Local Weekend Events Across Carbondale Murphysboro and Pinckneyville
A busy weekend listing events across the region includes Pinckneyville high school donkey basketball at 6:30 p.m. with FFA members facing basketball players and cheerleaders, followed by an FFA alumni versus staff game. Admission $5 adults $4 children in advance, $1 more at the door. contact 357 5013. Also canceled is the Rend Lake College public safety forum. SIU Saluki Pride Day features a maroon town painting with T shirts and flags sponsored by the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce. Additional items include a Sallie Logan Public Library preview and sale, Cobden and Murphysboro music showcases, a blood drive at Trico High School, and an exhibit on Johnson County history at Powell Museum. A book signing on Carbondale's Black Heritage runs at Old National Bank. Community quilting and bingo events round out the weekend.
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Pinckneyville High School
Government meeting notes at Randolph and Williamson counties
Randolph County Board schedules a 9 a.m. meeting at the courthouse in Chester. Williamson County Special Education Executive Board meets at 9 30 a.m. at 113 S. Russell St in Marion.
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Randolph County Board
Chester
Williamson County
Special Education Executive Board
S. Russell St
Marion
Teacher layoffs loom in Frankfort district
The Frankfort District 168 board is set to approve layoffs on Monday for at least five tenured teachers. Superintendent Karla Lee cites two years of deficit spending and uncertain state funding as core reasons. Teacher union president Keith Griffith argues cost cuts could have been avoided with earlier belt tightening.
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West Frankfort
Frankfort
District 168
Karla Lee
Keith Griffith
Frankfort Federation of Teachers
Griffith
Pet portraits in Elkville Studio Earns Local Artist Standing
Tashia Fox, 35, living in Southern Illinois, paints pets and wildlife in a cozy home studio after working as an assistant at Lakeside Animal Clinic. She emphasizes talking with clients to capture each animal’s unique look and hopes to transition to full-time artistry. Fox, from a family of artists, has loved drawing since childhood and keeps two horses and five dogs.
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Tashia Fox
Elkville
Fox
Southern
Illinois
Lakeside Animal Clinic
Herrin basketball star Eddie Wills misses second court date
Herrin HighSchool senior Eddie Wills, starting guard for the state runner-up Tigers, failed to appear in Saline County Circuit Court for a second time this month on a reinstated mob action charge. State's Attorney Rod Wolf described a new arrest warrant as Wills faces contempt, failure to appear, and mob action hearings after a troubled legal chronicle beginning last August.
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Herrin
Eddie Wills
Saline County
Rod Wolf
Wills
Tigers
Marion
Marion High School
Harrisburg
Wolf
Lowell Tison
Donald Lowery
Bracton Lockwood
No grades no rules students recognized at dinner
John A. Logan College hosts a student recognition dinner that honors diverse virtues. Washington School Marion principal Larry Hyde notes the award has no rules and favors citizenship and character. Pinckneyville Principal Tyler Brown cites behavior, teacher recommendations, and test scores. Noelle McIntyre and Coleman Choate, both eight, are among the third graders praised for all around excellence. The event also honors parents’ efforts in supporting their children.
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Carterville
John A. Logan College
Larry Hyde
Washington School
Marion
Pinckneyville
Tyler Brown
Brown
Coleman Choate
Noelle McIntyre
Noelle
Coleman
Mckenzie
Greye
Pacesto Brown
Patro
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Rend Lake College, Inc
Saluki
SIU Saluki
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
SIU
Sallie Logan Public Library
Walnut St
Murphysboro
the Natives
Front St
Cobden
Chestnut St
Tanya Savory
Andy
Church of the Good Shepherd
Orchard Drive
Schwartz Street
Carbondale
Trico High School
Campbell Hill
Johnson County
Powell Museum and Research Center
Vine St
Vienna
The
Johnson County Genealogical and Historical Society
Wyat
Old National Bank
S. University Ave
St. Michael's Church
Radom
St. Michael's Altar and
Rosary Sodality
Jim Muir
Lee
Osamu Tsukimori
Linda A. Krutsinger
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