Johnston City Liquor License Vote Tonight
The Johnston City council will decide tonight whether to grant a liquor license to J D Street and Co owners of the Citgo gas station on Grand Avenue. The debate splits officials with churches opposing near churches and schools while Mayor Vernon Kee says tax revenue justifies approval. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in council chambers.
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Johnston City
J.D. Street & Co
Citgo
Grand Avenue
Shell
West Broadway
Interstate 57
Ron’s
Vernon Kee
Marion man arrested after alleged knife attack in Town & Country
Gary Munson, 19, was arrested about 9:43 p.m. Friday after allegedly attacking Clayton Thompson, 22, in the Town & Country parking lot in Marion. No serious injuries were reported. Munson resisted police, was restrained and jailed in Williamson County. He faces aggravated battery, aggravated assault and resisting police charges. The other involved man’s name was withheld pending charges.
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Gary Munson
Clayton Thompson
Town & Country
Marion
Munsen
DeYoung Street
Williamson County
SUV Wreck Near I-57 Injures Two Passengers
A sport utility vehicle overturned at 7 02 a m Sunday on Interstate 57 mile marker 18 heading south sending one adult and one 17 year old passenger to area hospitals with minor injuries State Police identified the driver as Rigoberto Castillo 32 of Dallas and the passenger as Francisco Castillo 17 of Mexico authorities noted the driver may have fallen asleep
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Pulaski County
Rigoberto Castillo
Dallas
Francisco Castillo
Mexico
Union County Hospital
Anna
De Soto Baby Dies From Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Autopsy on 4 month old Joseph Kovacs ruled death due to SIDS. He was found on the family couch with a faint pulse Friday, pronounced dead later that day at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. Neighbors began CPR before ambulance arrival.
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Carbondale
de Soto
Jackson County
Thomas Kupferer
Joseph “Jo Jo
Daniel Kovacs
Memorial Hospital of
Joseph
Kupferer
Birthdays listed for September dates and names
The notice lists birthdays on September 15 for Bonnie Leonard Craig Ida Miller Jenny Farner Virginia Heiple Kenneth Murphy Mark Steinmetz Bill Forbes Cathy Young Bev Liebenrood Remy Vandekerkhove Marilyn Richardson Daniel Sloan Eric Dungan Kyle Borders with mentions of September 12 14 and 16 among several names.
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Ida Miller
Jenny Farner
Virginia Heiple
Oer
Kenneth Murphy
Mark Steinmetz
Bill Forbes
Cathy Young
Bev Liebenrood
Remy Vandekerkhove
Marilyn Richardson
Daniel Sloan
Eric Dungan
Kyle Borders
Judge allows Kentucky blood test as evidence in ex warden trial
A judge ruled that blood alcohol test results from Lourdes Hospital in Paducah may be admitted in the trial of William Barham, former Shawnee Correctional Center warden, charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI for an Oct 15 2000 crash that killed Jerry Isom and injured Barham. The case centers on who was driving as attorneys prepare jurors in Marion.
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Harrisburg
Kentucky
William Barham
Shawnee Correctional Center
Vienna
Shawnee
Jerry Isom
Metropolis
Barham
Randy Patchett
Marion
Johnson County
Alan McIntyre
1St Circuit
Michael Henshaw
Patchett
Lourdes Hospital
Paducah
Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois
Henshaw
Isom
Illinois 147
Simpson
Science Center opens family friendly library in Carbondale
The Harold and Jane Dycus Science Library at The Science Center in University Mall Carbondale features hundreds of books and magazines from astronomy to zoos plus quiet spaces for families. Renovated with donations from the Rotary Club Lions Club and Barnes & Noble Bookstores the area offers books puzzles discovery kits and board games while parents relax nearby with coffee.
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Carbondale
Science
University Mall
Harold and Jane Dycus
Jim Mueller
Science Center
Carbondale Rotary Club
Carbondale Lions Club
Southern Illinois Literacy Council
Henry Printing
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Mueller
Barnes & Noble
Dycuses
Jean Modglin
Modglin
Harold
Jane Dycus
Dycus
Neil Dillard
Patrick Kelley
Science Center Board
Marion city approves two tax hikes for sewer project
Marion residents will see higher sewer bills and increased sales taxes next year after the city council approved two rate increases to fund a $10 million sewer plant. The city will cover $9 million with a loan from the Economic Development Agency and the rest. The tax hikes include a 25 cent home rule sales tax increase and a monthly sewer surcharge rise averaging 5 to 6 dollars.
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Marion
Economic Development Agency
Marion teen murder trial pushed to December
In Marion a 17 year old boy charged with the June murder of 15 year old Ashleigh Sprague had his trial delayed to December after defense requests for more scientific testing at the state police crime lab. Judge Paul Murphy set December 4 as the new trial date with a final pretrial date of November 26.
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Marion
Robert Drew
Michael Hearn
State Police
Hearn
Ashleigh Sprague
Pittsburg
Williamson County
St. Clair County
Paul Murphy
Drew
Union County man wins Harley Sportster in United Way drawing
Michael Tramp Moreland of Union County won a pearl white Harley Davidson Sportster 1200cc in a United Bikes for United Way drawing sponsored by Kroger. The ticket, bought after a Sunday ride with friends and girlfriends, yielded a prize valued around ten to fourteen thousand dollars. the drawing occurred at the Boars Inn in Anna. Moreland also held the winning poker hand four aces and joked about selling lottery tickets for luck. He runs Tramp's Hang Pen bike shop near 1925 St. John's Road, south of Anna, in the Jonesboro school district.
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Union County
Michael “Tramp
Moreland
United Bikes
United Way
Kroger
Deb Carraway
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