SIU-C student found dead. police call homicide
SIU Carbondale student Susan Schumake 21, missing since Tuesday morning, was found dead near the SIU campus across U.S. 51. Police say homicide investigation ongoing with multiple agencies. autopsy pending by Dr. Steven Nuernberger.
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Siu-C
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
U.S. 51
Carbondale
Susan Schumake
Oak St
Illinois Central Gulf
Belleville
Steven Nuernberger
St. Joseph’s Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Ms. Schumake
Chicago Heights
SIUC
Terry Murphy
WIDB
Wright S
Battle of Galatia shows calculated restraint in protests
Evan M. Davis examines Tuesday's clashes at Kerr-McGee mine site near Galatia. He contrasts calm protest with targeted vandalism, notes police restraint and cameras affecting mood, and weighs union strength, corporate strategy, and public opinion in a regional labor dispute.
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Evan M. Davis
The
Southern Illinoisan
Galatia
Kerr-McGee
Ers
Illinois 34
Appalachia
United Mine Workers
Illinois
UMW
Springfield
National Labor Relations Board
Murphysboro police and firefighters reach tentative pact
Murphysboro police and fire fighters reach a tentative contract offering a 60 dollar monthly across the board raise. the agreement also shortens vacation time after five and ten years and adds a 2 percent raise every two years. city council informal approval followed weekend talks and a union vote is expected later.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Mark Kennedy
Frank Eovaldi
Curt Graff
Bill Daum
Kennedy
Graff
Johnston City OKs contract and Shawnee teachers threaten strike
Shawnee School District 84 teachers will work Thursday without a contract pending a Sept. 8 deadline. A mediator is sought as 55 teachers and 25 noncertified staff in Ware Grand Tower McClure and Wolf Lake picketed. The district seeks a 10.3 percent raise while teachers demand 16 percent. Salary details and a package deal include insurance and retirement terms.
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Southern Illinoisan
Shawnee
Ware
Grand Tower
McClure
Wolf Lake
Harold Garner
Larry Treece
Shawnee High School
Shawnee Employees Association
Board of Education
Illinois Association of School Boards
Treece
SEA
Garner
Johnston
Johnston City
Unit 1 Board of Education
Lewis Miles
Miles
Vets recall when ponton meant pontoon in WWII tales
Three veterans of the 530th Engineer Light Ponton Company recall their WWII service in the Philippines and New Guinea. They discuss roles building bridges, memorable moments like a Manila brewery and an ice plant, and the unit’s reunion traditions in Illinois.
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Ben Gelman
Army
Edmundson
Allen
Illinois Ordnance Plant
Ordill
Fly
Patcher
Philippines
Kankakee
Kankakee Moose Hall
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Camp Beale
Calif
Sierra Nevada Mountains
San Francisco
Fischhafen
New Guinea
Leyte
Manila
Luzon
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Edmondson
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John MC Cutchen
John Hudson
Joe Mifflin
Tom Woolf
ICG
Joe Jines
Oks
Murphysboro Unit School District 186
Murphysboro Education Association
Unit 186
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