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The Benton News is an American weekly newspaper published in Benton, Illinois. In addition to Benton, the Evening News covers Christopher , Sesser and Thompsonville , and Franklin County . References
GateHouse also owns The Benton Evening News, another daily covering Franklin County, Illinois. On April 1, 2015, Gatehouse Media announced that the Daily American would cease publication the week of May 10, 2015, ending nearly a century of providing local and national news to the residents of the West Frankfort area.
Franklin County is a county in Southern Illinois. At the 2020 census , it had a population of 37,804. [ 1 ] The largest city is West Frankfort and the county seat is Benton . [ 2 ]
Benton is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Illinois.The population was 6,709 at the 2020 census. [3] In 1839, Franklin County was split roughly in half and the county seat was permanently fixed "at a hill at the south end of Rowling's Prairie", the site of the future city of Benton.
Charles Birger was born to a Jewish family in the Russian Empire, and emigrated to the United States as a child with his parents.Birger and his family settled in St. Louis, where, aged eight, Charlie got a job as a news boy at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper.
Pages in category "People from Franklin County, Illinois" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
People from Franklin County, Illinois (5 C, 13 P) People from Fulton County, Illinois (7 C, 20 P) G. People from Gallatin County, Illinois (1 C, 11 P)
Don Cross; Biographical details; Born January 26, 1925Sesser, Illinois, U.S.: Died: November 29, 2003 (aged 78) Kimberling City, Missouri, U.S.: Playing career; 1947 ...