Bar Fight Leads to Arrests in Johnston City
Police responded to The Pub Bar Monday night after a fight escalated with a handgun claim. Damon A. Gwaltney fled until a brief standoff with deputies led to his arrest. John L. Baxter faces aggravated battery charges. both men remain jailed as investigators pursue further details.
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Johnston City
Damon A. Gwaltney
Williamson County Sheriff's
Gwaltney
John L. Baxter
Williamson County
State Farm to close Marion office and nine Illinois sites
State Farm will close its Marion operations office along with nine other Illinois offices over the next few years. Bloomington and Downers Grove will remain as Illinois centers, with mobile workers retained locally. Indiana and Michigan will undergo similar consolidations, each cutting seven offices. No impact to local agent offices or Bloomington HQ. There are more than 1,000 agent offices in Illinois.
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State Farm
Marion
Illinois
Bloomington
Downers Grove
Indiana
Michigan
Burglary Investigations in Carbondale Underway
Carbondale Police respond to two burglaries from Friday to Monday. A business construction site on Reed Station Parkway was entered between 3:30 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Monday with property stolen. A residence on West Mill Street was entered between 8:45 and 9 p.m. Saturday with items taken. Police urge tips at 618-457-3200 or CrimeStoppers at 618-549-2677. Online reports at carbondalepolice.com and thesouthern.com/crime.
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Carbondale
Reed Station Parkway
West Mill Street
Police Department
Carbondalepolice.com
Pope County floods: roads reopen from Golconda to Mississippi
Pope County reports reopening of Illinois 146 from Golconda to Illinois 3 as floodgates come down and Illinois 145 from Dixon Springs to Big Bay Road also reopen. Ohio River level is dropping slowly per Sheriff’s Dispatcher Linda Rush.
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Golconda
Pope County
Illinois 3
Mississippi River
Illinois 145
Dixon Springs
Big Bay Road
Ohio River
Linda Rush
Lockwood DeNeal to sign books at Brocton event
Lockwood and DeNeal, prominent Southern Illinois authors, sign their works including Lockwood’s Operation Greylord and DeNeal’s Charlie Birger biographies. They discuss Shades of Gray, a fiction about the 1922 Herrin Massacre, with community tensions involving churches and the Ku Klux Klan.
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Herrin
Brocton Lockwood
Lockwood
Illinois
Cook County
FBI
Gary DeNeal
Springhouse Magazine
Charlie Birger
Prohibition Days
Ku Klux Klan
Southern File
Blessings in a Backpack aids Goreville students
Goreville Elementary hosts Blessings in a Backpack founder Stan Curtis to discuss a weekend food program expanding to area elementary schools this fall. Co coordinators Angie Harner and Lauren Lambert describe fundraising of 8600 dollars in five weeks and 65 current recipients with potential for 250 more, funded locally through the program.
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Paul Newton
THE
Stan Curtis
Goreville
Angie Harner
Harner
Lauren Lambert
Louisville
Curtis
Harner and Lambert
Lambert
UL Newton
Tuition and fees on SIU BOT agenda
The SIU Board of Trustees will vote on tuition and fee increases for fall 2011 at SIU Edwardsville and SIU Carbondale. A 6.9 percent rise is proposed for new students after earlier higher proposals were rejected. The agenda says the increases fund additional university cost obligations to maintain educational opportunities.
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SIU Board of Trustees
Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville
Carbondale
SIUC
SIUE
Springfield
Walk the Blues Away promotes mental health through exercise
Southern Illinois Regional Social Services hosts its ninth annual Walk the Blues Away at Carbondale City Hall starting at 11 30 a m Friday. The lunchtime walk highlights how exercise and outdoor activity benefit mental health with outreach to all. Executive director Karen Freitag notes the strong link between mental and physical health and urges taking care by listening to stress signals.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Truck with HazMat Leaves I 24 Hits Tree Near Goreville
A 70-year-old Kentucky man driving a box truck carrying hazardous materials left southbound Interstate 24 near Goreville, striking a tree. He escaped with minor injuries, walked away after about 10 minutes, and was hospitalized later in Paducah. Investigators believe a medical condition caused a temporary loss of consciousness. A hazardous materials team was to arrive at the scene.
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Johnson County
Kentucky
Lourdes Hospital
Paducah
Rick Reid
Illinois State Police District 22
Reid
Goreville
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