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Mother, son facing heroin charges in Illinois
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BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southwestern Illinois mother and son already accused of concealing an overdose death now face heroin-trafficking charges. Prosecutors in St. Clair County have charged 65-year-old Deborah Perkins and 46-year-old Douglas Oliver II of Fairview Heights with trafficking and unlawfully possessing a controlled substance. The two also face federal charges that they possessed a controlled substance with plans to deliver it. The two are jailed. Bond is set at $2 million on the state charges, and there's no bond on the federal counts. Prosecutors last September charged the two with trying to conceal the overdose death of 30-year-old Jessica Williams. That Collinsville woman was reported missing two weeks before her body was found in Washington Park. Messages seeking comment were left Friday for attorneys for Perkins and Oliver. 
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Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.
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