Training gaps and policy split in Illinois police hiring
A Sparta police fatal wreck sparks questions about state standards and how departments handle hires between police academy classes. ISP officials defend stricter training, while smaller towns and counties fill gaps with interim duties and field training officers.
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Sparta
Barry Strickland
State Police
ISP
Strickland
Illinois
PTT
PTI
Police
Sheriff's Departments
Sheila Albright
Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Fuller
Illinois police academy to halt basic recruit training
State police in Illinois will stop offering basic recruit training at the Springfield based academy. The October graduating class will be the last. Officials cite a budget shortfall though remaining training options and other institutes in Champaign Belleville Glen Ellyn and Chicago persist.
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Springfield
Illinois State Police Academy
Rick Hector
ISP
Illinois State Police
Champaign
Southwestern Illinois College Police Academy
Belleville
SWIC
ILP
Suburban Law Enforcement Academy College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn
Timothy J. O’connor
Chicago
Andrea Marie Kampwerth
Du Quoin Council weighs cleaner greener operation
The council tentatively approves amending city utility ordinances to impose penalties of 50 to 500 dollars for tampering with water meters. Treasurer Williams reports about 360000 dollars in investments and savings and sales tax of 243075.80 dollars for the quarter, eight percent higher than last year. Resident Struck raises questions on utility projects and funding, noting a council decision to fund 5000 dollars to match 15000 dollars in grants for a Division Street line to Cherry Lake, while Robinson cites an 80000 to 100000 dollar line cost elsewhere.
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Bastien
Jacqueline Williams
Jack Struck
Division Street
Cherry Lake
Robinson
Struck
Harmony Hill hosts family friendly horse sorting at Harmony Hill Stables
Harmony Hill Stables in De Soto hosts biweekly team sort events drawing serious riders like Randy Loveless and John Nimmo who train reining and cattle skills. Families and young riders join for fun and teamwork with practice every other Saturday at 6 pm and an upcoming event on August 28. Spectators welcome with no admission fee.
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Becky Brasel
Harmony Hill
Randy Loveless
Woodlawn
John Nimmo
Kankakee
Gaye Page
Murphysboro
Leycosta Clark
de Soto
Lisa Nousley
Leycasta
Nousley
Death notices from August 2004 list Schroeder Teller Willis Wallace
Multiple obituaries from Chester Anna Lake of Egypt Colp report Kevin R. Schroeder 41 cremation Aug 13 in Chester First Christian Church memorials. Ronald Teller 50 death Aug 13 in Anna with pending arrangements. Kendall L Willis 96 death Aug 14 in Marion services Aug 18 at Crain Funeral Home Anna Cemetery. Donald Wallace 65 death Aug 14 in Herrin Hospital arrangements incomplete.
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Chester
Kevin R. Schroeder
Welge-Pechacek Funeral Home
Jason Kinder
Anna — Ronald Teller
Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home
Anna
Lake OF Egypt
Kendall L. Willis
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion
Crain Funeral Home
Verlee Baker
Anna Cemetery
Colp
Donald Wallace
Herrin Hospital
Bail order lifted for Lake Egypt Water district customers
The bail order issued for all Lake Egypt Water and Wastewater District customers west of Goreville and on Goreville Road has been lifted.
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Lake
Births at Heartland Regional and Marion Center
Merna and Jeff Borders welcome a son on Thursday August 12 2004 at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion Crimson and Allen Bearden Jr welcome a son on Thursday August 12 2004 at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion
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Borders
Merna
Jeff
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion
Bearden, Crimson and Allen Jr
Heartland Regiona Medical Center
Snider Promotes JALC Banjo Show With Mountain Humor
Banjo virtuoso Snider highlights hunting and fishing days at JALC in a lively interview. He discusses the tune Puttin On the Dog about a man unable to buy a fur coat, the dog scene resolving the joke, and the appeal of his mix of mountain music and Southern humor.
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Snider
Jalc
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