Heartland Football Friday schedule 9/30

Submitted by KFVS Web Staff

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011, 11:51am

Here is the tentative Heartland Football Friday schedule for September 30th.

Missouri Games

Dexter at Charleston
Sikeston at NMCC
Cape Central at St. Charles West
Vashon at Jackson
Portageville at Scott City

Illinois Games

Sparta at Anna-Jonesboro
Belleville at Marion
Du Quoin at Carterville

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IDPH: Wednesday is World Rabies Day

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Digital Content Producer

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011, 12:53pm

PERRY COUNTY, IL (KFVS) - The Illinois Department of Health says Wednesday, September 28 is World Rabies Day, a global campaign to spread the word about rabies prevention.

The theme this year is "Working Together to Make Rabies History." It was founded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Alliance for Rabies Control to bring people from around the world together.

“Rabies can be prevented through increased awareness and education about the disease, as well as pet vaccinations,” said Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Damon T. Arnold. “Preventing and controlling rabies starts at the community level. World Rabies Day is an excellent time to talk with a veterinarian about pet vaccinations and learn what animals typically transmit rabies and how to avoid them.”

Rabies is a virus that affects the nervous system of humans and other mammals.

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10th anniversary of the Pink Bagel

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Digital Content Producer

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011, 10:34am

CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) - Pink Ribbon Bagels celebrate 10 years of fighting breast cancer.

In October, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Panera sells the Pink Ribbon Bagel with a portion of the proceeds from each bagel going to a variety of breast cancer causes throughout the country.

Panera says donations from the sale of the bagel have now raised more than $1 million for breast cancer charities. They say they hope to make 2011 the largest year for donations ever.

The concept began in 2001 when Sue Stees, co-owner of 18 Panera Bread franchises and a breast cancer survivor began searching for ways to help other women fighting the same disease. She developed the Pink Ribbon Bagel and sold 27,000 of them in the first year.

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DuQuoin to flush fire hydrants

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Digital Content Producer

Monday, September 26th, 2011, 3:20pm

DUQUOIN, IL (KFVS) - The city of DuQuoin says they will be flushing fire hydrants starting the week of September 27.

According to the city, the flushing will be finished with about three weeks. They will start in the northwest quadrant, then the southwest, northeast and then the southeast.

After flushing hydrants within the city limits, the city says South Washington Street all the way to the county line at Beech Road will also be flushed.

The city says residents may notice a difference in water color. They recommend that residents not wash white clothes when flushing is being done in their quadrant.

The former Old DuQuoin Water District is excluded.

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Open house for new addition at Pinckneyville's RLC campus

Submitted by Alycia Dobrinick on Monday, September 26th, 12:43 pm

PINCKNEYVILLE, IL (KFVS) - The Rend Lake College Foundation will hold an open house for the new Science and Computer Center at the RLC Murphy-Wall Pinckneyville Campus.

That open house will take place on Thursday, September 29th. The ceremony begins at 10:00 a.m. followed by refreshments from 10:30 a.m. Until noon.

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Memorial poker run brings awareness to teen killed, bi-polarism

Submitted by KFVS Web Staff

Monday, September 26th, 2011, 10:25am

The family and friends of a Heartland teen killed last summer came together Saturday to honor her life and bring awareness to a health condition.

It's the 2^nd year for the Sidnee Stephens Poker Run and Silent Auction hosted by her family.

Sidnee's mother says it's important to keep her daughters bi-polar disorder at the forefront of people's minds. That way, she says those who need the help can get it.

"And the states doing so many cuts in the mental health field that there wasn't a whole lot then to begin with, now there's even less, said Tracy Stephens."So this is something we can do to help those kids and parents who are stuck in the middle."

Family members plan to donate 100-percent of the proceeds from this year's poker run to charity.

It will be divided between the Carbondale SIRS Agency and a scholarship fund at the Pinckneyville High School in Sidnee's honor.

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Car seat safety check points set up across Illinois

Submitted by KFVS Web Staff

Sunday, September 25th, 2011, 1:23pm

When it comes to keeping kids safe in their car seats sometimes all it takes is a little instruction and guidance.

That's exactly what law enforcement, health care agencies and the Illinois Department of Transportation offered Saturday.

The program called "Don't Leap Too Soon" set up car seat safety check points in more than 80 locations in the state.

"The reason it's so important is because 80-percent of the car seats that come through our checks are incorrectly installed," said ISP Trooper David Sneed. "So when you look at the big picture that's a lot of kids running around the nation not secured properly in their car seat."

Illinois wasn't the only place in the nation taking part in the "Don't Leap Too Soon" program. Car seat safety check points were set up all across the Heartland Saturday, and around the nation.

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