mental Health
Murphysboro
Walnut St
Zoning Board of Appeals
Public Works Complex
N. 12Th St
New
Simpson Hill
Red Bud
Rides Mass Transit Board
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Southern Illinois University
Www
Thesouthern.com
Illinois General Assembly
John.homan
Thesouthern
Byrne
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