Column One Also Inside Pinckneyville Budget Surplus
Column notes Perry County reports a budget surplus. Page 1B mentions Carterville choir members heading to state, and Marion roofing contractors under scrutiny. Court report cites lawsuits across Franklin Perry Jackson Union Williamson counties on Page 4B. Morning to noon briefs.
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Franklin
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Weekend weather outlook for Southern Illinois
Outside today expect sunny and windy with highs 68 to 73. Tonight partly cloudy lows upper 40s. Saturday turns mostly cloudy and windy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms and highs in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to 25 mph. Subscribe info 800 228-0429. URL www.thesouthern.com. The Southern Illinoisan.
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Blagojevich tours Southern Illinois after win
Governor-elect Rod Blagojevich rallied in Rockford Moline Springfield and Cahokia before a Carbondale Murphysboro airport stop drawing 300 supporters. He pledged three jobs focused priorities and invited Republicans to join his administration while planning a nine member transition team.
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Rod Blagojevich
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Illinois
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Cahokia
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
David Wilhelm
Southern Illinois Airport
Blagojevich Campaign Tour Reaches Illinois Cities
Rod Blagojevich toured Illinois stopping in Rockford Moline Springfield and Cahokia before a final greeting at Southern Illinois Airport where over 300 supporters welcomed him. Terri Hickey of the Illinois GOP urged bipartisan inclusion but warned taxes may rise to fulfill campaign pledges totaling about 900 million.
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Illinois
Rockford
Moline
Springfield
Cahokia
Southern Illinois
Walker
Terri Hickey
Republican Party
Blagojevich
Hickey
Four face federal fraud charges in Benton
Kevin Anthony Jenkins 33 of Carbondale now in Stone Mountain Ga leads a scheme with Anthony Greer 32 Connie Beckham 58 and April Burton 30 indicted by a federal grand jury in U S District Court Benton. They face money laundering and conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud with initial appearance set for Nov 14.
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Kevin Anthony Jenkins
Jenkins
Stone Mountain
Anthony Greer
Connie W. Beckham
April Burton
U.S. District Court
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Sniper Suspects to Stand Trial in Virginia
Attorney General announces Virginia will try Washington-area sniper suspects John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo first, with possible death penalties for brutal killings. Muhammad to Prince William County. Malvo to Fairfax County, amid federal deferment.
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Muhammad
Prince William County
Dean Harold Meyers
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FBI
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Students raise concerns at SIU Carbondale contract forum
Few attendees at SIU Carbondale forum on faculty association contract talks and potential strike. George Robinson, USG senator, mediates to gauge student opinion while faculty meet behind closed doors. He notes historic student apathy toward campus politics.
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