Defender appointed in fatal crash case in Franklin County
A Cambria woman Samantha A. Seiler 20 appeared in Franklin County Circuit Court on a DUI charge after a stop sign collision on Park Street Road with Sue Ramsey 49 of Mulkeytown who died from injuries. Seiler also faces endangering the life or health of a child and cannabis possession charges. A June 20 pre trial conference was set. Additionally Chad Phelps 40 and Joshua Melvin 29 face gun bank robbery charges with June 5 trials. A separate fundraiser screens Girls Make Movies at SIU with tickets 10 and 5. Weidenburner 54 of Louisville convicted in Benton on meth conspiracy. sentencing July 2. Sixteen codefendants were previously convicted.
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Franklin County
Samantha A. Seiler
Park Street Road
Sue Ramsey
Illinois
Ramsey
Mulkeytown
Seiler
Thomas Tedeschi
West Frankfort
Chad Phelps
Joshua Melvin
Financial Institution
Banterra Bank
Melvin
Kentucky
U.S. District Court
Benton
Donald Lee Weidenburner
Louisville
U.S
Stephen Wigginton
Wigginton
Weidenburner
Gallatin
Saline
White
Western
Arson Suspect in Ware Charged With Five Counts
Corey E. Iman, 19, of Ware was charged in Union County court with five arson counts including three aggravated arson. Fires occurred in Ware in January and March near his residence at 45 Elm Drive. The case names three Class X felonies, one Class 1 felony, and one Class 2 felony.preliminary hearing set for April 10. bond set at 250000. investigation by Sheriff, Illinois State Police and fire marshal.
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Jonesboro
Corey E. Iman
Ware
Union County
Iman
Union County Sheriff’s Department
Elm Drive
Daniel L. Hancock
Carol Hancock
Daniel A. Hancock
David Livesay
Charles Cavaness
Pat Duffy
Jackson County
Livesay
Illinois State Police
Illinois Fire Marshal’s Office
Leaders of tomorrow at SIU Carbondale minority conference
The 2012 Minority Leadership Conference at SIU Carbondale featured workshops on leadership goals gender issues and money management and included scholarship presentations and speeches by Chancellor Rita Cheng Joshua Fredenburg and Mike Glenn. Glenn praised organizer Michael Haywood and highlighted contributions to minority students.
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Steve Jahnke
SIU
Mike ‘Stinger
Glenn
Herman Williams
Carbondale
Rita Cheng
SIU Carbondale
Jahnke
Panel proposes cutting regional superintendents to 35
A special commission recommends reducing Illinois regional school superintendents from 44 to 35 to save about 1.5 million dollars. The plan, sent to the General Assembly and Gov. Pat Quinn, leaves specific eliminations to counties and would take effect in 2015. Donna Boros of Jackson and Perry counties calls the idea reasonable. See supers on page 2B.
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Springfield
General Assembly
Pat Quinn
Quinn
Donna Boros
Jackson and
Perry
Illinois House votes down bill to curb tuition break
The Illinois House rejected a bill to limit a tuition cut for public university employees, failing 25 to 60. The measure would cap the 50 percent discount for families earning $50,000 or less and target long serving staff, with annual costs around $8 million. Rep. Luis Arroyo argued the benefit burden is rising. Supporters say the program aids recruitment for state universities.
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Springfield
Illinois House
Luis Arroyo
Chicago
Illinois
Dialogue Dinner at SIUC promotes cross cultural living
More than 100 people from diverse backgrounds joined the fourth annual Dialogue Dinner at the SIUC Student Center. Keynote speaker Scott Alexander of the Catholic Theological Union spoke on an Islamo Christian theology of cross cultural living, distinguishing lesser and greater jihad and urging peaceful interior transformation.
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SIUC
Intercultural Dialogue Student Association
Scott Alexander
Catholic Theological Union
Chicago
Alexander
Steve Jahnke
THE
Southern
SIU
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