Mac Davis closes Du Quoin Fair with big Labor Day crowd
Mac Davis delivered one of the fair’s best attended shows closing Monday night with about 6,400 in the audience. Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge drew about 6,800 Sunday for SIU Day, the largest crowds reported so far. Publicist Curt Greene expects total attendance figures to be released Wednesday.
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Mac Davis
du Quoin
Curt Greene
Greene
Kris Kristofferson
Rita Coolidge
Kristofferson
Ms. Coolidge
Southern Illinois University
Sentencing set Wednesday for ex Herrin alderman Shoemake
Thomas Shoemake former Herrin Ward 4 alderman who pled guilty to a federal extortion charge faces a 10 a.m. Wednesday sentencing in Benton U S District Court. He could get up to 20 years and a $10 000 fine for taking 1500 from Southern Illinois Cable TV Inc in exchange for a vote to extend the firm’s Herrin franchise.
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Karen Rothe
Southern
Gallatin grand jury probes $4 million grain bankruptcy continues
Gallatin County grand jury reconvenes for a third session at the Shawneetown courthouse next week as Bob Williams of the Bob Williams Grain Co. faces subpoenas to testify. Williams listed assets of 1.2 million and liabilities of 6.1 million amid a bankruptcy that left about 4 million owed to 370 farmers and creditors.
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Joanne Wood
Southern Illinoisan
Gallatin County Grand Jury
Bob Williams Grain Co
Shawneetown
Williams
U.S. District Court
East St. Louis
Gallatin County
Anthony Dyhrkopp
Leah Williams
Janice Lee Lane
Grain Elevator
Wayne Alstatt
Vergennes
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Two Men Feared Dead In Ohio River Echo
Rescuers hunted the Ohio River for two men missing and feared drowned. Douglas Wargel and Ernest Barnett, both 22 from Equality, Illinois, were wading on a sandbar when a strong current pulled them under Monday.
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Old Shawneetown
Ill
Ohio River
Douglas Wargel
Ernest Barnett
Illinois
Equality
Thompson Bakalis live televised debate in Carbondale
Thompson and Bakalis prepare for a live televised debate at 8 p.m. on Channel 8 in Carbondale. The event originates from WSIU TV at Southern Illinois University Carbondale with limited studio seating and advance tickets. Topics cover education and social services.
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Thompson Vs. Bakalis
Carbondale
Channel 8
Ilinois Public Broadcasting Network
Wsiu-Tv
Communicates
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Illinois League of Women Voters
Carbondale League
Charles Percy
Alex Lmith
James Thompson
Michael Bakalis
Illinois
Bakalis
Tompson
Researcher finds clues in folk medicines from plants
Doorenbos of Southern Illinois University Carbondale notes nearly half of U S drugs come from plants and animals and many modern medicines trace to folk remedies. He cites periwinkle for leukemia and Hodgkin's disease and foxglove for congestive heart failure, warning proper use is essential.
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DeMaris Berry
Southern
Doorenbos
Illinois
England
South America
West Africa
Africa
United States
Association of Herbal Doctors
Weekend Fatalities Tape Down Southern Illinois Traffic
Illinois State Police District 13 report Operation CARE reduced weekend fatalities to two in Southern Illinois with one death on I-57 and another on Illinois 146 during Labor Day. Donna Mae Howell and Sarah Matichak are identified as the victims. Traffic stops totaled 183 tickets and 316 warnings amid 27 accidents statewide. Neu—fog expected to persist with highs near 95 and low humidity.
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du Quoin
Operation Care
Interstate
National Safety Council
Donna Mae Howell
Buckner
I-57
Sarah Matichak
Joliet
Kunycky
Kunucky
Two Juveniles Held for Threatening Jacob Woman
Two male youths about 15 threatened Helen Simpson of Jacob with a .22 pistol Monday evening. They demanded a ride to an Old Peabody Coal loading dock and warned of violence if she refused. Deputies said the suspects are in Perryville police custody awaiting state attorney action. Simpson escaped unharmed after being driven toward a dead end.
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Jackson County
Perryville
Helen Simpson
Route 1
Jacob
Cora City
Sim
Pson
Burglary Loot Across Southern Illinois Burglary loot across Southern Illinois includes golf balls and meat slicer
Over the holiday weekend in Jackson County and Williamson County burglars hit several sites. Golf balls worth 384 dollars and gloves hats and caps were stolen from Midland Hills Golf Course pro shop after a padlock was pried. At Carterville Grade School food items and a meat slicer valued about 1600 dollars were taken through a cafeteria window. The Van Natta Funeral Home in Herrin reported theft from a cash box and a filing cabinet envelope between 7:30 and 10 p.m. Monday.
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Illinois
Midland Hills
Jackson County
Sam Berst
Carterville
Williamson County
van Natta
Herrin
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James Larson
Charles Pigg
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