State lags on funding early childhood program
Mount Carmel, IL. Wabash Community Unit Schools Superintendent Dr. Chuck Bleyer reported at the Aug. 13 board meeting that Illinois has not committed funding for the 0 3 Early Childhood Prevention Initiative. The district relies on state grants and FRIS has no reference to the initiative. SEE FUNDING/PAGE A2
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Mount Carmel
Wabash Community Unit
Chuck Bleyer
Illinois
Wabash
Tim Buss
Illinois State Board of Education
Bleyer
FRIS
Orio chowder to mark 99th year at church
Orio chowder will be served for the 99th year on Saturday September 1. Janet Oliver says 1150 gallons must be prepared to meet orders for serving and sales across from Wabash Presbyterian Church on Illinois Highway 11 starting at 7 30 a m. Proceeds benefit Ohio Cemetery upkeep and local mission work split evenly.
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Janet Oliver
Ohio
Oliver
Wabash Presbyterian Church
Cemetery plots resold prompt police probe in South Roxana
South Roxana police are investigating cemetery plot resales after complaints from three families. Subpoenas were served for Wanda Cemetery records, including all sales receipts from 1990 through 2018, to verify alleged double sales and a bookkeeping error noted in March.
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South Roxana
Illinois
Bob Coles
Wanda Cemetery
Coles
Belleville News-Democrat
Wanda
Diana Williams
Cole
Williams
Teddy bear kindness from Peoria officer warms children
Curtis Lindsay, a Peoria police veteran about to retire, gives out stuffed bears with a police badge patch to children seen in public or whose families face trouble. He aims to brighten a child’s day while reshaping community impressions of the department.
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Curtis Lindsay
Lindsay
Peoria
Peoria Police
River West
Lindsey
Loren Marion
Weekend Weather Outlook Turns Showery
Sunday brings 87 with 70 percent humidity and mostly cloudy skies, followed by 83 and 72 with a few showers on Monday. Tuesday cools to 79 with 62 and scattered storms, shaping a unsettled start to the workweek.
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