Marion schools win IDPH award for pediatric care
Dr. Eric Whitaker of the Illinois Department of Public Health presented the Ron W. Lee Excellence in Pediatric Care Award to the Marion school board for dedication to protecting and caring for children. The award, given during EMS Week, honors Dr. Lee of Loyola University Medical Center who helped create Illinois Services for Children and died in 1998.
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Illinois Department of Public Health
Eric E. Whitaker
Marion School Board
Whitaker
Ron W. Lee
Rod Blagojevich
Lee
Loyola University Medical Center
Illinois
SIU Law School bioethics endowment boosted by Ryans
John C. and Marsha G. Ryan of Murphysboro fund the John and Marsha Ryan Bioethicist-in-Residence Endowment to expand a visiting lecture series and strengthen the health policy program at Southern Illinois University School of Law. The roughly $125,000 gift supports SIU’s Opportunity Through Excellence capital campaign and complements the Ryans' ongoing leadership.
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Southern Illinois University School of Law
John C
Marsha G. Ryan
Murphysboro
John and
Marsha Ryan
Walter V. Wendler
John
School of Law
Wendler
SIU Foundation
SIUC
Marsha
Ryans
West City bids farewell to longtime servant Honey Rice
West City grieves William Honey Rice a longtime village board trustee who died Tuesday His ministry to the village spanned more than 35 years guiding West City from dirt roads to a retail hub Colleagues recall his loyalty faith humor and dependable nature as the town remembers a friend who shaped their community
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West City
Franklin County
William “Honey” Rice
Rice
Honey Rice
Lee Roy Mumbower
Wilson
Honey
Rising talents shine at Herrin Festa Italiana contests
In Herrin, the Festa Italiana and Williamson County Fair staged concurrent Wednesday talent contests drawing about 50 competitors from 17 towns. Judges award cash prizes for top acts in singing dancing piano and more as part of the event kickoff. Family Night follows with reduced admission in the Civic Center and Piazza.
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Steve Jahnke
Andrew Nixon
Herrin Civic Center
Buncombe
Terri Thompson
Hiss Italiana
Aunt: More to victim life than drug use in murder case
Murphysboro notes a graduate to be Christopher Gandy, 23, an SIU Carbondale architecture major, slain Jan 28 near Mount Carbon Cemetery. Two Bryants face trial, a third defendant to stand trial later. Aunt Lucy Smith emphasizes Gandy’s broader life, interests, and community ties beyond the crime.
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Murphysboro
Christopher Gandy
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
John
Lisa Bryant
Mount Carbon
Charles Grace
Bryants
Lucy Smith
Gandy
Dunbar High School
Chicago
SIUC
Smith
French failed to build a lasting Illinois colony says 1904 talk
Historian Stephen L Spear at the Illinois Historical Society meeting in Bloomington criticizes nearly a century of French rule in Illinois 1673 1765 noting few achievements aside from Fort de Chartres and Kaskaskia and praising Joliet Marquette and La Salle for exploration while lamenting the lack of agriculture trade schools or infrastructure and acknowledging French claims after their Mississippi voyage.
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Stephen L. Spears
Illinois
Illinois Historical Society
Bloomington
Fort de Chartres
Mississippi
Kaskaskia
Spear
Louis Joliet
Father Marquette
Illinois Territory
Mississippi River
Mississippi Valley
St. Lawrence River
Arkansas River
Gulf of Mexico
Rene Robert Cavalier
Sieur de la Salle
Joliet
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