Commission recommends 465.77 school donation for R II lots
Morris Planning Commission, by a 5-0 vote, urged a school site donation of 465.77 dollars per R II lot in Northcrest Subdivision for 46 three-bedroom houses and approved the 20-acre development’s final plat on Lisbon Road. Attorney Hanson challenged the 70-30 bedroom ratio, while Hynds defended it, noting historical density and limited two-bedroom homes built locally. Mayor Davidson and several aldermen attended, with a later finance committee meeting set with Hynds.
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Morris Planning Commission
Northcrest Subdivision
Lisbon Rd
Parklake Village
John Hanson
Leon Apanas
Hanson
Apanas
John M Hynds
Saratoga Grade
Morris Community
Hatcher Woods
Harmon Acres
Mission Hills
Hynds
Morris
Angie Strobel
Austin Bollen
Charles West
Bollen
Strobel
Jud Brown
Robert Narvick
Richard DePung
Clyde Baker
Pat Diederich
Donald Davidson Sr
Man killed during attempted jail break in Marion
Williamson County sheriff says Peter L Gordy was shot and killed by deputy Clyde Farthing after Gordy invaded the sheriff's office to free three prisoners. Gordy used an automatic rifle a .22 pistol and a hunting knife to disarm staff and force Farthing toward the jail section as responders converged.
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Marion, Ill
UPI
Williamson County
Peter L. Gordy
Gordy
Russell Oxford
Clyde Farthing
Oxford
Farthing
Marion
United Mine Workers
West Frankfort
UMW
Joan Burton
Joni Key
Deputy Sheriff's Merit Board
State Police
Marion Police
Harry Spiller
James Woolsey
Partly cloudy tonight with possible storms north and central
Partly cloudy tonight with a chance of thunderstorms in the north and central areas. Low mid 60s. Tomorrow partly sunny with cooler temps and lower humidity. Yesterday's high 89, low 67. early morning readings near 68 at Dresden Locks and Dam with .03 inches of rain by 8 a.m. Downtown Morris reported 72 at 10:55 a.m.
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Dresden Locks and Dam
Morris
Trauma system chief resigns amid probe in Illinois
Dr. Allen N. Koplin, chief of Illinois Emergency Services Medical System, resigns effective Sept. 8 amid legislative pressure and investigations into trauma program expenditures. Koplin had found another job after salary cuts and title changes by Department Director Paul Peterson. Audits by federal and state authorities probe possible misuses of funds and violations of state and federal rules.
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Springfield, Ill
UPI
Allen N. Koplin
Illinois Trauma System
Koplin
Emergency Services Medical System
Illinois Department of Public Health
General Assembly
Department
Paul Peterson
Logan judge to hear six arson cases in Morris
Illinois Supreme Court assigned Eleventh Circuit Judge John T. McCullough to hear arson cases filed against six Morris men Brent Hexdall 19 Brad Hexdall 21 Ronald Bellm 20 Jeff Ferris 20 Richard Pinder 20 and James Lock 19 The Hexdalls also face charges of damaging tombstones at Mt. Carmel Cemetery Arrests occurred Nov 17 and indictment followed Nov 22 Judge McCullough replaces Luther Dearborn who stepped aside after defense motions All 13th Circuit judges have been eliminated from the case.
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Logan County
Illinois Supreme Court
Morris
Eleventh Circuit Court
John T. McCullough
Brent Hexdall
Brad Hexdall
Chapin St
Ronald Bellm
Bedford Rd
Jeff Ferris
Black St
Richard Pinder
Douglas St
James Lock
Susan
Bellm
Mt. Carmel Cemetery
Grundy County
Saratoga School Board Special Meeting on Gym Referendum
The Saratoga School Board will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. today in the kindergarten building to discuss the possibility of a referendum for a new gymnasium.
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Saratoga School Board
Crash kills Gardner man near Grand Ridge Road
George Butter, 26, of 113 Jackson St., was pronounced dead at the scene after his 1972 Chevrolet left Tynan Rd north of Grand Ridge Rd struck a bridge abutment, rolled, and stopped in a field. Cause of death was a broken neck. Butter, a traveling construction worker employed by Phillips Gerschow Co., Las Vegas issued license, was found in a cornfield near the car. The crash occurred about 1 a.m. and involved a second car seen at Grand Ridge and Tynan Rd. prior to the arrival of police.
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Gardner
Tynan Rd
Grand Ridge Rd
George Butter
Jackson St
Grundy County
James Reeves
Reeves
Thomas Walker
Butter
Sgt. Walker
Butzer
Braidwood
Phillips Gerschow Co
Chicago
Las Vegas
Nev
Managua airport greets Marxist guerrillas amid palace takeover
Extremist actors who seized Nicaragua’s National Palace for 44 hours received a hero’s welcome at Las Mercedes airport as hundreds cheered and a crowd pressed around buses carrying released prisoners. They and some held people left on two planes bound for Venezuela and Panama, with the number per group unclear. Authorities spoke of a compromise freeing 83 prisoners and a ransom near $500,000.
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Nicaragua
UPI
Venezuela
Panama
Las Mercedes
National Guard
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
Somoza
Sandinista Liberation Army Brigade
Man hospitalized after threatening to kill Carter
Donald P. Bressette, 48, a Twin Falls freelance writer, was released to Boise hospital care after allegedly threatening to kill President Carter and Interior Secretary Andrus while they floated the Salmon River. He told Judge Christensen he would not leave the hospital without notifying U.S. marshals. Bressette, who suffers ulcers migraines and back problems, had delayed treatment before his arrest following a telephone call to Twin Falls Police.
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Boise, Idaho
UPI
President Carter
Cecil Andrus
Salmon River
Boise
Donald P. Bressette
Twin Falls
Idaho
James Christensen
Alphonsus Hospital
U.S
Bressette
Carter
Andrus
Middle Fork Salmon River
Secret Service
Washington
D.C
Karl Shurtliff
Shurtliff
Heavy rain pummels upper Great Lakes states
Heavy rain lingered across the upper Great Lakes for a second day causing minor flooding in Wisconsin with threats in Michigan. Two inches fell at Eau Claire and over an inch at Wausau while some areas saw more than 7 inches. Cities including Duluth and Superior reported over 5 inches as thunderstorms stretched from Minnesota into Michigan.
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Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Lake Michigan
Michigan State
Eau Claire
Wis
Wausau
Barnes
Gordon
Duluth
Minn
Superior Wis
Brule, Wis
Hill City
Witness leads to stalled pursuit in I-80 crash
Indiana motorist Samuel Coker was injured when a gold Plymouth station wagon cut in front of him on I-80 near Illinois 47. The suspect car left the scene. Grundy County and Morris police provided the witness report to Illinois State Police, which is delaying the official accident record. Coker, 70, of Hobart, Indiana, remained in guarded but stable condition at Morris Hospital after his car left the road into a culvert.
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Indiana
Morris
Grundy County
Illinois
Joliet
Illinois 47
Samuel Coker
Hobart
Ind
Morris Hospital
Phil Truty
Kiersted St
Coker
EPA cites Commonwealth Edison plants for air rule violations
The EPA notified Commonwealth Edison that its Waukegan Joliet and Romeoville generating plants violate opacity and particulate emission standards. Edison units reportedly emitted two to three times the permitted particulate matter. The agency also cited lack of state operating permits for some pollution control equipment.
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UPI
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Commonwealth Edison Co
Waukegan
Joliet
Romeoville
EPA
Edison
Roger Grimes
Commonwealth Edison
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