Celebrating Langston Hughes Centennial at SIUC events
SIUC faculty present a centennial Langston Hughes celebration at Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall at 7 30 p m. Free. Marion Blumenthal Lazen discusses Bergan Belsen survival at Carbondale Public Library at 6 30 p m with book signing for Four Perfect Pebbles. Organ workshop at First United Methodist Church at 7 30 p m by the Southern Illinois Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. free.
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Langston Hughes
Old Baptist Foundation
Siuc
Siuc College of Liberal Arts
Marion Blumenthal
Lazen
Bergan-Belsen
Germany
Carbondale Public Library
W. Main St
First United Methodist Church
Carbondale
Southern Illinois
The
American Guild of Organists
Walk the Blues Away screening and events in Carbondale
National low mood screening day offers a 11 a.m walk starting at Town Square Pavilion Carbondale with a return to the pavilion. SIARS provides low mood and mental illness info. Neighborhood Coop food. music by local contacts 457-6703 ext 259. A second screening runs 2-6 p.m. at Kroger East. Also a natural family planning workshop occurs 7-9 p.m. at St. Josephs Marion.
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Town Square Pavilion
Carbondale
Mill Street
SIARS
Kroger
Alto Pass Village Board Meeting Tonight
Alto Pass Village Board holds a 7 p.m. session at the community center. Buncombe Public Water District Board meets at 7 p.m. in the office building near the water storage tank in Makanda. Carbondale Firefighter's Pension Board convenes at 9 a.m. at the civic center on 200 S. Illinois Ave.
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Alto Pass
Buncombe Public Water District Board
Makanda
Carbondale Firefighter's Pension Board
Civic Center
Illinois Ave
Benton teen struck by train after homecoming dance
15 year old Benton high school sophomore Steven Mitchell was hit by a southbound Union Pacific train while sitting on tracks between Webster and Spain streets early Sunday. He was airlifted to Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St Louis in critical condition. school officials described the tragedy as devastating and somber as classes opened.
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Benton
Benton High School
Steven T. Mitchell
Webster
Spain
Union Pacific
Mitchell
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis
Residents Strive to Reopen Festival Effortly
Residents work hard to restart a local festival, rallying community volunteers and city support to bring back the event. Organizers coordinate permits, vendors, and safety plans while residents express optimism for a revived celebration downtown.
West Frankfort to revive Old King Coal Festival in 2003
West Frankfort residents and the Old King Coal Planning Committee, aided by a $5,000 city grant, are organizing a 2003 revival of the festival once known as the King Coal Cavalcade. The effort unites local groups including CARE, Rotary, Lions, Moose, and civic officials to reestablish the coal heritage event with broader teen and adult activities.
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West Frankfort
Bob Ellis
Voorhees
Ellis
Old King Coal
Du Quoin Woman Denies Voting to Dismiss Blagojevich Allegations
Wanda Rednour of the Illinois State Board of Elections says she did not vote to dismiss charges against Rod Blagojevich and was not at the meeting. She and husband Du Quoin Mayor John Rednour defend themselves against Republican claims of influence tied to a $1 million bank deposit at Du Quoin State Bank, noting her limited awareness of the transfer. The couple deny any improper motivation and stress media misrepresentation amid a busy Du Quoin State Fair timeline.
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DU Quoin
Wanda Rednour
Illinois State Board of Elections
Rod Blagojevich
Rednour
John Rednour
Wanda
Ilinois
Gary McDougal
Blagojevich
Jim Ryan
du Quoin State Bank
Rednours
Election Board
John
Democratic Party
Downstate
Illinois Republican Party
Williamson County sparring over home assessments continues
Williamson County Board Chair Robert Emery and former chair Rex Piper clash over tax assessments after Emery cited a 1997 COE filing by Piper to lower his home value. Piper insists the COE targeted a clerical error on an air conditioned unit mislisted on land bought recently, not a general tax cut.
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Marion
Williamson County
Robert “Bo” Emery
Rex Piper
Southern Illinoisan
Emery
Piper
Wendell Fisher
Frank Wilkie
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Sue Woodfin
Steve
Woodfin
Metro Armstrong
Murphysboro
Dobry Malkovich
Christi Mathis
John D. Homan
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