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Stanley died of a single stab wound to the chest along a walking trail in Auburn that was known in the past for drinking and fighting.

Peanut-free ball game Bettendorf school superintendent still on the job State delays could cost Riverdale Schools jobs, programs Sen.

A sixty-seven year old great-grandfather pleads guilty to sexual assault. Milas Moore of Jonesboro , IL pled guilty to the Class X felony of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of his four-year-old ... via Magic 95.1

“My director is in Anna so I am traveling back and forth for meetings there with different people to do interviews. "In addition to that I also need to have the best apparel to present myself the best I can during the pageant”

Jamie Lynn Johnson, Miss O'Fallon 2006, has been named Miss Heartland 2008 and now she has her sights set on the Miss Illinois title as well. via Belleville News

“Douglas, who was a well-known figure nationally, was what we would call a flip-flopper”

To hear his words today, Abraham Lincoln might be labeled a racist, and his opponent in the historic Illinois debates of 150 years ago, Stephen Douglas, certainly would be labeled one. via MLive.com

Robert Pitts Jr., 23, will go to trial on March 24 on charges he allegedly shot and killed his parents just days before Christmas in 2006. via Southern Illinoisan

“She actually had a broken pelvic bone and sacral bone”

A Saturday morning accident on Old U.S. 51 in Union County sent three people to the hospital. via Southern Illinoisan

“These are our future thinkers.”

Illustrating a variety of subjects through various media, the artistic creations of Southern Illinois students were on exhibit here Sunday afternoon. via Southern Illinoisan

Gilbert Harrell Knupp, 95, of Anna died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008, at Union County Hospital. via Southeast Missourian

Posted on 01/29/2008 2:35:24 PM PST by Conservababe Please post conditions and damage of this strong system. via Freerepublic.com

“Excelling at the things you do. If you choose to do something, do it 110 percent, don't do it halfway.”

Though Ashley Hatfield will be representing the entire state of Illinois this week at the Miss America pageant, Southern Illinoisans can take pride in the fact that one of our own might soon be wearing the ... via Southern Illinoisan

“It's just something you've got to do.”

One of the prettiest drives in Southern Illinois follows the route of Illinois 146 between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. via Southern Illinoisan

JONESBORO, Ill. - A former Union County attorney accused of stealing money from clients is scheduled to go on trial next month in the southern Illinois community of Jonesboro. via Quad-City Times

Paul Sharp, 82, of rural Anna died Wednesday Jan. 2, 2008, at his home. He was born Jan. via Southeast Missourian

Illinois voters go to the polls Feb. 5 for a primary election to select candidates for offices from the county level to the U.S. House. via Southeast Missourian

“She took care of her brothers and sisters and she took care of us”

Surrounded by family and friends, Lena Markert Schaefer celebrated a century filled with love Saturday. via Southern Illinoisan

“At their best the pottery's designs are not only strikingly original -- I will argue seminal -- but surprisingly forwarded-looking, even contemporary, in their invocation of sexual, social, cultural and political themes.”

During the last half of the 19th century, brothers Cornwall and Wallace Kirkpatrick operated a pottery here that produced utilitarian and sometimes eccentric ceramic pieces. via Southeast Missourian

Two Southern Illinois men will spend two years on probation after pleading guilty this week to aggravated battery. via KZIM-AM Cape Girardeau

“While nothing had been filed, Pat was still at liberty to go wherever he liked. This is America”

A Union County attorney who had not been seen publicly for months has been arrested in Florida on Illinois charges that he stole money from former clients. via STLtoday

Mark Allen's Journal Click here to see the latest in Mark Allen's Journal. With love, laughter, music and memories he shares these stories with you. via WTHI-TV Terre Haute