Community events guide for Morris Library fundraiser
Listings show theater shows at multiple high schools including The Music Man Wizard of Oz Guys and Dolls and Meet Me in St Louis with admission 4 6 dollars and doors opening times. A 8 am walkathon at Illinois Centre Mall Marion benefits Shawnee Crisis Pregnancy Center with hot breakfast and phone numbers. Recitals Bach Babes and Heifetz Classical Band at SIU Carbondale with prices 12 18 dollars. Youth bake sale for convention and a brochure and newsletter design workshop at Shawnee Community College with advance registration. Nature programs include nocturnal prowl at Heron Pond and a Martha s Woods hike in Shawnee NF with carpool details. Sponsored by Friends of Morris Library.
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Chester High School
Pinckneyville High School
Guys & Dolls
Frankfort High School
E. Main St
West Frankfort
St. Louis
Trico High School
Campbell Hill
Heron Pond
Martha’s Woods
Shawnee National Forest
Eddyville
Mardale
Missing West City woman sought
Cassandra Blair 35 has been missing for over a week after last being seen leaving a Benton bar with friends around 1 a.m. March 16. Her husband Randy Blair reported she did not return home and made a late call from another Benton bar saying she would stay out longer. Police say all leads so far have hit a wall and state police may be brought in to help.
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West City
Franklin County
Cassandra
Cassie
Blair
Benton
Randy Blair
Sheriff's Department
Claude Filkins
Filkins
Seat of Perry County Courthouse Seen Big Events
Perry County Courthouse has hosted notable happenings this decade. Reporter Christi Mathis notes the courthouse as a hub for public meetings, legal actions, and community milestones reflecting the area’s civic life.
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Perry County
Old Perry County Courthouse A Century Of Change In Pinckneyville
Perry County’s courthouse history spans from 1828 log facility to a remodeled 1850 brick building later expanded in 1879 and 1939 with Public Works Administration support. The structure, centerpiece of county life, hosted fairs and landmark cases while surviving a 1930s fire and evolving through voter debates and renovations. Noted outlaw Sam Hildebrand linked to local lore as he lived undercover in Pinckneyville.
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Pinckneyville
Perry County
Public Works Administration
Bill Timpner
Fair Association
Desperado
Quantrill
Sam Hildebrand
John Smith
Joseph Bischof
Cold snap may threaten peach buds in Southern Illinois
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS The cold spell puts peach growers on edge as subfreezing temperatures hit. Wayne Sirles of Rendleman Orchards noted buds looked OK but full impact will be known soon after more freezing. Temperatures dropped to 17 degrees at Alto Pass with a 20s forecast. Crews will cut into buds to gauge damage while Karen Flamm of Flamm Orchards remains cautiously optimistic.
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Illinois
Wayne Sirles
Rendleman Orchards
Union County
Sirles
Illinois 127
Alto Pass
Karen Flamm
Flamm Orchards
Cobden
Bus car crash injures one at Murphysboro
Murphysboro General John A Logan Attendance Center bus struck a car on East Walnut and Williams streets Friday morning. The car driven by Carol Atkinson 47 of Murphysboro was not yielding. she was taken to St Joseph Memorial Hospital in good condition. Bus driver Anna Duty and three students aboard were uninjured. the car was totaled and the bus had minor damage.
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Murphysboro
John A. Logan
Carol Atkinson
Williams Street
East Walnut
Williams Streets
Walnut Street
Atkinson
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Anna Duty
West Bus Service
J. Butler
Butler
Residents raise tank farm fears after tanker overturns near Creal Springs
Neighbors near the 17 unit petroleum storage facility in Williamson County press safety questions as a Miller Transport tanker carrying a water diesel mix overturns at Wards Mill and Canaville. Police report no injuries and no spill as driver allegedly took a wrong turn. Centennial spokeswoman says contents are pipeline prep residue and not typical operation. Critics say they have not been informed and demand clearer safety answers.
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Creal Springs
Williamson County
Wards Mill
Canaville
Miller Transport Co
Mobile
Ala
Centennial
Kathy Sauve
Sauve
Fran Wachter
Marguerite Pulley
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Friends of Morris Library
Illinois Centre Mall
Marion
Shawnee Crisis Pregnancy Center
Bach Babes
Mitchell Museum
Cedarhurst
Richview Road
Mount Vernon
Daniel Heifetz
Vivaldi
Shryock
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Crossroads Tabernacle Apostolic Church
Hurst Bush Crossroads
Barbara Holland
Travis Hill
Shawnee Community College
Allin
Prowl
Nocturn Natures
Morris Library
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Ceeds
Er A.m
Heron
Christi Mathis
John Baird
Lewis Hammack
Osamu Tsukimori
Tim Petrowich
Ruth Narusis
Hern
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