October 2023

Perryville Police reports

PERRYVILLE – The Perryville Police Department has released its latest reports.   55-year-old Jesse Watts of Patton was cited for driving while revoked or suspended following a traffic stop at 8:23 p.m. September 9 on Highway 51 near Mission Street.   40-year-old Jessica Grayson of Perryville was cited for driving while revoked or suspended following

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Protect Illinois Communities Act endorsment affidavit now available

SPRINGFIELD – People can now submit an endorsement affidavit online for assault weapons, assault weapon attachments, .50 caliber rifles, and .50 caliber cartridges.    On January 10, 2023, Governor JB Pritzker signed into law Public Act 102-1116, the Protect Illinois Communities Act, regulating the sale and distribution of these items in Illinois, along with large capacity ammunition

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SIU dedicates portrait by artist Herbert Fink of ‘education senator’ who helped transform institution

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — John G. Gilbert worked as the “education senator” alongside his close friend SIU President Delyte W. Morris in helping transform Southern Illinois University Carbondale from a small teachers college to a major university in the 1960s and 1970s. Fitting tribute: A lithograph of former Illinois state Sen. John G.

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Christopher G. Sallman

Christopher G. Sallman, 58, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 9:44 pm, Friday, September 29, 2023 at Memorial Hospital, Chester, Illinois.   He was born to the late Glenn Sallman and Dorothy (nee Light) Sallman Easter on February 24, 1965 in St. Louis, Missouri.   Christopher worked at Andy’s Auto Body in Chester, Illinois.  

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