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Students at Shawnee High School learn about safe driving

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012, 7:44pm

Students at Shawnee High School learn about safe driving

WOLF LAKE, IL (KFVS) - Students at Shawnee High School learned firsthand how dangerous it can be to drive under the influence.

Wednesday morning, the prom committee participated in a mock crash depicting injuries and fatalies.

The grim reaper also took students from classes to represent area traffic deaths from the last few years.

"Wait to text because that's a major thing and just drive safe," said one student. "Stick with the speed limit and stick with just the major laws out there."

"It didn't seem real at all because you don't ever picture yourself ever being on a stretcher and when you do it doesn't even feel like it should be," said another student.

Coordinators say they hope students and other drivers learn the important of driving safe.

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SIUC names over 3,000 to Fall Semester Dean's List

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Monday, February 6th, 2012, 12:47pm

SIUC names over 3,000 to Fall Semester Dean's List

CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) - Southern Ilinois University Carbondale named 3,307 student to their Fall Semester Dean's List.

SIUC says these students make up 25 percent of their undergraduate student body.

Those on the Dean's List have grade-point averages that meet or exceed performance standards set by SIUC's schools and colleges. The minimum standards vary by college and range from 3.25 to 3.75 on a scale of 4.0.

You can click here to see the entire list.

Names are listed in ZIP code order. To find a student or students, you can search by town, ZIP code or student's name.

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Final scores for Heartland Hoops 2/3

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Monday, February 6th, 2012, 11:50am

(KFVS) - The Heartland Hoops final scores for Friday, Feb. 3 are available.

You can click here to see the scores.

If you have pictures from the games, you can e-mail them to us at cNews@kfvs12.com or click here to upload them. Don't forget to include your name, where the picture was taken and a brief description.

For everything else Heartland Hoops, you can visit our Heartland Hoops page here. It features extended game highlights, wallpapers and Subway Trick Shot of the Night rules.

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Heartland Hoops 2/3

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Friday, February 3rd, 2012, 7:25pm

(KFVS) - It's Heartland Hoops time again!

If you miss the games, you can catch the scores here:

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Anna-Jonesboro students learn about safe driving

Submitted by Christy Hendricks

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012, 8:01pm

Anna-Jonesboro students learn about safe driving

ANNA, IL (KFVS) - Students at Anna-Jonesboro High School are learning how important safe driving can be.

This week is Teen Safe Driving Week at AJ.

The week kicked off Saturday during the boys basketball game.

Crosses in the halls and on school grounds signify teens in southern Illinois who have lost their lives in care wrecks in the last five years.

Students will hear from speakers whose lives were impacted by distracted driving.

"It's a community wide effort that we all need to be good role models of safe driving and it's not just for the students here," said Krystal Emrick, Anna-Jonesboro teacher. "That they actually are looking to us at a young age and seeing what we're doing and that's kind of what they're going to follow."

A state grant helped make the event possible.

Crosses in the halls and on school grounds signify teens in southern Illinois who have lost their lives in care wrecks in the last five years.

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Final scores for Heartland Hoops 1/27

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Monday, January 30th, 2012, 12:32pm

(KFVS) - The Heartland Hoops final scores for Friday, Jan. 27 are available.

You can click here to see the scores.

For everything else Heartland Hoops, you can visit our Heartland Hoops page here. It features extended game highlights, wallpapers and Subway Trick Shot of the Night rules.

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Lincoln Museum offers free school field trips for Feb.

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012, 4:48pm

Lincoln Museum offers free school field trips for Feb.

(KFVS) - The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum is offering free school field trips during the month of February for Abraham Lincoln's 203rd birthday.

At the museum, students can see ghosts come to life on stage, watch TV coverage of the 1860 presidential election, roam through the Lincoln White House, experience booming cannons in a Civil War battle and come face to face with original Lincoln artifacts.

Regular admission to the museum is $12 for adults and $6 for children ages five to 15.

All field trips to the museum are booked through the Springfield Convention and Visitor's Bureau. You can click here to book a trip.

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