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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 2003
Page
1
Column highlights Carbondale high school students engaging with global topics on 1B while Carbondale reports Maggie Flanagan seeking a mayoral recount and Pinckneyville council votes to aid local business on 1B Also notes weather forecast and editorial sections for The Southern Illinoisan readers.
Area school district announces mass layoffs affecting dozens of teachers and several secretaries. Administrators cite budget cuts and enrollment shifts as reasons behind the staffing reductions. Local reactions span concern for classrooms and support staff livelihoods.
Governor Blagojevich prepares to present a plan to balance Illinois books through 2004, aiming to close a 4.8 billion shortfall without tax hikes while proposing reforms in Springfield. Southern Illinois districts meanwhile warn of layoffs as the budget crisis bites, with Cairo school losses totaling 55 staff and potential recalls pending state funds.
A B 1B bomber struck a Baghdad residential complex in Mansour on Monday after U S intelligence indicated Saddam Hussein and other top Iraqi leaders might meet there. Two bodies were found initially, with possible toll up to 14 as rescue workers scoured rubble.
Anna Patrick Cox in Anna follows 24 hour war coverage to glimpse sons Sean and Jason Cox serving in Iraq. Sean, 31, is with the 1st Battalion of the 5th Marine Division in special operations, likely delaying contact until the conflict ends.
The new Multi Agency Drug Enforcement task force in Saline County arrested nine residents on Saturday, seizing nearly $250,000 in methamphetamine and uncovering six labs. Eight suspects face meth production and related charges, with Bond set at 10,000 for most. one man faces an additional firearms charge as authorities report a rapid string of search warrants beginning at a WalMart purchase and extending through homes in Harrisburg and Eldorado.
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