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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 2004
Page
4
The Southern Illinoisan lists its editorial staff and contact details for submissions including Publisher Dennis DeRossett Editor Meta Minton and Jeff Smyth Voice of the Reader. It outlines tips for letters to the editor, word limits, signature requirements, privacy rules, and restrictions on poetry or mass submissions.
Illinois enters highway construction season with jokes about orange cones fading to seriousness. Work zones killed 46 people last year, 39 of them drivers or pedestrians while workers also died. Illinois Department of Transportation designates this week as Work Zone Safety Week to remind motorists to slow and stay alert.
Governor signs law to treat speeding through road work zones as reckless homicide with 3 to 14 year prison terms and fines up to ten thousand dollars. Police will monitor sites with radar and uniformed troopers. IDOT expands warning signs and driver education while crews modernize zones. Enforcement runs through fall across Southern Illinois as major county projects spark delays.
A letter to the editor criticizes Senator Richard Durbin for opposing the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, praising supporters like Peter Fitzgerald and Rep. Costello. It discusses No Child Left Behind funding, local Illinois school tax proposals, and concerns over education bureaucracy and test prep in Evanston and Chester, highlighting state budget cuts to substance abuse services and rising meth usage in Southern Illinois.
Anne Howell, 65, visiting Cairo, helped steer two youths charged with attempted robbery toward reform after a judge and prosecutor backed a plea. Brandon Childs, Leonard Duncan faced felonies. Childs pled guilty to a misdemeanor, with Howell aiding the plea. Duncan awaits resolution, while both seek a chance to prove themselves. Howell returned home, praising forgiveness and urging constructive futures.
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