🌱 Mount Vernon's Exit 95 closes Thursday: Here's the detour
Mount Vernon, Illinois Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Mount Vernon! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Mount Vernon's Exit 95 closes Thursday: Here's the detour
- Route 15 to honor fallen Marine J. Kyle Price
- Remembering Rosalie Henson, 87, of Iuka
Also on today's calendar: Foster & Adopt 201 Workshop - Mt. Vernon Area Counties and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 69 and low of 41 degrees.
- Thursday: Cooler with partial sunshine, temps: high: 52, low: 31.
- Friday: Mainly cloudy and chilly, with a high of 47 and low of 23 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• I-57 ramp closure in MV begins Nov. 12 (morningsentinel.com) — Drivers heading north on I-57 into Mount Vernon will need a different exit starting Thursday, Nov. 12, when the Illinois 15 ramp at Exit 95 closes for interchange construction. The closure is expected through Nov. 25. Use Exit 94 and follow the signed detour along Veterans Memorial Drive and 45th Street. 
• State plans to rename part of Route 15 after LCPL J. Kyle Pr... (morningsentinel.com) — A stretch of Route 15 between Woodlawn and Mount Vernon will honor Jonathan Kyle Price, a Woodlawn Marine killed in Iraq at 19 who also played Mount Vernon soccer. State lawmakers will hold a dedication ceremony at noon Nov. 20 in Woodlawn, following unanimous House support for the memorial designation.
• Rosalie Henson (wmix94.com) — Rosalie Henson of Iuka, a retired Marion County Jail cook who enjoyed camping, fishing and caring for her chickens, died Nov. 8 at 87. Her survivors include daughter-in-law Debbie Henson of Mount Vernon. Services are at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Iuka, with visitation an hour beforehand.
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★ Featured events ★
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Jon Reddick with Hope Darst and Roman Collins →
Central Christian Church, 301 N. 10th St., Mt. Vernon
7:00 pm
Thursday November 12
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Other local events
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Boys 7/8th Basketball vs Costa Catholic School
Spoon River Valley CUSD 4, 35265 N Il 97, London Mills
6:00 pm -
Foster & Adopt 201 Workshop - Mt. Vernon Area Counties →
Central Christian Church, 301 North 10th Street, Mount Vernon
9:30 am -
City Council Meeting →
1100 Main Street, Mount Vernon
7:00 pm -
Girls 7/8th Basketball @ Peoria Heights Grade School
Spoon River Valley CUSD 4, 500 E. Glen Ave., Peoria Heights
4:30 pm -
Boys 7/8th Basketball vs Chillicothe Elementary Center
Spoon River Valley CUSD 4, 35265 N Il 97, London Mills
6:00 pm -
Girls Varsity Basketball @ Farmington High School
Spoon River Valley CUSD 4, 310 North Lightfoot Road, Farmington
7:30 pm -
Purple for a Purpose →
DoubleTree by Hilton, 22 Potomac Blvd., Mt. Vernon
1:00 pm -
Girls 7/8th Basketball @ Laharpe Junior High School
Spoon River Valley CUSD 4, 404 W Main, LaHarpe
5:30 pm -
Boys 7/8th Basketball vs Glasford (Illini Bluffs)
Spoon River Valley CUSD 4, Po Box 50, Cuba
6:00 pm -
Minority Affairs and Human Relations Commission Meeting →
1100 Main Street, Mount Vernon
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The Lights at Cedarhurst →
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon
Thursday November 12
Saturday November 14
Monday November 16
Tuesday November 17
Wednesday November 18
Thursday November 19
Saturday November 21
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Keegan Thomas Willis-Ashley, IL (franklincounty-news.com)
Centralia
- Illinois 18-year-old sentenced to 95 years for shooting death of 26-year-old woman (wthr.com)
- Men's Basketball Back in Action Tuesday at GSB (missouristatebears.com)
- Running sentenced to two years for traveling to meet a minor (morningsentinel.com)
Benton
- Athalia Taylor-Benton, IL (franklincounty-news.com)
- Donation helps Franklin County replace K9 lost to illness (thesouthern.com)
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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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