Thompson murder conviction under review in Jackson County
A hearing at Jackson County Courthouse on Trevis S. Thompson's motion to dismiss a Carbondale crime scene investigator's testimony and overturn the murder verdict was continued to 1 p.m. May 27. Thompson faces a 1st degree murder conviction and two felonies in Orlando Lamont Clark's Nov. death in Carbondale.
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Springfield brewery bill advances through Assembly committee
The compromise bill permitting Big Muddy Brewing of Murphysboro to continue as a self distributor passed the Illinois General Assembly executive committee 11 to 0. Rep. Mike Bost said a vote could come Friday and a May 31 deadline was set by a federal judge after AB InBev sued over in state competition rules. Separately Franklin County police warn residents after 12 plus car burglaries in Benton and nearby areas, with unlocked vehicles targeted for change and small electronics.
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Murphysboro
Big Muddy
Illinois General Assembly Executive Committee
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Anheuser-Busch InBev
AB InBev
Franklin County
Benton
Benton Police
Franklin County Sheriff's Deputies
Lance Charlson
Becky Malkovich
Fronabarger appointed to Carbondale mayoral seat
City Council voted unanimously to appoint Lee Fronabarger to the vacant mayoral seat of Joel Fritzler. He will be sworn in at the June 7 meeting to serve the remaining two years. Fronabarger, a planning-commission member and SIU Carbondale staffer, cited goals to boost sales tax receipts and guide growth.
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Lee Fronabarger
Joel Fritzler
Fronabarger
Fritzler
Southern Illinois University
City Planning Commission
Carbondale Main Street
Amazing Appleknockers Illinois Cinderella team 1964
Cobden’s Amazing Appleknockers, the 1964 state tournament runners up, are chronicled in a new book by Cobden High grad Teri Campbell and Anne Ryman. The authors, who started a website eight years ago, interviewed players, coach Dick Ruggles, and fans to preserve the story of a tiny school that beat larger rivals.
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Appleknockers
Cobden
Southern Illinois
Campbell
Illinois
Hearing set in homicide case for Hoyleton man
Circuit Court Judge Dennis Hatch will preside on June 2 over a preliminary hearing for 51 year old Clay B Maxwell of Hoyleton charged with two counts of murder with intent to kill or injure and with concealing homicidal death in the death of 27 year old Lauren Brooke Castellari found at a quarry lake south of Nashville.
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Dennis Hatch
Hoyleton
Lauren Brooke Castellari
Nashville
Clay B. Maxwell
Farmers urged to ask before acting after flood damage
Farmers with flood damage were urged to ask before acting. An informational meeting on crop insurance and disaster held at Jackson County Extension in Murphysboro drew no attendees. A second meeting is set for 7 p.m. today at Franklin County Extension Office in Benton, no registration required.
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Murphysboro
Franklin County
Illinois 14
Benton
Karnes Named to IBHE Board by Governor Quinn
SIUC associate dean Allan Karnes was nominated to the Illinois Board of Higher Education for a term expiring January 31, 2015. He has been at SIUC since 1981, rising from accounting instructor to full professor and former director of the School of Accountancy, and now serves as associate dean in the College of Business.
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Allan Karnes
Pat Quinn
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Illinois General Assembly
Karnes
College of Business
SIUC
Illinois
School of Accountancy
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