Results 1 - 20 of 90 in Makanda, IL
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Rural Jackson County schools to host reunion
A reunion is planned for anyone who attended the rural schools south of Cabron-dale, including Brown, Buncombe, Rock Springs, Pomona Ridge, Pleasant Hill, Makanda and Wagner schools.
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Rural schools reunion planned for Saturday
A reunion is planned for anyone who attended the rural schools south of Cabrondale, including Brown, Buncombe, Rock Springs, Pomona Ridge, Pleasant Hill, Makanda and Wagner schools.
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Man dies from fall at Little Grand Canyon
People who knew Joey Kelly said he was one of the most caring people they ever met. Kelly, 20, of Makanda, died after falling roughly 200 feet from a bluff at Little Grand Canyon Friday. According to a press release from the Jackson County Sheriff's ...
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Man dies from fall at Little Grand Canyon
... Trail last summer. People who knew Joey Kelly said he was one of the most caring people they ever met. Kelly, 20, of Makanda, died after falling roughly 200 feet from a bluff at Little Grand Canyon Friday. According to a press release from the ...
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... County Sheriff's Department and other emergency personnel. Around 9am, the body of 20-year-old Joseph Kelly of Makanda was found at the bottom of a scenic overlook. Kelly had apparently fallen a distance of 200' from the top of the cliff and died ...
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Makanda man killed at Little Grand Canyon
Joseph Kelly, 20, of Makanda died after falling about 200 feet from a scenic overlook in Little Grand Canyon.
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Southern Illinois man falls 200 feet to death from overlook
... Grand Canyon in the Shawnee National Forest. Authorities say they found the body of 20-year-old Joseph Kelly of Makanda on Saturday morning at the bottom of the overlook. Jackon County sheriff's police say Kelly appeared to have died instantly. They ...
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Illinois man falls 200 feet to death from overlook
... Grand Canyon in the Shawnee National Forest. Authorities say they found the body of 20-year-old Joseph Kelly of Makanda on Saturday morning at the bottom of the overlook. Jackon County sheriff's police say Kelly appeared to have died instantly. They ...
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... community - and SIUC specifically - has much of what retirees are looking for in an area, said Carolyn Donow of Makanda, a retiree of SIUC's research development office who has been involved in the planning stages of the proposal. "We have ...
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Rural Areas Make it Difficult for Utility Crews to Restore Power
... Victoria Busch. The power outage problems stretch across most of the southern part of Jackson County. In the town of Makanda some folks had electricity and some did not. "There are many places that the power will be on in one part of the town and ...
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Thousands of customers in the dark in southern Illinois
... Victoria Busch. The power outage problems stretch across most of the southern part of Jackson County. In the town of Makanda some folks had electricity and some did not. "There are many places that the power will be on in one part of the town and ...
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Visitors respond as attractions conjure full season out of Halloween
Giant City State Park near Makanda in southern Illinois, is one destination promoted during the state's "Fall-OWeen." The House of Seven Gables mansion and historic site in Salem, Mass., will host some 30 ...
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Artist envisions permanent memorial in Makanda
... in the near future depending on response to a proposed 9/11 memorial monument. "Illinois seems to be the place. Makanda is an artists' community and has a good energy for creativity," said William E. "Anteater" George, a multimedia artist who has ...
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Makanda artist creates monument from Sept. 11 materials
... the day that left America reeling with disbelief. This evening, beginning around 4 p.m., a reception will be held in Makanda to recall the somber events of Sept. 11, 2001, and allow Southern Illinoisans to see a sculpture that will be the nucleus of ...
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Weekend winds look good for Cascade
... top of the balloon, which isn't noticeable during the day, but the flames illuminate them at night. Keri Stoodley of Makanda doesn't usually miss a Cascade of Colors. This year, she decided to volunteer for Richardson's crew, helping him set up the ...
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Local sportsman to sign book Saturday
... gardening and selling his produce from stands at his home, first on Pleasant Hill Road, and now on Old U.S. 51 in Makanda, just south of Cedar Lake Road. He invites friends to stop by and check out his book, then decide if his tales are as ...
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Retired postal worker and local grower becomes author
... gardening and selling his produce from stands at his home, first on Pleasant Hill Road, and now on Old U.S. 51 in Makanda, just south of Cedar Lake Road. He invites friends to stop by and check out his book, then decide if his tales are as ...
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Wife of late SIU President Walker dead at 66
... a very decent lady at heart and a genuine lady." "She was such a compassionate person," agreed Ann Marie Shepherd of Makanda, another friend. Walker, 66, whose late husband, James Walker, was president of Southern Illinois University, died Thursday ...
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New wineries keep business flowing
... in Southern Illinois and now there's a place they can stop." Orlandini Vineyard, located on Rocky Comfort Road in Makanda, recently opened a public tasting room. Gary and Noella Orlandini, planted their first vines in 1988. After years of providing ...
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... 16, 2008, while surrounded by his loving family at his daughters home in South Beloit. He was born Feb. 25, 1928 in Makanda, the son of Lester and Edna Holmes Summers. He later had a loving stepmother Faye Summers. Charles was married to the love of ...
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