SIU Carbondale arrests four during homecoming weekend
SIU police arrested four on campus over the weekend for public indecency underage alcohol and DUI related offenses. Matthew Hyde 21 Darien stood nude outside the recreation center. Paul Ewing 20 Woodridge faced underage drinking. Kyle Wilson 21 Jacksonville escaped officers then faced charges including DUI aggravated battery and obstructing a peace officer. Chelsea Love 19 Odin faced suspicion of underage alcohol possession. Mulkeytown fire calls drew mutual aid from six departments with the blaze at 2900 block Creek Nation Blacktop around 3 19 p m Monday.
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Royalton
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Zeigler
West Frankfort
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Marion driver backs into pole causing short outage at business
A semitrailer driver from Lake St. Louis Missouri backed over a Verizon support pole early Monday afternoon in Marion, knocking out electrical power for about one hour to Raben Tire on Scottsboro Road. AmerenCIPS says only that business was affected. John Homan
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Verizon
Scottsboro Road
Marion
Marion resident seeks safer South Monroe Street neighborhood
Marion resident Janice Powell Allbritton urged the city council to boost police patrols on South Monroe Street and Rice Street to curb drug activity. She requests removal of derelict structures and cars, restoration of porch chats, and safer nights for families and seniors. Police officials acknowledged past complaints and pledged more trips, while the mayor promised support.
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Marion
Janice Powell Allbritton
Monroe Street
Allbritton
Jay Rix
Rice Street
Rix
Bob Butler
New Center Seeks Hopeful Future With Expanded Shelter
In Carbondale October marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month at The Women's Center as a clothesline exhibit of survivor made shirts and speakouts spotlight violence and hope. A Take Back the Night Rally is set for Oct 19 while a $1.5 million capital campaign aims to fund a new facility on South Thompson Street slated for January completion. current donations total about 1.1 million since last September, with most gifts from individuals. The new building will double shelter space from 32 to 40 beds and increase bathrooms from two to six, improving privacy and services for women and children.
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Carbondale
Women’s Center
Camille Dorris
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Dorris
Thompson Street
SIUC joins state organ donor registry drive
SIUC joins the campus challenge to re register donors under a 2006 law. SIUC sophomore Alex Dover coordinates October registration events at the Student Center on Oct 16 and Faner Hall on Oct 23. Donors must be 18 with proof of age to re register and link with Gift of Hope and Donate Life Illinois.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Dave Bosch
Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network
Donate Life Illinois
Bosch
SIUC
Alex Dover
Phi Sigma Kappa
Faner Hall Breezeway
Dover
Illinois
Two suspects linked to regional crime spree elude police
Mount Vernon authorities connect a Fairfield Iowa vehicle theft to a string of burglaries across Southern Illinois. Two white men in their 20s are sought in a tan 2001 Chevrolet Suburban MAXFAM 4. The chase included Long John Silver's and Bob Evans in Mount Vernon, a break in at Casey's General Store in Tamaroa, and a dump truck pursued through Perry County. Police urge tips to Mount Vernon PD or Perry County SO.
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Chris Mendenall
Mendenall
Fairfield
Iowa
Long John Silver
Bob Evans
Perry County
Sheriff's Department
Casey’s General
Tamaroa
U.S. 51
Illinois 154
Red Hawk Country Club
Pinckneyville
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