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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 2003
Page
1
A De Soto city column honors a student killed on Christmas Eve as part of the 1B feature. Inside Murphysboro coverage notes opening arguments in a murder trial. Carbondale focuses on tuition increases at SIUC and a local Business Development Corp honor.
Rend Lake Conservancy District audit by Brown Smith Wallace finds more than 500000 in potential improprieties by General Manager Kevin Davis and related disbursements. The probe covers funds from 1994 onward and followed February seizure of computers and staff leaves. Davis declined comment while district attorney Terry Black called the findings surprising.
Governor Blagojevich, addressing 300 Southern Illinois residents at John A. Logan College, voiced mixed statewide reviews but stressed optimism. He outlined budget cuts, agency consolidations, a 6000-state-employee reduction, a hiring freeze, and fewer vehicles, aiming to trim the 5 billion deficit, without tax increases. He promoted ethics reforms, an inspector general, and prompt bill payments to restore public trust.
Marion resident Cleo Craig, aged 113, is now the third oldest American and eighth oldest person worldwide after Mary Christian of California died. The Gerontology Research Group lists her among verified supercentenarians. a nursing home nurse describes her as in good health, able to wash and feed herself though hearing is diminished.
Cairo mayor James Wilson abruptly resigned on Tuesday eight days before Paul Farris, the newly elected mayor, takes office. Alderman Joseph Thurston named acting mayor until Farris’s oath on May 1 after Farris, a Republican, defeated Wilson, a 12 year Democratic incumbent by 117 votes in April. Wilson mailed his resignation letter to the city council, which accepted it at a noon meeting.
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