Today's events and meetings across Southern Illinois
A packed schedule lists Spring concert at Pinckneyville Grade School at 7 p.m. It includes Africa Week events at SIUC with Taste of Africa 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and African Drum Night and Art Exhibition 6 to 8 p.m. at Ballroom D. Sierra Club hosts Crab Orchard plan talk by Johnathan Shaffler at 7:30 p.m. at Carbondale Unitarian Church with dinner beforehand at 5:45 p.m. Other items include blood drives at John A. Logan College and SIUC, multiple city council and board meetings across Benton Cobden Mount Vernon Carbondale Murphysboro and nearby areas, and SIU board of trustees meeting at Edwardsville campus.
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Siuc
Sierra Club
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Johnathan Shaffler
Unitarian Church
University Avenue
Elm Street
Carbondale
Big Boys Q’n. Shawnee Group
Donna Ayers
John A. Logan College
East Wing
Carterville
SIU Inter-Greek Council
Carbondale approves marketing plan amid cost concerns
The Carbondale council narrowly backed a city branding program tied to a Noteworthy Communications contract. The plan could reach nearly 1 million over five years, with city managers to oversee annual budget spending and possible council action on the contract at the next meeting or April 30.
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Carbondale
Neil Dillard
Maggie Flanagan
Corene McDaniel
Brad Cole
Mike Neill
Neill
Cole
Jeff Doherty
Noteworthy Communications
Doherty
End of an era as bridal gown factory shuts in Du Quoin
In Southern Illinois a Bridal Originals plant in Du Quoin is slated to close June 14, threatening 77 workers and a line of bridal and prom gowns. The industry once employed up to 10,000 across the region. now only about 1,500 remain, harming a long standing craft and local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin
Charlene Geiser
Pinckneyville
Board approves landfill expansion near De Soto
Jackson County Board okayed the Southern Illinois Regional Landfill expansion from 267 acres to 420 acres with 10 conditions to protect health and safety. The plan followed five February hearings and includes privacy fencing landscaping and berms along the western boundary. Gary Pearson of SIRL welcomed the decision noting it benefits the county and business. The board also set four year fixed salaries for elected officials and approved ECO retirement and IMRF early retirement incentives to address fund deficits.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
Southern Illinois
de Soto
SIRL
Gary Pearson
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
Oliver’s Illinois journey ends at the Mississippi frontier
Byline recounts William Oliver’s 1841 voyage from England to America and his Illinois sojourn. The narrative covers paddle steamer life, travel via New York and Pittsburgh, cautions on slavery discussions, armed passengers, and a start to his Illinois adventures before reaching Grand Tower and Cairo area on the Mississippi.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Mississippi
Oliver
America
U.S
Cairo
Illinois
Grand Tower
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Pinckneyville Grade School
Benton
Benton Police Pension Board
Police Department
Cobden
C.E. Brehm Memorial Library Board
S. Seventh St
Mount Vernon
Township Hall
E. Main St
Elk Township Board
Elkville
Marion
Board Room
Walnut St
Zoning Board of Appeals
Public Works Complex
N. 12Th St
New
Simpson Hill
Tunnel Hill Center
Red Bud
Bloom St
St. Johns
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Edwardsville
Williamson County 911 Board
S. Park Ave
Herrin
Carbondale Council
Steve Binder
Southern Illinois University
Dillard
Flanagan
Juvy Doxsie
Jeff Smyth
Carol Crumbacher
Bridal Originals
Sensk Novara
Judy Doxsie
Ben
William Oliver
Atlantic
England
Statehood
William Andrew Mitchell
Walter M. Hill
Southern Illinois University Press
James E. Davis
Illinois College
Davis
New York
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