Carmi News

Federal mine safety investigators say an accident that killed a worker at a southern Illinois underground coal mine last year was attributable to management's failure to stress certain safety practices.

Heid, 58, a widely known Southern Illinois criminal defense attorney, collapsed at his home in Enfield sometime after 4 a.m. on Saturday.

White County Sheriff Doug Maier reports receiving a 911 call at 7 a.m. Sunday morning of a vehicle on fire on White County Road 1000 E., just north of Burrell Park.

That's a brave chicken that lives in the remnants of Norman Wilke's barn. The hen didn't leave her nest wedged in between two wood studs near the barn's staircase when a tornado hit Monday -- its winds twisting the metal roof and shearing the walls.

White county is waiting anxiously to see if Governor Pat Quinn will sign the capital spending bill.

Brooklynn Jolene Ann Hogue, 5, nearly loses the last few bites of her ketchup and cheese hot dog on her first trip to the hot dog stand Wednesday evening.

WASHINGTON - Frederick J. Karch, 91, a Marine Corps brigadier general who led the first official ground combat troops into Vietnam, died of congestive heart failure May 23 at his home in Arlington.

David Port, former director of the Carmi Chamber of Commerce, took over as Carmi's mayor this week, becoming the city's first new mayor in 20 years.

Not long after World War II, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 3851 at Carmi, Ill., was considered one of the biggest VFW posts in the United States.

Coal producer Alliance Resource Partners is crediting higher prices for a 68 percent increase in first-quarter profits.

Attending a local high school board meeting recently, I was astounded to learn that board members had to spend their time amending the school handbook to prohibit students from wearing pajamas to school.

By Staff Report Originally published 11:34 a.m., April 20, 2009 Updated 11:34 a.m., April 20, 2009 Three people were injured in an accident this morning at the Pattiki coal mine southeast of Carmi, Ill., officials with the White County, Ill.

A coal mine accident happens Monday morning White County, Illinois. Our media partner The Princeton Clarion reports three men are injured while operating an underground transportation vehicle at White County Coal's Pattiki Mine southeast of Carmi.

By Len Wells Originally published 10:30 a.m., April 8, 2009 Updated 10:30 a.m., April 8, 2009 CARMI, Ill.

The current chamber of commerce director won the race for mayor of Carmi, Illinois.

Carmi, Illinois residents are heading to the polls Tuesday, and they'll soon have a new mayor.

The polls open at 6 a.m. Tuesday for the 2009 Illinois municipal election. Voters in many Southern Illinois communities will choose mayors, village presidents, aldermen, school board members and township road officials.

The first of what likely will be a series of lawsuits has been filed in connection with an Oct.

To the disappointment of the rose growers of the region, I am one of the few men who avoid the purchase of roses on Valentine's Day - or any other occasion for that matter.

By Len Wells Originally published 01:11 p.m., February 2, 2009 Updated 01:11 p.m., February 2, 2009 CARMI, Ill.