Williamson County Fair Opens in Marion With Classics
Column notes Williamson County Fair kicks off in Marion featuring classic carnival attractions and activities for a fun opening. Other items on Page 1B include a rapist ordered to stand trial for peering into a home, and state and national briefs on lawsuits, bishops, and international detainee issues. News briefs cover stocks, Episcopalians, Iran, NBC experiments, and weather outlooks across pages 2C through 8A.
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Williamson County
Marion
SIUC cuts layoffs from 82 to 43 at Carbondale
SIUC Chancellor Walter Wendler announced the number of layoffs set for August 15 was halved from 82 to 43 with 39 of those kept in non trades roles. The university postponed four Physical Plant layoffs and plans to finalize through August.
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SIUC
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Walter Wendler
Wendler
Clinic gives kids chance to make a splash
Dozens of children of varying ages attended a fishing clinic at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Campus Lake sponsored by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Participants learned tackle box basics including ethics, fish identification, knot tying, baiting and casting before fishing for half pound catfish and hybrid sunfish. The event, the last IDNR clinic of the season, was covered by Jess Krienert.
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Claudia Horne
Brookport
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Carbondale
Man seeks to withdraw guilty plea in Hurst murder case
A Creal Springs man, Lucas C. Duvall, 23, asks Williamson County Circuit Court to rescind his July 1 guilty plea to murder for the June 24, 2000 death of 78 year old Maxine McKenzie in Hurst. Duvall contends he lacked time to decide and was not fully informed in the plea negotiation.
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Hurst
Marion
Creal Springs
Williamson County
Lucas C. Duvall
Maxine McKenzie
Duvall
Christopher Alexander
David J. Hernandez
McKenzie
Alexander
Hernandez
Charles Garnall
Larry Brooking
Therese Thein
Garnall
Garnatl
Duval
RLCD's $10M policy covers wrongful discharge suits
Rend Lake Conservancy District maintains a ten million dollar liability policy for wrongful discharge claims against the district or its board members. The board settled with former general manager Kevin Davis and secretary Nancee Paul for two hundred eighty five thousand dollars to avoid litigation after an April firing tied to a forensic audit.
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Whittington
Southern
Ilinoisan
Illinois Freedom of Information Act
Rend Lake Conservancy
Kevin Davis
Rend Lake Conservancy District settles wrongful discharge dispute
The Rend Lake Conservancy District maintains a 10 million dollar insurance policy to defend a wrongful discharge case. It paid 250000 to former general manager Kevin Davis and 35000 to secretary Nancee Paul to avoid suit. Legal fees totaled 131000 between April 28 and July 11, and total costs to part ways with Davis and Paul reach 416000.
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Rend Lake
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