Skydivers collide in Kentucky kill two in fall
Two skydivers collided about 200 feet above the ground at sunset in Bardstown Kentucky. One man John Kevin Benningfield 33 died at Flaget Memorial Hospital. The other Chris Snellen an instructor with Greene County Sport Parachute Center was flown to University Hospital in Louisville in fair condition with a broken leg. Both had hundreds of jumps.
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John Kevin Benningfield
Flaget Memorial Hospital
Nelson County
Joseph Greenwell
Chris Snellen
University Hospital
Louisville
Snellen
Greene County Sport Parachute Center
Kenn Heismann
Heismann
Benningfield
Andrea Wilcher
Wilcer
Wyat's Coming Girls All Star Game at Bend Lake College Inn
Southern Illinois Lions Club hosts an All-Star event for recent high school graduates at Bend Lake College Inn at 6 30 p m Friday. Cruz back to the fifties event runs 5 to 9 p m Friday at River Front Rosiclare with Time Warp DJ, music, classic cars, and lawn chairs. Call (618) 285 6837 for details.
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Southern Illinois Lions Club
Bend Lake College
Inn
Cruz
River Front
Suspect in ISU student's death attacks jailer
Maurice Wallace, 27, charged with killing Illinois State University student Olamide Adeyooye, whose body was found in a burned Mississippi chicken house. Wallace attacked a female jailer Sunday at McLean County Jail. officer hospitalized. Adeyooye, a 21 year old ISU senior from Nigeria, disappeared Oct 13 and was found Oct 21. Wallace awaits trial on murder charges with bond over 2 million dollars.
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Bloomington
Illinois State University
Mississippi
Maurice Wallace
McLean County Sheriff's Department
Bonnie Serone
Serone
Adeyooye
ISU
Wallace
Atlanta
McLean County
Nigeria
Chicago
Berkeley
War widow protests over Wiccan symbol on husband plaque
Roberta Stewart led an alternative memorial at a Fernley park for Sgt. Patrick Stewart as she seeks a Wiccan pentacle on his government memorial plaque. The VA has refused. Stewart, 34, died in Afghanistan on Sept. 25 when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his helicopter. Bronze Star and Purple Heart were posthumously awarded.
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Bill Chrystal
Roberta Stewart
Veterans Cemetery
Fernley
Nev
Stewart
Sgt
Patrick Stewart
Afghanistan
Northern
Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery
Department of Veterans Affairs
Settlement talks press on over 2002 ammonia spill east of Urbana
In 2002 a boiler room cleaning at Abbott Power Plant dumped ammonia into the Saline Branch of the Salt Fork, killing thousands of fish. State officials, the University of Illinois, Urbana Sanitary District, CEDA Inc., and federal agencies negotiate damages, restoration, and enforcement. Local angler Roger Purcell recalls the once blue ribbon fishery as talks continue.
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Urbana
Champaign
Salt Fork
State Attorney General
Department of Natural Resources
University of Illinois
Urbana & Champaign Sanitary District
Ceda Inc
U.S. Department of Justice
Illinois
Jim Morgan
CEDA
Abbott Power Plant
Sanitary District
Urbana Water Treatment Plant
Rick Stock
University
Stock
Attorney General's Office
Morgan
Roger Purcell
St. Joseph
Purcell
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