Regional aims urged for economy during HR conference
Theresa Churchill reports at Southern Illinois University Carbondale five panelists from business and planning groups urged regional development and a coordinated labor strategy. They called out untested labor, high unemployment, and perceived limits of growth while promoting a regional agency, public private partnerships, and broader Areawide support to attract industry and improve labor relations in Southern Illinois.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern
Southern Illinois Inc
Wimberly
Southern Illinois
Illinois United Mine Workers
Fetter
Diagraph Bradley Industries Inc
John Gardner
Southern Illinoisan
Gardner
Frank H. Moreno
Carbondale
Fred Walker
South Central Regional Planning Commission
Salem
Moreno
Walker
Marion to buy pump to boost water supply
Marion City Council approved purchasing a pump to draw at least a million gallons of water daily from Crab Orchard into the city reservoir. The lake continues to fall as residents consume 1.4 to 1.5 million gallons daily. phase two contemplates a booster pump to raise flow by about 400,000 gallons. A dredging contract and authorities to open beaver season were also approved to prevent flooding and improve water conveyance.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinois
Marion
Crab Orchard
City
Robert L
Dog” Connell
Glenn Clarida
Robert L. Butler
Butler
Connell
Eldorado
Harrisburg
Crab Orchard Lake
White Brothers
Illinois Department of Conservation
Crab Orchard Creek
Weather outlook: mostly cloudy tonight to Wednesday
The National Weather Service forecasts a mostly cloudy tonight and partly cloudy Wednesday with a chance of showers and thunderstorms both tonight and tomorrow. Lows upper 40s to low 50s, highs near 70s. A chance of showers Thursday, then partly cloudy Friday and Saturday with highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s.
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National Weather Service
Found votes threaten Herrin treasurer race outcome
Hundred extra ballots were found on a St. Marys School voting machine in Herrin, altering no official totals but prompting potential court action. The race remains 1510 for Terry Hughes and 1431 for Robert Hardcastle, with a recount possible only if Hardcastle files suit.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin
St. Mary’s Catholic School
Robert Hardcastle
Williamson County
Barney Boren
Terry Hughes
Hardcastle
Boren
Hughes
John Brewster
Murphysboro housing plan dropped over site concerns
Murphysboro Housing Authority halted plans for 25 low income units on a northwest site after Murphysboro City Council refused sewer extensions and concerns over police fire protection. Authority will seek alternate locations with city help while HUD warns on funds and approvals. Neighbors opposed the plan citing property values cemetery proximity and distance from amenities.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinois
Jackson County Housing Authority
Murphysboro
Authority
Housing Authority
James Seed
Sydney Appleton
Tower Grove Cemetery
Gilbert Pulcher
Seed
HUD
Mulberry Street
Jackson County
Worker dies in plunge from water tower
A 32 year old Carterville electrician, Jerry Phillips, fell 120 feet from the Veterans Administration Medical Center water tower in Marion while installing conduit for a helipad lighting system. He died instantly per coroner James R. Wilson. Phillips, owner of Phillips Electric Co., with two Carbondale workers, had worked on the tower since 1:30 p.m. and died about 4:05 p.m. after slipping near the walkway. Funeral arrangements are at Riggin-Pillatsch Funeral Home Carterville with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery.
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Carterville
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Marion
Jerry Phillips
Williamson County
James R. Wilson
Phillips
Phillips Electric Co
Wilson
Mark Evans
Keith Walinski
Carbondale
Walinski
Evans
Medical Center
Anderson
Car
Elmer Cochran
Colp
Candra Sue
Steven Scott
Herrin
Jerry Dean Jr
West Frankfort
John David
Riggin-Pillatsch Funeral Home
Hillcrest Cemetery
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Terville
Illinois Central Railroad
Centralia
Vietnam
First Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge 802
Scottish Rite
Ainad Temple
Eastern Star
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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