Lights Return as CIPS Reopens Coal Power Use
Karen Rothe reports that CIPS can supply its second-largest industrial user, the coal industry, as mines resume output. The utility notes a 4 to 6 percent drop during conservation, with large users like JC Penney and others gradually restoring or maintaining reduced lighting and energy use while production continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Rothe
Southern Illinois
Central Illinois Public Service Company
CIPS
Sam Poe
United Mine Workers
Poe
J.C
Penney
Carbondale
George Kapplinger
Kapplinger
Indiana
Tuck Industries
Matt Maier
Illinois Power Company
Spartan Printing
Sparta
Richard Hartman
Spartan
Turco Manufacturing
du Quoin
Sam Easterly
Grand Tower seeks school district detachment review
Grand Tower Township residents petitioned to leave Shawnee Community Unit 86 and join Mississippi Valley Unit 166 due to unequal taxation. Union County hearings began with three hours of testimony. about 20 more witnesses are planned, with potential Jackson County proceedings if approved. If detached, Shawnee would lose about 224,677 in revenue. local taxes would drop about 260,000, possibly curtailing services. Mississippi Valley would house roughly 250 students at Gorham, requiring upkeep of the Grand Tower elementary school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman
Grand Tower Township
Union County
Grand Tower
Shawnee Community Unit
Wolf Lake
Mississippi Valley Unit 166
Gorham
Jackson County
Union
Alexander Counties
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Union County Board of Regional School Trustees
George Otrich
Shawnee
Otrich
Mississippi Valley
Bernie Weithorn
Mississippi Valley School
Van escort for women at risk in Carbondale
Rosa Phillips uses the Women’s Transit Authority van in Carbondale to avoid assaults. The SIU campus service, run by the Carbondale Women’s Center, is a pilot funded by the city and SIUC, with donations and volunteers aiding operations. Passengers pay 25 cents. drivers note many riders previously faced attacks and fear walking home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Perlman
Southern Illinoisan
Rosa Phillips
Ms. Phillips
Women’s Transit Authority
Carbondale
Illinois University
Carbondale Women’s Center
SIUC
Dianne Temple
Ms. Temple
Wroclaw, SIU C Sign Coal Research Exchange Pact
Wroclaw Technical University and Southern Illinois University Carbondale signed a formal exchange agreement to pursue cooperative coal research from mining to processing. Wroclaw vice president Yugoslaw Kedzin spoke at SIU C about expanding collaborations beyond current informal faculty ties. Kedzin noted Wroclaw’s programs up to PhD in engineering and science and its 11,500 undergrads with 1,800 graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinois
Poland
Wroclaw Technical University
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Wroclaw
Siu-C
Yugoslaw Kedzin
Illinois
Kedzia
SIUC
University of Kentucky
Texas Tech University
Michigan
Zeigler chief quits over unpaid hour change protest
Zeigler police chief Harry McDonald resigned after learning the mayor altered his hours with no salary increase. Public Health and Safety Commissioner Louis Selmo criticized the move while council authorized mayoral changes in employee hours. McDonald, 64, had 26 years as a St. Louis County officer before joining Zeigler. The mayor plans to appoint a new chief but will await council action. Residents express upset over abrupt personnel changes and lack of consultation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeMaris Berry
Southern Illinoisan
Zeigler
Harry McDonald
Tom Rogers
Public Health and Safety
Louis Selmo
Selmo
Selma
McDonald
St. Louis County
Murphysboro 186 board election features five candidates
Five candidates vie for three seats on Murphysboro Unit School District 186 board. Four inside Murphysboro Township contest two seats. only outsider-seat candidate Dr E L McLaughlin remains unopposed. Incumbents Mary Adams and Charles Meadows join Ken Carr and Ivan B Lively Jr in the race. Voters pick at Murphysboro Junior High cafeteria Saturday noon to 2 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stephens
Board of Education
Murphysboro Unit
Murphysboro Township
E. L. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Mary Adams
Charles Meadows
Ken Carr
Ivan B. Lively Jr
Riculum
Murphysboro Education Association
Adams
Carr
Lively
Murphysboro
USS. Navy
Salem High School
Meadows
General Telephone Co
16Th Street
21St and
Spruce Streets
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Dora Conamers, Inc
Herrin
Donald Todd
Allen Industries
Lou Faro
Clarence G
Dougherty
Weithorn
Wall and
Wash
Ington Streets
Grand Avenue Railroad
Economic Development Administration
Grand Avenue
Wall Street
Butch Nevious
State Street
Council
Rogers
Harry
Murphysboro School Board
Sion
Menard Penitentiary
Chester
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