Longtime Franklin County Sheriff Bill Wilson Dies at 64
West Frankfort resident and former Franklin County Sheriff Bill Wilson died at 9:58 a.m. Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital Mount Vernon. A 30 year veteran, he led the office from 1990 until retirement in 2010 and served as Illinois Sheriffs Association president in 2008. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Mount Vernon rider Randall K. Smith to receive full military honors
Randall K. Smith of Mount Vernon, 65, died from injuries suffered in a Saturday Spillway Road motorcycle accident in Williamson County. The Patriot Guard will lead his funeral procession with full military honors at Hughey Funeral Home at 10 a.m. Wednesday, after viewing from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Smith helped bring the Patriot Guard to Southern Illinois, riding in a group of 10 to 15 riders when he crashed head on into a pickup truck after crossing the center line. the truck driver was uninjured.
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Crash injures two teens on rural Indiana road
Two 17-year-olds were injured when a car overturned on Hamilton County Road 750 East near Road 800 North. The driver from McLeansboro lost control in loose gravel, ejecting a male passenger from Wayne City. The passenger was flown to Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. The driver received citations for improper lane usage and no valid license. the passenger for illegal alcohol use and not wearing a seat belt.
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Tamaroa fire leaves family homeless
Fire destroyed a rural Tamaroa home Sunday afternoon as four fire departments battled gusty winds. Electrical box shorted, walls cracked, and crews fought from the roof after doors and stairs became unsafe. Residents Jerry and Mrs. Higgerson were away at church.
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Deer Alert As Illinois Roads See Fewer Collisions
Illinois officials warn drivers to stay alert as deer activity rises on roads. IDOT and IDNR report 2010 vehicle deer collisions fell to 17,135 from 18,849 in 2009, the lowest since 1999, with 10 fatal crashes up from six in 2009 and deaths in Franklin and Jackson Counties.
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Deer detail codes from 2010 counts by county list
The 2010 deer data enumerate county entries with counts including Cook 562 Madison 475 Peoria 458 Sangamon 411 Will 396 LaSalle 364 Fulton 357 Pike 355 Kane 325 and Lake 320. These figures reflect statewide wildlife tallies reported for year Park or state records.
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Williamson County Board Faces 1.3 Million Budget Gap
Williamson County commissioners work through a $1.3 million shortfall in the backlogged state payments affecting the new Dec 1 budget. The gap has narrowed to about $100,000 as the board plans a special meeting Tuesday to continue budget talks and aims to finalize a balanced $13.5 million operating budget amid Illinois owes roughly $550,000 from income tax revenue.
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Local program honored by Gov. Quinn
A Southern Illinois program, NOW Nutrition of White County, is among 28 volunteer groups named by Governor Pat Quinn for the Governor's Home Town Awards. Quinn praised volunteers for improving communities and lifting the state. See program on page 6A.
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Illinois
Harrisburg Author Addresses Domestic Violence in New Novel
Harrisburg writer Lois Fowler Barrett releases A Love Story Shuugh God and Lulu about domestic violence based on her personal genesis. She plans to read a speech to agencies and organizations tackling the issue.
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Lois Fowler Barrett
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Lulu
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the Southern
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