Oklahoma Tornado Relief Drive Targeting Moore Victims
Donated goods are solicited for May 20 tornado victims in Moore Oklahoma. State Rep Mike Best will send a tractor trailer to the ravaged area. Collections are at a truck parked near the Hunter Building East Main Street Carbondale west of Woodlawn Cemetery. Items needed include baby and pet supplies nonperishable foods bedding dishes furniture and cleaning items. No medications or perishables. The truck will depart Wednesday morning. A volunteer driver donates time. Contact Linda Goforth or the provided email and phone number.
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Moore
Okla
Linda Goforth
Mike Best
Hunter Building
East Main Street
Carbondale
Woodlawn Cemetery
Goforth
Florida Georgia Line headlines sold out Herrin Festa Italiana show
Maegan Eskew and Justin Kulich queued nine hours before showtime for Florida Georgia Line at Herrin Festa Italiana. The duo, winners of the Academy of Country Music top new duo and top new artist awards, performed their hit Cruise to a sold out crowd as the 23rd annual festival opened. Cris Trapani, Herrin Festa Committee president, noted it was the first time many attendees had arrived this early.
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Florida
Georgia Line
Maegan Eskew
Waltonville
Florida Georgia Line
Justin Kulich
Lesser
Herrin
Cris Trapani
Car and semi collision injures one in Perry County
A partial head on crash on Illinois 154 near Albers Road in Perry County left Cheyenne Conner 19 of Mulkeytown with minor injuries after crossing the center line while adjusting a radio. Jeffery Mullins 47 of Mount Vernon was uninjured. Conner was cited for operating an uninsured motor vehicle and driving in the wrong lane. Illinois 154 remained closed about an hour and a half while crews cleaned the scene.
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Perry County
Illinois
Cheyenne Conner
Mulkeytown
Illinois 154
Albers Road
Jeffery T. Mullins
Mount Vernon
Conner
Marshall Browning Hospital
Rend Lake College offers free summer high school credit programs
Rend Lake College runs a 1997 started free summer program for high schoolers to makeup credits and stay on track for graduation. About 200 to 250 students enroll at Rend Lake Inn campus and extensions in Mount Vernon and Pinckneyville. Students earn up to two credits per semester across most subjects, funded by state reimbursements after initial grants ended.
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Southern Illinois Community Colleges
Rend Lake College
Walt Montgomery
Rend Lake
College’s Inn
Mount Vernon
Pinckneyville
Trict
Southwestern Illinois College
Sparta High School
John A. Logan College
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Mary Fallin
Steelman Estates
Albert Ashwood
Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management
Shawnee Okla
Steve Matzker
Chuck Bleyer
Maggee Bleyer
Nick Mariano
Thesouthern.com
WindowWorldofPaducah.com
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Ke & L
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