January 2010

<p style="line-height: 150%;" class="MsoNormal"><strong style=""><span style="">         </span> <span style="">      </span>Mrs. Dianne G. File, age 62 of Cobden, died at 2:39 A.M. Friday, October 1, 2010 due to complications from Polycystic Kidney Disease at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. She was born February 16, 1948 in Decatur, the daughter of Donald and Shirley Tolliver Mathias. She married Burrell Dewayne File on October 3, 1986 in Decatur; he preceded her in death on January 9, 2006.</strong></p>

Garrett Nadeau was 3-for-3 with 2 home runs and 4 RBIs to lead Jonesboro to a 5-4 win over Christopher in first-round action of the Class M state junior high school baseball Tournament at Pinckneyville Saturday, Oct. 2.

Dallas Marks was 1-for-3 with a triple and an RBI. Wade Haire and Elliott Cross were each 1-for-3.

Zane DeWitt and Nadeau pitched in the win. DeWitt pitched 4 innings and allowed a hit to go with a walk and 4 strikeouts. Nadeau pitched 3 innings and allowed a hit to go with no walks and 2 strikeouts.

A Union County man was facing charges in connection with an alleged abduction in which a local woman was stabbed with a knife.

The incident unfolded Monday night in Union and Alexander counties.

Union County State’s Attorney Tyler R. Edmonds said Wednesday morning that he was planning to file charges against Bradley Scott Schlenker, 37, of 965 Toll Gate Rd. in rural Anna.

Edmonds said Schlenker would be charged with multiple counts of aggravated kidnapping, which is a Class X felony.

The Anna-Jonesboro High School football team had lost its three previous games largely in part due to  mistakes and fumbles.

But last Friday night, the Wildcats appeared to have apparently remedied some of those miscues on their way to an overpowering 56-22 victory over host Benton.

Both A-J and Benton faced must-win situations in the game in terms of their 2010 postseason hopes.

“Our kids played with a sense of urgency,” A-J head football coach Brett Detering said. “They played like it was their last game.”