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  2. Herrin, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Isaac Herring entered the first land in what became Herrin on 4 November 1816, two years before Illinois became a state. He paid $2 an acre for the 160 acres (65 ha). At the time he lived to the west in Jackson County , the land entry was the northeast quarter off Section 30, Township 8 South, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian . [ 5 ]

  3. Herrin massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Herrin massacre took place on June 21–22, 1922 in Herrin, Illinois, in a coal mining area during a nationwide strike by the United Mineworkers of America (UMWA). ). Although the owner of the mine originally agreed with the union to observe the strike, when the price of coal went up, he hired non-union workers to produce and ship out coal, as he had high debt in start-

  4. Bodycam video shows fatal police shooting of 4-year-old ...

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    Body camera video was released this week of a March 16 police shooting that killed an Illinois man and the 4-year-old boy he was holding hostage.

  5. Kiss and Kill - Wikipedia

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    Herring and Williams went next to a stock tank on his parents' hunting property in Winkler County, 26 miles (42 km) from Downtown Odessa. He shot her in the head with a twelve-gauge shotgun, destroying much of it, attached weights to the body, and threw it into the tank. Herring stated that Williams chose the weapon he used to kill her.

  6. Illinois police release bodycam video of fatal shooting of ...

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    Body-camera footage showing the fatal police shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who had called 911 for help, was released Monday in a case that has led to murder charges against a ...

  7. Williamson County, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Williamson County is a county in Southern Illinois. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 67,153. [1] The largest city and county seat is Marion. [2] Williamson County is included in the Carbondale-Marion, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. This area of Southern Illinois is known locally as "Little Egypt".

  8. Ku Klux Klan in Southern Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The lynching of Isaac Vancil took place on April 22, 1872, near Herrin's Prairie in Williamson County, Illinois. The first reports said that "Vancil was an old man of 72, quite wealthy, and the outrage creates great excitement in the country." [4] [5] Vancil was first cousin to Illinois Lieutenant-Governor John Dougherty. [6]

  9. Category:People from Herrin, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    People born in, from, or otherwise associated with Herrin, Illinois Pages in category "People from Herrin, Illinois" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.