Franz recalls SIUC years with fond memories
Dennis Franz, a 1968 graduate of Southern Illinois University Carbondale theater, recalls his student days as filled with good memories. He notes classwork was incidental to the overall experience of going away to school and confirms his education happened. The actor, famous for Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue, is among locals profiled in Southern Illinois by the Numbers.
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Franz, the NYPD Blue star, reflects on 28 police roles
The Chicago actor Franz notes he has played a police officer 28 times, starting in 1976 with The Organic Theater Company in Chicago alongside Joe Mantegna. He recalls auditing cop culture to craft his Andy Sipowicz persona and finds a lifelong niche in police roles.
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Chicago
Organic Theater Company
David Mamet
Joe Mantegna
Andy Sipowicz
Nypd Blue
Marion couple to perform in Dancing with the Stars fundraiser
George and Sue Trammell of Marion join nine couples in a Dancing with the Stars style show at the Marion Cultural and Civic Center on October 6 at 7 p.m. Organized by Artstarts, the charity event features Disco tunes and more than 100 youth dancers, with nine charities represented and local participants training at John A. Logan College.
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Sue Trammell
ABC
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Southern Illinois
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Latta Java
Aouette Rould
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Marion Cultural and Civic Center Stage
Dancing Stars fundraiser teams announced for Williamson County
Sue Trammell from Logan leads a dancing team with her partner as they prepare for the Dancing with the Stars event. The Williamson County CASA will be represented along with Hospice of Southern Illinois, Marion Ministerial Alliance, Lighthouse shelter, Mississippi River Radio, The Women's Center and the Williamson County Child's Advocacy Center.
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Williamson County
CASA
Tom Cundiff
Jan Bowman-Marsh
Hospice of
Southern Illinois
John Bradley
Nancy Bundy
Marion
Flights From Marion to St Louis Resume This Week
Flights to St Louis from Williamson County Regional Airport resume, with routes to Quincy and Decatur also back. Durbin announced Great Lakes Airlines will start service on Nov 4 under a two year Essential Air Service contract worth 3.5 million dollars annually, after Regions Air halted service March 8. Durbin called the move a relief for travelers, businesses and tourists in downstate Illinois and noted collaboration with American Airlines and the DOT to restore affordable air service.
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Decatur
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Springfield
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Downstate
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Illinois
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Department of Transportation
Phase one of Illinois 13 127 bypass project nears finish
IDOT says the initial phase of the Illinois 13 127 improvement project is nearly complete with final four lane expansion planned from Murphysboro to Pinckneyville. A final public hearing will be held Oct 11 at Pinckneyville Junior High School from 4 to 7 pm to discuss final plans.
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Herrin poet nominated again for Nobel Prize
Joy Rainey King, a poet from Herrin, received a Nobel Prize in Literature nomination letter. Her nominator Dr. V S Prasad, president of the Chelana Literary Group in Pandesh, Mangalore, India, had hinted at another nomination after a prior nod three years earlier. The letter was addressed to the Nobel Committee in Stockholm.
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