ADM sells grain to Cuba first in 40 years
ADM and Farmland Industries will sell hard red winter wheat to Cuba in a joint venture. ADM reached deals to sell thousands of tons of corn and soybean meal with negotiations continuing on dry beans and cooking oil. A UN World Food Program bakery in Kabul helped Afghan widows as USAID distributed oil and wheat.
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Chicago
Archer Daniels Midland Co
Cuba
ADM
Kansas City
United Nations World Food Program
Kabul
United States Agency For International Development
Squirt gun teens charged strike plea deal
Three 18 year olds from Houma Louisiana admitted simple battery after a plea bargain that dropped terrorizing charges for storming a bingo hall with oversized squirt guns on October 15. They must write a 3500 word essay Why I’m Proud to Be an American perform 48 hours of community service address an eighth grade class and apologize to victims Chad Leblanc Woodrow Straley and Clint Walker were the offenders involved.
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Chad Leblanc
Woodrow Straley
Clint Walker
Weather Today and Friday Showers Forecast
Partly cloudy today with highs in the lower 60s and tonight’s lows in the mid-40s. Friday brings a chance of showers with highs near 60 and overnight lows around the upper 50s. Details on 12A.
Former Murphysboro mayor sued in child sex case
former Murphysboro mayor David Lee McDowell is named as defendant in a Jackson County Circuit Court nine count suit filed by a former student now 24 alleging hugging kissing and sexual relationship beginning when she was 12. The suit seeks over 50 000 in damages per count and costs.
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Murphysboro
David Lee McDowell
Jackson County
Jacqueline
Jamie” M. McCann
McDowell
Denise
Michael Mugge
McCann
Illinois Time Limits for Sex Abuse Cases Cited
Dan Anders of the Illinois attorney general's office explains that victims under 21 cannot trigger charges unless they report to police before turning 21, after which prosecutors have up to 10 years. For victims over 21 the report must come within two years, with prosecutors again having up to 10 years to try the case. Steve Binder
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Dan Anders
Illinois Attorney General's Office
Steve Bind
Heavy highway traffic expected this Thanksgiving weekend
State police warn of higher travel risk as holiday traffic surges. Ibiza?
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Illinois
ISP District 13
Marc Melvin
AAA Motor Club
Melvin
ISP
Daughter's kidney saves dad in life changing transplant
Frank Cockrum of Lesser received a kidney from his daughter Lisa Crocker on November 1 at Barnes Jewish Hospital, ending years of dialysis after Goodpasture's Syndrome. The 65 year old and his family plan a reunion as he begins a renewed life.
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Chuck Novar
Frank Cockrum
Lisa
Lesser
Frank
Lisa (Cockrum) Crocker
Cockrum
Sharon
John
Don
Jeff
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Donor Aspiration Expressed by Lisa Crocker
Lisa Crocker states a clear wish to be the sole donor and expresses confidence that everything will turn out fine, reflecting personal resolve and optimism about the donation process.
Transplant Hope Shines Upon Recovery
Ailing patient shows marked improvement after a major transplant. Doctors report the condition stabilizing and note the patient’s resilient recovery trajectory over the past weeks. Family members express gratitude for the medical team and support network aiding the course.
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