Today’s Events and Community Activities Schedule
A busy slate includes a Wonder Water Reunion 7 to 11 p.m. at Creal Springs city park with a 7 p.m. queen pageant, live music, contests, carnival and more plus a 7 p.m. movie in Carterville and a 7:30 p.m. theater show in Harrisburg. Also SIU guitar performances in Cobden at 8 p.m., local concert series in Effingham and Paducah, a commodity distribution in Johnston City for USDA-qualified residents, and blood drives in Murphysboro De Soto and Baldwin with varying hours.
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Batteau Crisp
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Steel Magnolias
George T. Dennis Visual & Performing Arts Center
Southeastern Illinois College
Harrisburg
SIU
Yellow Moon Cafe
Front St
Cobden
Flix
Lesser Opera House
Effingham
Paducah
First United Methodist Church
Broadway St
Johnston City
USDA
American Legion
Murphysboro
de Soto Village Hall
Baldwin Energy Complex
Baldwin
Harvest festival and events in Carbondale and area
A harvest festival runs 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Olivet Free Will Baptist Church Carbondale. Youth Government Day follows at 9 a.m. Saturday at Southern Illinois University Lesar Law School auditorium with Lt. Gov. Corinne Wood as speaker. A canoe and kayak race occurs 4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday near Du Quoin with a $12 entry, information from Shawnee Trails at 529-2313.
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Olivet Free Will Baptist Church
Marion St
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Lesar Law School
Room
Corinne Wood
du Quoin
Sunfield
Pontiac Paddlers
Bush defends CIA trust amid terrorism probe and Chechnya stance
President Bush voiced strong confidence in CIA Director Tenet during a midday visit, while underscoring Pakistan's modest role and distancing Islamabad from any Afghan action plans. He urged Chechen leaders to sever ties with Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda as Putin praised the alliance against terrorism.
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George Tenet
Congress
America
Tenet
Chechnya
Russia
Vladimir Putin
Ari Fleischer
bin Laden
Osama bin Laden
al-Qaida Organization
DNA could help solve murders in police pursuit
Echols and state police say DNA testing could resolve unsolved cases involving Philips, suspected in McSharry and Clark deaths while possibly linking or exonerating him in Schumake’s. A femur bone sample will be used to create a testing standard, with results expected next year. Carol Schumake of Chicago Heights awaits closure.
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Philips
McSharry
Clark
Schumake
Wetherall
Echols
Carol
Chicago Heights
Carol Schumake
Murphysboro community video boot camp invites volunteers
WSIU invites Murphysboro residents to join a documentary project by attending two training days at the Sallie Logan Library on Oct 2 and 3. Volunteers will brainstorm ideas and create short stories about neighbors and history, with filming within 10 days of the boot camp.
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Ichenor
Murphysboro
Suski
Sallie Logan
Gen. Logan
WSIU
City Blocks Surround City Hall With Massive Boulders
Marion Indiana city officials plan to place more than 100 one ton boulders around City Hall to deter potential attackers though no threats have been reported. Four foot concrete filled steel posts will be set in sidewalks as added protection. Mayor Bill Henry and City Engineer Pat McCarty cited defensive security steps.
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City Hall
Pat McCarty
Indiana
McCarty
Local government school boards and committees meeting schedule
A compendium of public meetings across multiple counties lists Benton Cairo Carbondale Goreville Jackson Murphysboro Mount Vernon Perry Red Bud Saline Sparta and Union entities. It details times and venues including high schools city halls courthouses hospitals and municipal buildings for sessions from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on various dates. Individual boards include high schools elementary schools health departments and housing authorities with agendas spanning budgets public safety and community planning.
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Benton
Cairo
Garrison Board
Carbondale
Parrish School
Parrish
Carbondale Zoning Board of Appeals
Goreville
Jackson County Insurance Committee
Murphysboro
Jefferson County Board
Red Bud
Public Health
Saline County Board
E. Poplar St
Harrisburg
Sparta School Board
Union County Hospital Board
Anna
Lottery results brief with multiple games listed
The midday Pick Three numbers 5 4 5 and the evening Pick Three 3 7 1. Pick Four numbers are 9 7 5 2 for midday and 3 5 2 3 for evening. Little Lotto is 02 05 11 20 22 while Lotto draws are 04 07 10 11 13 46. Lotteries include Lotto jackpot of 2 million and Big Game jackpot of 28 million.
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Lotto
Kentucky Lottery Draw Summary
Kentucky announces midday and evening Pick 3 and Pick 4 results along with Lotto and Lucky Five numbers. Midday pairs include 3 1 7 and 4 1 9 9, evening draws 3 6 7 and 8 9 2 8. Lotto numbers 1 2 11 14 42 44 with a 6 million jackpot. Lucky Five 5 7 11 12 14. later Lotto 14 23 25 26 33 47 with a 14.5 million jackpot.
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Lotto
Missouri lottery draw recap shows latest numbers
The Missouri Pick 3 results were 4 0 8 and Pick 4 output 7 9 8 0. Show Me 5 numbers listed as 7 21 34 38 44 with Lotto drawn 2 9 14 23 25 43.
Accuracy hotline prompts correction for local sports errors
The Southern Illinoisan invites readers to report inaccuracies via the Accuracy Hotline. A Tuesday story mislisted Charlie Vaughn of Tamms with incorrect high school years 1955 to 58. A Wednesday piece misstated a car benefit date. the event occurred on Sept. 21 at Pinckneyville High School.
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Southern Illinoisan
Mark Samuels
Jackson County
Charlie Vaughn
Tamms
Pinckneyville High School
Southern Illinoisan contact and subscription details
Publisher and newsroom contacts list tips and hours for news tips and subscriber services. It covers phone numbers for Carbondale Murphysboro De Soto Williamson County and nationwide, plus rates for 52 26 and 12 week subscriptions and mailing addresses and post office details.
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Mark Duran Samuels
Carbondale
Murphysboro
de Soto
Williamson County
Dennis M. DeRossett
Dennis
Derossett
Southernillinoisan.com
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