Calendar notices list public meetings and events
Public notices list Thompsonville Village Board Herrin Library Board Benton Municipal Airport Board and others with Tuesday 7 to 8 p.m. meetings. Also hearings on Lake land annexation and new sewer system. Includes movie listings, gardens, and arts events at SIU Edwardsville and local venues.
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Thompsonville
Herrin
Benton Municipal Airport Board
Southern Illinois Medical Center
Mt. Vernon
Greater Egypt
Regional Planning and Development Commission
Future Regional Planning Committee
Benton Community Bank
Benton
Jonesboro
Board Hears Tax Complaints In Williamson County
The Williamson County Board of Review began hearing real estate evaluation complaints at 8 a.m. Today. About 300 complaints are scheduled over the next three weeks with hearings from 8 to 11 30 a.m. on Tuesday through Friday. The board may adjust evaluations as hearings proceed.
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Williamson County Board of Review
New Supervisor Installed at Southern Illinois Work Release Center
Robert Buchanan, 24, began duties Monday as supervisor of the Southern Illinois Work Release Center at 308 W. Cherry St. Carbondale. He previously served as employment coordinator and counselor as the center, opened in September 1970, expands inmate transition programs between prison and community. Buchanan succeeds Ronald Scott, who is researching work release centers nationwide at SIU Carbondale.
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Robert Buchanan
Southern Illlinois
W. Cherry St
Carbondale
Buchanan
Ronald Scott
Center For Study of
Southern Illinois University
Petition seeks elected Youth Advisory Council members
A neighborhood youth petition in Carbondale calls for YAC members to be elected by local youth. Petitioners argue the current YAC fails to provide city program activities and leadership opportunities as outlined in the Model Cities Action Plan, emphasizing broader youth involvement and community development.
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Carbondale
Henry Lee Carter
Carter
Sherrie Harrington
YAC
Peti
Ronald Sumner
Charles Laster
George Metcalf
Engineering Technology
Southern Ilinois University
Delores Chappell
Smith
Stolen construction items and theft charges in Carbondale
Police report $484 worth of construction items stolen from 607 E Park St Carbondale. Missing items include four lavatories six bathroom cabinets eight range hoods and 20 five gallon buckets of ready mix joint compound.
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E. Park St
Carbondale
John Allen
McCarthy Construction Co
St. Louis
Pittsburg to Hire Dog Catcher
Pittsburg village council approved a campaign to hire a dog catcher to seize and destroy stray dogs starting August 16. Signs will warn owners to pen dogs and ads will announce the effort. Russell Oxford reported numerous complaints about stray dogs near the Main Street post office, noting five seen on Main and nine elsewhere. He also urged the county board to set up a countywide dog pound.
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Pittsburg
Williamson
Russell Oxford
Oxford
County Board
Zeigler Considers Water and Sewer Rate Increases
Zeigler ordinances raising water and sewer rates and a 2500 gallon minimum are now open for public inspection. Council approved display at Monday’s meeting with action set for the next regular meeting. city clerk Genev a Sc iranko cites rising material and labor costs as justification. Water minimum rises from 2000 to 2500 gallons and rates go from 2.50 to 3.50 per 2500 gallons. sewer rises from 2.95 to 3.95 for 2500 gallons.
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Geneva Sciranko
Sciranko
Legal Aid Office Moves In Carbondale Area
The Marion office of the Legal Assistance Foundation of Southern Illinois moves from 415 N Market St to 305B N Market St. Director Gary J. Kolb says interviews by appointment on Monday Tuesday and Thursday. Carbondale office remains at 127 N Washington St with phone 549 4746.
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Marion
The
Legal Assistance Foundation of
Southern Illinois
N. Market St
Gary J. Kolb
Legal Assistance
Carbondale
Foundation
N. Washington St
Correction on location of violence in labor dispute report
Police brief from Carbondale notes Terry W. Hagler, 23, charged with speeding. The violence occurred about four miles north of the farm scene, not at the originally identified power line site.
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Carbondale
Terry W. Hagler
Widow Sues Marion Police Pension Board Over Denied Pension
Mrs. Vivian Edwards petitions Marion circuit court seeking reversal of a July 19 board denial of a widow's pension or a rehearing for a $250 monthly pension. She alleges due process violations and challenges the board's authority to refund her late husband Charles Edwards' pension contributions after his discharge as police chief in 1967.
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Vivian Edwards
Marion
Marion Police Pension Board
Charles Edwards
Pension Fund
Edwards
Force
Merit Board
Supreme Court
Sesser Tackles Overworking Water Pump Issue
Mrs. Aileen Spann says Sesser Water and Sewer Commission resolved overpumping to Walier after Rend Lake Conservancy District bought water from Valier to flush lines. District to stop weekend holiday flushing. August bills for Lesser residents to be based on meter readings.
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Sesser
Aileen Spann
Water Department
Rear end crashes injure four in Southern Illinois roads
Four people were injured in rear end collisions in Southern Illinois. Lubert Hagen ages 44 of Effingham slept at the wheel and struck Charles Bennett 20 of Chicago. Helen Bennett 22 of Chicago suffered major injuries while the two drivers had minor injuries. The incidents occurred on I 57 near Rt 14. A second crash in a construction zone on Rt 460 involved Russell Lyons 72 of Mt Vernon and Charles E Brown 34 of Fairfield. Lyons had minor injuries and Brown followed over a hill. A third incident east of Rt 34 on Rt 149 injured James W Rodgers 62 of East Moline with minor injuries. An 18 year old Ava woman was treated at St Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro.
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Illinois
Lubert Hagen
Effingham
Charles Bennett
Chicago
Helen Bennett
I-57
Rt. 14
Russell H. Lyons
Mt. Vernon
Rt. 460
Ashley
Charles E. Brown
Fairfield
Lyons
James W. Rodgers
East Moline
Rt. 149
Rt. 34
One-Car Crash In Murphysboro No Injuries Reported
Murphysboro police say a car driven by Janet Speith 18 of Ava left Illinois Avenue striking a telephone pole in the 2400 block. Passengers Kerry Speith 11 months and Sharene Rose 6 both of Ava and Rockford were not reported injured. The driver said she tried to watch the children when the vehicle ran off the road.
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Murphysboro
Janet Speith
Ava
Illinois Avenue
Kerry Sue Speith
Sharene Rose
Rockford
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