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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 2002
Page
1
Column One profiles Vern Mandrell of Mulkeytown continuing a family trade as a full service locksmith. The page notes other local items including a $106,250 damages award in Perry County, Make-A-Wish outcomes in Royalton, and a PAWS' Place fundraiser in Anna.
West Frankfort hosts Benton at 2 p.m. in a 9-0 regular season finish as town celebrates. Moms Susan Patton and Paula Baldi led a window painting campaign across Main Street to boost the Redbirds, whose 1941 perfect run last occurred long ago. The article notes playoff pairings across class levels and the local rooting scene.
Staff writer Jim Muir chronicles the end and revival of Franklin County’s Turkey Day rivalry between West Frankfort and Benton high schools. The piece spans eight decades, features former players whose grandsons now take the field, and frames the tradition’s renewed clash this Sunday in the Southern Illinoisan.
Carbondale NAACP condemns a Jackson County referendum to raise property taxes for the Rehab and Care Center, aiming to fund employee benefits with nearly 500 000 dollars yearly. Steven Haynes cites investigations into minority employee mistreatment and two formal complaints detailing incidents.
A Williamson County judge granted a continuance in a motion hearing for Christopher L. Alexander linked to the June 2000 murder of 78 year old Maxine McKenzie in Hurst. Co defendants Duvall and Hernandez also face the death penalty. a psychologist witness caused the delay.
Kansas Supreme Court upholds ruling requiring removal of a stone monument from a public cemetery. The Lower family placed the monument in 1998, containing images and a Bible verse, but state law limits grave lots to interment of human remains and bans advertising or messages not tied to burial. The cemetery board argued the marker expressed Christian beliefs, while the Lowers said it offered a place to mourn unborn children.
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