Carbondale Arrests After Stabbing and Chase
A Carbondale man was arrested after a Thursday night stabbing at The Fields Apartments. Patrick L. Jones, 47, faces aggravated battery and felon with weapon charges. Police seek tips at 618-457-3200 or Crime Stoppers. Also, Samuel C. Cobin, 23, East St. Louis, was arrested after a chase with a loaded handgun and marijuana found, facing multiple weapon and drug charges.
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Carbondale
Fields Apartments
South Lewis Lane
Memorial Hospital of
St. Louis
Patrick L. Jones
North Berifro Street
Samuel C. Cobin
East St. Louis
Cobin
Honeywell to Recall About 100 Workers at Metropolis Plant
Honeywell will recall roughly 100 employees including 85 union workers after a maintenance shutdown at the Metropolis plant. Production halted due to damaged equipment. NRC inspection ongoing with plant deemed safe for recall and annual maintenance.
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Honeywell
Metropolis
Peter Dalpe
United Steel Workers Local 7669
Dalpe
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Suspicious Cobden House Fire Destroys Vacant Home
A Thursday Cobden fire destroyed a vacant house in the 300 block of North Walker with Alto Pass crews assisting. Fire Chief Jeff Nance said the structure was fully engulfed on arrival and is a total loss. State fire marshal will investigate as suspicious due to no electrical or gas service. no injuries reported.
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Cobden
Jeff Nance
North Walker
Alto Pass
Nance
Council denies variance for dog groomer in Carbondale
Carbondale residents on West Burton Street clash over a home based dog grooming business run by Carolyn Therriault-Smith after the City Council rejected the special use permit. Supporters and opponents spoke for over an hour reflecting a split on the one block dead end street.
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Carbondale
Burton Street
Carolyn Therriault-Smith
Smith
Bryan McLeod
Smiths
Jim Shovlin
Jerilu Flynn
McLeods
Aaron Eisenhauer
Charlie Daniels dazzles crowd at Legend's Amphitheatre
Charlie Daniels, 75, wowed 1,300 fans at Walker's Bluff Legends Amphitheatre in Carterville with a high energy fiddle show. Patrons from New Orleans to Marion praised him as classic and a living legend while teens and seniors danced at the foot of the stage. Daniels, a Grand Ole Opry inductee and 1979 Grammy winner, continues a half century of country rock with a jazzy opener by his six member band.
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Legend
Walker’s Bluff
America
Patrick Johnson
New Orleans
Daniels
Grand Ole Opry
Georgia
Horstmann
Colten Francis
Goreville High School
Aimee Redinger
Marion
Francis
Aaron Eisenhauer
Walker's Bluff
Bike Fest At Carbondale Club Opens At 250 N Springer St
The Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale hosts a community Bike Fest from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 250 North Springer Street. Free bicycle helmets for attendees, bike giveaways, and a complimentary lunch at 11:15 a.m. The event is open to the public.
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Boys & Girls Club of
Carbondale
N. Springer St
Carbondale Holds Bike to Work Day Celebration
About three dozen participants gathered at Town Square Pavilion for Carbondale Bike to Work Day. Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon and Mayor Joel greeted riders as city staff mingled with attendees. Two officers joined cyclists on bikes while contests and a catered lunch awaited, as trains rolled downtown. Simon addressed the crowd.
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Carbondale
Town Square
Sheila Simon
Joel
Simon
Rend Lake unveils new intake structure and pump station
Visitors to Rend Lake's South Marcum shoreline will see a completed intake structure and pump station and an underground water pipeline. The project supplies water for Sugar Camp Mine near Akin and was financed by the mine, per Lena Bennett of the U S Army Corps of Engineers at Rend Lake.
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Benton
Rend Lake
Marcum
Sugar Camp
Akin
Lena Bennett
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Exterminators Lead Perry County Relay For Life Team
Pinckneyville event at Perry County Fairgrounds features Ann Mohr who beat cancer twice, leading her husband Robert and the Exterminators. Other teams include Parrot Heads and Pink Warriors. events cover survivor lap, Zumba, luminaria as goal reaches $52,000.
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Pinckneyville
Ann Mohr
Perry County
Mohr
Robert
Perry County Fairgrounds
Parrot Heads
Pink Warriors
Massac County
American Cancer Society
Jennifer Lee
Codell Rodriguez
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