Local events fill weekend calendar across Carbondale and region
AIDS Walk at Carbondale Newman Center 11 a.m. with registration 9-11 a.m. Fort Massac Encampment in Metropolis hosts historical re-enactors and a 3 p.m. mock battle. Vulture Fest 2002 runs 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Makanda Boardwalk with art, music, raffles. Through Sunday Pinckneyville fairground hosts Thresherman fall festival with flea market and demonstrations. Arts and crafts festival at SIU Arena 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday features quilts and Kids Korner. Oktoberfest near Archery International runs through Sunday with craft village and food. Rodgers and Hammerstein revue at Shryock Auditorium $15/$9. Chili cook-off at Shawnee Hills Country Club benefits charities. Evening of Richard Rodgers at SIC Center $5/$4. Cruz-in at Steak and Shake Carbondale 1-5 p.m.
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Convicted killer asks state to spare his life
Thomas V Odle once of Mount Vernon urged the Illinois Prisoner Review Board to commute his death sentence for killing six family members on November 5 1985. He pleaded that sparing his life would spare his remaining relatives pain while others urged execution. Grandmother backed him with a plea for life without parole.
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Pawn shop killer seeks commutation amid review board hearing
Death row inmate JoJulien Hicks, 26, formerly of Springfield, accused of murdering a Mount Vernon man during a pawn shop robbery, told the Illinois Prisoner Review Board on Friday he is innocent and urged a recommendation to Gov. George H. Ryan to commute his sentence to life without parole.
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Fall Festival Delights At Pinckneyville Thresherman Show
Children help stir apple butter in a copper kettle as Morgan Simpson and classmates visit the American Thresherman Association Fall Festival at Perry County Fairground Pinckneyville. Organizer Bill Schrader notes the 16th annual event aims to revive 1930s harvest life with demonstrations and educational displays about farming before modern machinery.
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Perry County Fairground
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Cowden
Dagen
St. Mark’s Lutheran School
Steeleville
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Thresherman
Bill Schrader
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Herrin Fire Department nets first FEMA grant award
Herrin Fire Department officials announced a 43027 federal grant from FEMA and the U S Fire Administration to replace a 33 year old breathing air compressor and to buy a mobile cascade system for on scene air bottle fills. Captain Tom Hatley said the four bottle system will speed refills during fires and training.
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West Frankfort weighs water rate hike with deposits
West Frankfort eyes a 45 cent per thousand gallon rate rise and a up to 90 dollar tap deposit. The plan would lift the average family bill by about 2.25 dollars monthly, while past-due accounts would be worked with. Local officials note other towns already apply similar charges and deposits.
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Rend Lake
Carterville
du Quoin
Jim Walton
Walton
Jack Woolard
Gary May
West Frankfort High School
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