Carterville Considers Tri-C Crime Watch Initiative
Carterville Police plan a community crime prevention program at Carterville Grade School to form Tri-C Crime Watch uniting Carterville Cambria and Crainville. Lt. Arthur Otey outlines components including crime statistics, block parent signups, neighborhood watch, and a hands up self protection concept to boost citizen awareness and reduce opportunities for crime.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Carterville
Otey
Police Department
Tri-C
Cambria
Crainville
Williamson airport tower to stay closed indefinitely
FAA keeps Williamson County Airport air traffic control tower closed amid ongoing controller shortages. Engineering work begins on a 1.016 million dollar tower at Southern Illinois Airport while temporary staffing shifts continue and other nearby towers face closure.
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Jim Santori
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson County
Southern Illinois Airport
Federal Aviation Administration
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FAA
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Carle
Southern Illinois
Robert Lang
Dave Richards
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Mike Hughes
Dan Koch
Paducah, Ky
Jackie Sparks
Pete Wiggins
FAA Air Controller Academy
Cape Girardeau
Paducah
Bill Casey
U.S. Marine
David Overly
West Hale Aviation
Carbondale
Azevedo slaying unsolved after one year
Exactly one year has passed since Marie Azevedo was found shot to death in a field near Carbondale. The case remains open with little new information released by the Jackson County Sheriff’s office or State’s Attorney John Clemons.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Marie Azevedo
Carbondale
Pine St
Murphysboro
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale Social and Community Services
Don White
John Clemons
Tornado devastates Ina as cleanup continues
In Ina a tornado touched down Tuesday night injuring four people, one critically. Nancy Kidd, 30, was buried in a modular home and later hospitalized with head injuries. Her children Becky 12 and Bradley 4 were listed in fair condition with lacerations. Gene Kidd escaped injury. Larue McCulley 79 of Mattoon was treated for abdominal injuries and released. Damage is estimated at about $1 million with 14 homes destroyed and 41 damaged. Power and phone service were restored by Tuesday afternoon. Cleanup proceeded efficiently with most work to finish by tomorrow night.
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Ina
Nancy Kidd
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mount Vernon
Becky
Timber, not corn, urged for Southern Illinois farms
Robert Hann of the U S Forest Service told about 125 attendees at SIU Carbondale that the Midwest should push forestry over crops within five years to build a forest-based economy. He cited land reclamation sites, soil protection, and long-range benefits, urging tax incentives and unity among foresters to meet rising wood product prices and energy conservation goals.
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Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Robert Hann
Midwest Foresters
Hann
U.S. Forest Service
North Central Forest
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Midwest
West Coast
United States
Illinois
Herrin Assistant Fire Chief Nominated for Top Job
Lindell Carrasco, a six year Herrin Fire Department member and current assistant chief, is nominated for fire chief at the April 12 city council meeting. Mayor Swinford and public safety officials praised Carrasco’s self starting programs and commitment to training, inspections, and street presence.
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Southern
Swinford
Carrasco
Herrin
Fire Department
Corrasco
Peggy Odum
Totland Day Care Center
Energy
Marion native returns to host coast to coast country show
Marion native Charles Gulledge known as Chuck Morgan returns to WDDD to host Hot Country Nights on the Music Country Network from Nashville. The all night live program airs 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. with Barbara Mandrell as the first guest. Gulledge previously worked at WDDD in 1972 73 and later at WMAK Nashville and WSM. The AP WSM Grand Ole Opry and Opryland Productions sponsor the network show. WDDD will provide material and a toll free call line. A prize trip to Nashville will be offered to a listener winner. A new early morning format for WDDD WDDW Johnston City begins with the Waking Crew.
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O. R. Walley
Southern Illinois
Marion
WDDD
Charles Gulledge
Music Country Network
Nashville
Tenn
Gulledge
Chuck Morgan
Barbara Mandrell
WMAK
WSM
Illinois
Doelitzsch
Opryland
Grand Ol’ Opry
WDDW
Johnston City
Jay Pierce
Bruce Welker
Rod Sievers
State seeks to delay Bowen shutdown until after June
Chicago judge holds injunction on Bowen Developmental Center action as AFSCME fights closing of Bowen in Harrisburg and Adler Mental Health Center in Champaign. State officials say no patient transfers before June 30. AFSCME presses for emergency relief to prevent funds from being moved and to gain legislative funding, aiming for a budget action before the deadline.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Bowen
Harrisburg
Chicago
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Afscme
Illinois General Assembly
Adler
Champaign
Hank Scheff
Attorney General
Arthur Dunne
Scheff
Johnson board weighs night meetings and reassessments
The Johnson County Board considers adding occasional evening sessions atLake of Egypt residents request. Bruce Walters reports near completion of a countywide real property reassessment with work left in New Burnside Grantsburg and Lake of Egypt areas. The board approves $60 monthly raises for two field assessors Danny Rockwell and Van Carr. Also voted to pay for ambulance repairs at Vienna Correctional Center shop and to use federal aid matching funds for intermittent repairs on two county blacktop roads.
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Johnson County
Lake of Egypt
Ed Hartman
Verlo Butz
Lake
Vienna
Bruce Walters
Burnside
Grantsburg
Walters
Danny Rockwell
van Carr
Vienna Correctional Center
Marion cemetery damage repaired after vandalism incident
Commissioner Robert Connell said vandals damaged about 50 gravestones at Old Rose Hill Cemetery in Marion Monday night. Most stones have been reset and broken urns repaired as police continue investigations with potential prosecutions for those arrested.
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Old Rose Hill
Marion
Robert Connell
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