Today's Events Competition and Community Activities Digest
Listings of contests at Du Quoin State Fairgrounds and Carbondale venues. Cattle horse show at 1 p m today and 8 a m Saturday and 7 a m Sunday with classes for open non pro amateur and novice. Concerts by Danny and Alaura Ward and Danny Lang with the Imperials at Walnut Street Baptist Church to benefit the Harry Schultz Sr Memorial Foundation. Blood drives, fairs, flea market, dinners, kids festival, picnics and exhibits at regional sites with contact numbers and admission details. Government notices include Goreville School Board meeting and Carbondale Electrical Commission.
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du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Danny and
Alaura Ward
Danny Lang
The
Imperials
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Carbondale
Harry Schultz Sr
Goreville Man Pleads Guilty In Brutal Slaying
James C. Montgomery, 42, admitted first degree murder in the killing of Debbie L. Cain of Marion. Under a plea agreement, he will serve 40 years in prison, avoiding a trial that would have extended the family’s emotional distress. Cain’s relatives described deep grief as details of the Nov 19 2002 murder were outlined.
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Golconda
James C. Montgomery
Montgomery
Debbie L. Cain
Marion
Cain
Flynn
Tom Dunn
Local high schools sponsor alcohol free graduation parties
Local high schools plan all expenses paid alcohol free graduation parties with karaoke bowling volleyball dancing inflatable games and card games to keep seniors off the streets after ceremonies. State police warn against drinking and driving noting license fines and potential employment impact for minors and DUI charges.
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Southern Illinois
Melvin
Death penalty removed in Harris murder trial in Illinois
Union County prosecutors dropped the death penalty for Brian Lee Harris in eight counts of first degree murder and one count of aggravated arson linked to a Wolf Lake trailer fire that killed Tammy Sue Smith. Harris faces 20 years to life if convicted. trial set for August 2 before Judge Mark Clarke.
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Union County
Patrick Duffy
Brian Lee Harris
Harris
Tammy Sue Smith
Wolf Lake
Smith
Duffy
Union County State
John Bigler
Brian Lewis
Marion
Lewis
Illinois
Tampa
Fla
Jonesboro
Alexander County
Mark Clarke
Pinckneyville prison lockdown sparked by conflicting accounts
At Pinckneyville Correctional Center a lockdown followed an incident Wednesday morning. AFSCME official Steve Joiner said seven inmates attacked two staff members during line movement, with injuries described as cuts and bruises. An Illinois DOC spokesman offered a different account, saying one inmate refused a handcuffing order and three staff restrained him, with no other inmates involved.
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Pinckneyville
Steve Joiner
Afscme
Illinois Department of Corrections
Sergio Molina
Molina
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Carbondale Women’s Center
Pheasant Hollow Winery
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Danny Seagraves
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True Value
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Marion Ford
W. Coolidge Ave
Penn Aluminum
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Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial
Ora
Southern Illinois Children’s Choir
Siuc School of Music
Goreville Community Unit
Carbondale Electrical Commission
Civic Center
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Thesouthern.com
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Becky Malkovich
Vagina
Pope County
Charles L.P. Flynn
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Flanders Electric
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Chester
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Willi Oil Co
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Eet Senetel
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Thesouthern
Pinckneyville Prison
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