Variety Local Arts and Entertainment Listings
Morley Swingle reads The Gold of Cape Girardeau at The Bookworm in Carbondale at 7 p.m. SIUC Jazz Ensemble performs at Shryock Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. with tickets $3 adults $2 students. ONeill Auditorium hosts The Outsiders at 7:30 p.m. with tickets $6 $5 students. Shawnee Community College presents A Christmas Story with multiple shows and dinner options, tickets $7 adults $5 children. King Lear at SIUC McLeod Theater 7:30 p.m. featuring Rod Loomis. prices $11 $6 $9. Rend Lake College Theater hosts Illinois Shakespeare Festival Touring Company at 1 p.m. Friday. Native Issues talk at Lesar Law School Auditorium 7 p.m. with Rita and Terry Reynolds. Hunter's Fest runs through Sunday at Alto Pass. Igby Goes Down at Maiden Alley Cinema with showings 7 and 9:15 p.m. Tickets from $4-$6.
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the Outsiders
O'Neil
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Shawnee Community College Children’s Theater, Inc
King Lear
McLeod Theater
Siuc
Rod Loomis
Bill Kincaid
Illinois Shakespeare Festival Touring Company
Rend Lake College Theater, Inc
Local Professional Development Committee meeting notices
Carterville School District panel meets at 8 15 a m at First United Methodist Church 301 N Pine St Carterville. Williamson County Special Education Board holds a 9 30 a m session at 411 South Court St Marion. Details at www thesouthern com.
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Carterville
First United Methodist Church
N. Pine St
Williamson County Special Education Board
South Court St
Marion
Alleged victim testifies in Hackethal case
The trial of former Cobden city official Larry Hackethal continues in Union County Circuit Court with the alleged female victim, now 17, testifying in cross examination. She and investigators face questions over inconsistencies between earlier statements and a 2001 police report regarding alleged sexual abuse involving Hackethal.
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Hackethal
Jonesboro
Cobden City
Larry Hackethal
Gary Stark
Circuit Court of
Union County
Stark
Japanese delegation visits SIUC to mark Nakajo anniversary
A Japanese delegation led by Nakajo Mayor Nobuo Kamakura visited Southern Illinois University Carbondale to mark the 15th anniversary of the Nakajo campus in Niigata Japan. The group toured the Kamakura Garden near Faner Hall and reflected on the garden bridge symbolizing US Japan friendship. The Nakajo program has generated 41.5 million dollars in SIUC contracts over 15 years and serves about 2150 students, including 244 Americans, under the university’s global growth plan.
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Jared H. Dorn
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Nakajo
Japan
Nobuo Kumakura
Kamakura Garden
Carbondale
Kamakura
SIU
Pulliam
SIUC
Southern Illinois University
Niigata
Nobuo Kamakura
Faner Hall
Klasek
U.S
Charles Klasek
Illinois
Confession played at murder hearing in Franklin County
In Benton County Franklin County Circuit Court a taped confession by John Delbert Smith was shown amid motions to suppress statements and quash arrest. Smith faces four counts of first degree murder and one of concealment in the strangulation death of Cassie Blair. The defendant questions custody timing, Miranda rights, and arrest legality while the confession details Blair’s final moments. Blair disappeared March 18 and body was found April 10 at Lake Moses after Smith reported his truck burned.
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Benton
Franklin County
John Delbert Smith
Cassie Blair
Smith
Thompsonville
Blair
West City
Don Jones
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Evan Owens
Owens
Jones
Lake Moses
From Chicago to Cobden A Reporter Turns Resident
Famous Chicago journalist Bill Recktenwald left the Tribune to retire in Southern Illinois. He settled on 100 acres near Karber's Ridge, became SIU Carbondale journalism professor, joined River to River Trail Society, and published a book about Illinois after decades as a Tribune reporter. See home page.
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Carbondale
Chicago
Mike Basler
Cobden
Basler
Bill Becktenwald
Pontiac
Mike Wallace
60 Minutes
Recktenwald
Illinois
Chicago Tribune
Trib
Becktenwald
The
Tribune
Karber’s Ridge
Harrisburg
Garden of the Gods
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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Cape Girardeau
Morley Swingle
Walnut St
Eastgate
Shryock
Lesar Law School
Rita
Terry Reynolds
Northern Illinois University
Terry
Nations
Burpee Museum
Rockford
Northwest Passage and Root Beer Saloon
Main Street
Alto Pass
Igby
Maiden Alley
Paducah
Www
Thesouthern.com
Caleb Hale
Brenda Burton
Union County State’s Attorney’s Office
Bridgill
Japanese PLC
Osamu Tsukimori
Claire O'Brien
William Bechtenwald
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