St Andrews Festival and Peach Festival events across Southern Illinois
Weekend and midweek community listings across Murphysboro Cobden Carlyle Carbondale and surrounding areas show St Andrew Church festival with music food games auctions raffles, gospel concert for cancer society, Peach Festival events including queen pageant and a 5K run, health tests at Kroger, plus reunions concerts and civic notices. County residents invited to parade kickoff and local gatherings with contact numbers.
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St. Andrew's
St. Andrew Church
Murphysboro
Cobden City Park
Strike looming as state resumes contract talks
Negotiations resume in Springfield between SEIU Local 73 and the state over a contract for Secretary of State workers. The union, representing 2,400 members, approved a four day strike with 1,586 voting to strike. They seek equal pay for equal work and complain of pay disparities versus other state agencies.
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Secretary of State
Springfield
SEIU
Christine Boardman
Jesse White
White
Boardman
Illinois Federation of Teachers and Teamsters
Educating the community CARTERVILLE college opens amid late summer heat
In Carterville the start of the new academic year brings 5300 plus students to John A Logan College. Veterans and locals like Ben Stanley, a 41 year old former service member, pursue computer technician training while aiming to transfer to SIUC. Sophomores from Herrin and Harrisburg balance classes, athletics and scholarships as Logan showcases campus life and student ambition.
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Carterville
Ben Stanley
Marion
John A Logan College
Stanley
Logan
SIUC
Air Force
Army
James Vigiano
Herrin
Caleb Hall
Vigiano
Hall
Cleanup Begins at Beazer Creosote Site in Carbondale
EPA monitors cleaning at the Beazer East site on the edge of northeast Carbondale. Beazer East, formerly Koppers Co., started a 12 step creosote cleanup in June to continue into summer 2008. Creosote treated timbers were produced from 1902 to 1991.
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Carbondale
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Beazer East Inc
the Koppers Co
The
Koppers Co
Next Summe
EPA
Koppers
Beazer East
Paul Alessio
Pinckneyville expressway picks west route after lengthy meeting
Pinckneyville Area Citizens Advisory Council votes to recommend a west bypass for the Illinois Department of Transportation. The group urged minor tweaks to avoid dividing farms or disrupting neighborhoods after weighing five options and conducting extensive public input and modeling with Johnson Depp Quisenberry. IDOT officials may back the west bypass, though no final decision yet.
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Pinckneyville
New York Tribune
Horace Greeley
Pinckneyville Area
Johnson, Depp & Quisenberry
IDOT
West
Federal Highway Administration
Kevin Pyatt
Firm bids $1.85 million for Bethel properties
Didion Milling Inc. of Johnson Creek Wisconsin bid $1.85 million at a sheriff’s auction for the Bethel Grain and Bethel Elevator properties in Benton. LaSalle Bank had foreclosed on the site earlier in the year and accepted the bid. Spokesman Luke Burmeister said the company views the potential purchase as a great opportunity for Southern Illinois.
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Benton
Wisconsin
Bethel Grain
Bethel Elevator Companies
Didion Milling Inc
Johnson Creek
Wisc
LaSalle Bank
Luke Burmeister
Didion
Illinois
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First United Methodist Church Metropolis
Dove Brothers Quartet
Joy Trio
American Cancer Society
Carbondale East Kroger
Carlyle
West Bay
Dam West
Wuat's
Appleknockers
Cobden Park
Cobden
Carlyle Lake
Dam West Campground
Brewster Creek
Boulder
Ray Fosse Park
Carbondale High School
Turley Park
U.S
John Shimkus
Golconda City Hall
N. Monroe
Rossclare City Hall
Main Street
Www
Thesouthern.com
Nicole
Service Employees International
Medha Atsbha
John A. Logan College
Chuck Novara
Juthi
JALC
United States
Southern
Grimly
Atsbha
Brandi Wilson
Harrisburg
John A. Logan
Beazer
Pinckneyville Expressway
Bethel Properties
Becky Malkovich
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