Quinns forced school consolidation faces hurdles
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn backs a plan to consolidate districts to save about 100 million in overhead while eliminating regional education offices. State Superintendent Chris Koch cautions on ease and notes savings are unclear due to renegotiated salaries and transport costs. both leaders indicate no immediate legislative action this year.
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Springfield
Pat Quinn
Chris Koch
Michael Madigan
Quinn
Koch
Illinois
Libyan students discuss Libyan conflict at SIUC center
Misurata graduates Eshtaiwi Mazin Al-Shawish Wafa Abuella Abushaiba gathered at the Islamic Center of Carbondale to speak about Libya. They described a city under Gadhafi forces with families cut off from food water and medical care, uncertain about relatives' fate.
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Carbondale
Saleh Eshtaiwi
Misurata
Libya
Muammar Gadhafi
Eshtaiwi
SIUC
Asim Mazin
Ani Al-Shawish
Osama Wafa
Mohamed Abuella
Ali Abushaiba
Islamic Center of
Alan Rogers
Gaddafi says Western leaders should resign over airstrikes
Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi defies calls to quit as two top officials defect, insisting the blame lies with Western leaders who have decimated his forces. State TV carried his address while signals of his weakening regime appeared in the resignations of Moussa Koussa and Ali Treki, underscoring a crumbling inner circle.
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Tripoli
Libya
Muammar Gaddafi
Gaddafi
White House
Moussa Koussa
Tunisia
England
Ali Abdessalam Treki
U.N. General Assembly
Man beat neighbor with skillet in home invasion case
West Frankfort police say 29-year-old Jared L. Arnett entered a neighbor's home on East Eighth Street and struck a 33-year-old woman with an electric skillet, leaving multiple lacerations. He was found nearby, charged with home invasion and jailed. victim treated and released.
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West Frankfort
Jared L. Arnett
Jeff Tharp
East Eighth Street
Tharp
Arnett
Franklin County
Herrin Hospital
Carbondale Mayoral Candidates Debate Race Hiring
NAACP sponsored forum covered racial inequities in city hiring. Steven Haynes urged an honest start and mayoral leadership to recruit qualified applicants. Sam Goldman pushes broader candidate pools and union training. George Maroney cites school failures and basic reforms to improve future hiring.
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NAACP
Bmma C. Hayes Center
Steven Haynes
Haynes
Sam Goldman
Chan
Cellor
Southern Illinois University
Goldman
Saluki Way
George Maroney
Memorial Hospital of
Alan Rogers
Joel Fritzler
Stephen Haynes
Emma C. Hayes Center
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