Du Quoin Holiday Fun Fest Sees Strong Turnout and Plans Return
About 18,000 attended the four day event at the Du Quoin state fair grounds. Judy Lynn performed on Saturday and Sunday while a 2,000 strong tractor pull crowd and a 5,000 fan auto race crowd marked notable highlights. Winners in modified tractor pulls included Don Neukomm, Rich Ketchum, and Dale Rogier in their respective divisions.
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du Quoin
Fred Huff
Huff
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Judy Lynn
Don Neukomm
Cisna Park
Rich Ketchum
Amboy
Dale Rogier
Highland
Joliet man badly hurt while diving
A 24 year old Joliet man sustained a severe back injury Sunday while diving in a strip mine pit about two miles west of Carterville Illinois off the Carterville Cambria road. He was flown to Wesley Memorial Spinal Injury Center in Chicago in stable condition Monday night. He missed deep water by about two feet and was assisted by a fishing net to reach a safe level before transport.
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Joliet
Carterville
Carterville-Cambria
David Barr
Wesley Memorial Spinal Injury Center
Chicago
Joy Goodman
Carbondale Trauma Center
Barr
Herrin Hospital
Southern Illinois University
Goodman
Thieves Steal Light Shades From SIU Tower
SIU Security police report two red light shades taken from the WSIU FM tower on campus. One shade vanished from the 100 foot level and another from the 200 foot level. Beer and wine bottles were found at the tower base.
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Wsiu-Fm
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Denton's Tavern Collapses in Old Shawneetown Dust Fallout
About 75 patrons were inside Denton's Tavern when dust from drifting debris signaled collapse of two aging connected buildings. Seven ambulances responded. one man suffered a minor arm injury. No buried victims were found as front collapsed to expose interior remains. The event followed years of wear and prior flood damage.
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Wanda Barras
Southern Illinoisan
Shawneetown
Gallatin County
Denton’s
Harrisburg
Gallatin County Sheriff's Deputies
Ray Rayborn
Ridgway
Pearce Hospital
Eldorado
Ohio
Gallatin
Saline
Hardin
Union County
Kentucky
SIU forms plan for regional kidney transplant program
Dr. Alan Birtch leads a new SIU School of Medicine program aiming to perform 30 kidney transplants annually for patients in Southern and central Illinois. Building on Memorial Hospital’s prior work, the effort seeks cadaver or living donor transplants, with costs and dialysis relief as key factors.
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Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Central Illinois
Chicago
St. Louis
Alan Birtch
Birtch
Peter Brent Brigham Hospital
Illinois
Memorial Hospital
Springfield
Medical School
Johns Hopkins University
Murphysboro Man Faces New Jail Fire Charges
A Murphysboro man, Michael Bodeker, 21, is charged in Jackson County Circuit Court with criminal damage to property over 150 dollars and reckless conduct after allegedly starting a jail fire. The blaze on the juvenile cell area caused heavy smoke damage, with repairs estimated over 1000 dollars.
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Jackson County
Murphysboro
Michael Bodeker
Rt. 2
John Hoffman
Bodeker
Southern Illinois University
Jim Codd
Dodd
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Jim Nash
Hoffman
Mary Miller in Critical Condition After Car Crash Near Mounds
Mary Miller 27 of Mounds injured in a one car crash near Mounds about 7 40 p m Saturday night. She was flown to Wesley Memorial Spinal Injury Center in Chicago at 2 30 a m Sunday. Joy Goodman said Miller has a lower back injury and possible head injury. Maurice Miller 6 and Eugene Bunch 43 were killed in the crash.
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Mary Miller
Mounds
Carbondale Trauma Center
Illinois allocates 8.5 million for crime programs regionwide
The Illinois Law Enforcement Commission approves an 8.5 million award funding 43 crime prevention and control programs. Southern Illinois receives 250,000 for a work release center and 62,000 to upgrade Randolph County dispatching, plus 28,900 for Carbondale crime prevention bureau and 30,000 to SIU for juvenile justice data analysis.
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Southern Illinois
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
Illinois Dept. of Conservation
Menard Penitentiary
Stateville
Pontiac
Dwight
Randolph County
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Illinois
Ilinois
Walter J. Biel
Commission
de Soto
Illinois Defender
Lincoln
Logan County
Rockford
Winnebago County
Pittsfield
Pike County
Honoring the dead at Memorial Day services
A seven man squad from the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell fired the traditional 21 gun salute at Woodlawn Cemetery Carbondale honoring dead. Brig Gen William Richardson deputy commander Fort Leonard Wood urged unity and patriotic principles as about 75 people attended and wreaths were presented by several organizations.
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101St Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
Woodlawn Cemetery
Carbondale
John A. Log
William Richardson
Fort Leonard Wood
Jack Griggs
Domino Club Liquor License Suspended in Williamson County
The Illinois Liquor Control Commission suspends the Domino Club license for seven days from 7 am June 19 to 7 am June 26. Officials say operator Billy Gene Bearden had eight nonoriginal bottles on March 15 and substituted cheaper liquor for higher priced brands. All mines reported working Wednesday.
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Domino Club
Rt. 37
Marion
Illinois Liquor Control Commission
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Billy Gene Bearden
Bearden
Tragic drowning of 12 year old at Crab Orchard Lake
Frank Cox of Murphysboro rural route drowned Monday at Crab Orchard Lake Loop C. He was last seen at 1 p.m. and recovered about 4 50 p.m. The boy, a Carruthers Junior High student, swam without a designated lifeguard present near a boat dock and life raft. Rescue squads from Carterville Carbondale and Herrin searched the four foot deep mud bottom with sinkholes. Funeral planned Wednesday at Pate Chapel Baptist Church.
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Murphysboro
Crab Orchard Lake
Frank Cox
George Cox
Rt. 4
Williamson County
James R. Wilson
Loop C
Crab Orchard
Pirate’s Cove
Robert Wilson
Refuge
Cox
Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge
Carterville
Carbondale
Herrin
Wilson
George W
Lillian Stanton Cox
Carruthers Junior High School
Pate Chapel Baptist Church
Richard
Carolyn Sue
Ruth Cox
Ava
Roy Stanton
Pinckneyville
Jessie Thurman
East St. Louis
Kenneth Price
Parrish Cemetery
Vergennes
Crawshaw Mortuary
Rend Lake opening hampered by boating mishaps
Two boats collided near Rend Lake during its first official weekend, injuring three people including Carlos Morse of Marion who remained in fair condition with a concussion and a broken arm at Franklin Hospital. A 14 year old, Luther Phillips of Coello, narrowly avoided drowning after a near submersion at the Sandusky Recreation Area.
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Rend Lake
Carlos Morse
Marion
Franklin Hospital
Benton
James Donosky
Donosky
Stevens named to Williamson County merit board
Johnston City resident and service station operator Bill Stevens was appointed to the Williamson County merit board by the Board of Commissioners to fill the term of Lloyd McMichael. Dale Lovelace of Marion was named as another candidate, while existing members Ora Snider and Dean Melvin from Marion continue on the panel. The board also approved a deputy tax assessor for dog license fee collection and discussed funding depletion for livestock and poultry compensation due to stray dogs.
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Bill Stevens
Johnston City
Williamson County
Sinks
Marion
Leslie Neafus
Oxford
Neafus
State Dept. of Transportation
Steele Acres
Southern Township
Vernon
Lucille Steele
Group stops traffic and 13 face charges at Carbondale
A crowd gathered in front of Merlin's at 315 S Illinois Ave Carbondale pushing into the street, blocking traffic briefly. Thirteen people were arrested with charges including disobedience to a police officer disorderly conduct underage drinking public consumption and interference with traffic. Denton Vansha and Marc J Salkir received additional marijuana possession counts. No ages or addresses listed. others to appear on records page.
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Merlins
S. Ilinois Ave
Carbondale
Denton Vansha
Marc J. Salkir
Break-in at McBride Mack Sales Nets Tools Heist
More than 3000 dollars worth of tools and equipment were stolen from McBride Mack Sales on Rt. 13 east of Carbon dale during a Sunday night break-in. Deputies say thieves smashed a front window and drove a vehicle inside to load five sets of mechanics tools hydraulic tools and an electric adding machine. A related theft may involve the same burglars.
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McBride Mack Sales
Rt. 13
Carbondale
Charles McBride
Williamson County
Ova Greer
Greer
Rodney W. Krauss
Aurora
Southern Illinois University
McBride
Krauss
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Gibson City
Fairgrounds
Butch Nevious
Old Shawneetown
Carol Alexander
The
Sheriff Hoffman
Earl Fairly
Conservation Department
Luther Phillips
Coello
Charles Sjames
Corps of Engineers
Phillips
Sandusky
Stevens
O. R. Walley
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