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🌱 Unbeaten Orphans break new ground in the football playoffs

Centralia, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min read

Hi Centralia! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Unbeaten Orphans break new ground in the football playoffs
  • Centralia teen sentenced to 95 years in Indiana murder case
  • Remembering Rosalie Henson, retired Marion County Jail cook

Also on today's calendar: Words, Power, and Community: Dr. Eve L. Ewing and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A t-storm; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 69 and low of 41 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 53, low: 33.
  • Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 45 and low of 27 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Orphans stay unbeaten, advance in playoffs (morningsentinel.com) — Centralia High School football has reached new ground: 11 wins and the program's first trip to the playoff quarterfinals. The unbeaten Orphans defeated Mount Zion 34-14 at Evers Field, with two long touchdown connections between Archie Goewey and Kenny Bratton helping secure the historic victory.
   

• Illinois 18-year-old sentenced to 95 years for shooting death of 26-year-old woman (wthr.com) — Rejon Smith, an 18-year-old from Centralia, was sentenced Nov. 10 to 95 years in prison for offenses connected to Dayla Swain's shooting death in Anderson, Indiana. A jury convicted him of murder and other charges, with a criminal organization enhancement accounting for half his total sentence.
   

• Rosalie Henson (wmix94.com) — Rosalie Henson of Iuka, a retired Marion County Jail cook, died Nov. 8 at Liberty Village in Centralia at age 87. She enjoyed camping, fishing and caring for her plants and chickens. Her funeral is Friday, Nov. 13, at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Iuka, with visitation beginning an hour earlier.
   

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    Tuesday November 17
  • Girls Basketball @ Mt. Vernon
    Centralia Jr High School Centralia, IL 62801
    5:30 pm

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Ok Centralia! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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