Herrin and area schools reach tentative teacher settlements
Teachers and boards in Herrin Johnston City and Elverado move toward contracts as federal mediator Walker meets Elkville educators. Herrin Education Association plans voting on an agreement while Johnston City approves a 5 percent raises package for teachers and school staff pending approval.
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Herrin
Johnston City
Elverado
Elkville
Elverado Unit
Sheldon Walker
Evansville
Federal Mediation Service
Bailey family plans 2200 mile Mississippi trip from Cairo
Sam Bailey of Phoenix and his two sons Rancy and Jerry travel with Don Thaxton from Johnston City to begin a round trip Cairo to New Orleans by river. The Baileys aim to sail the 2200 miles in a voyage the father piloted on the Mississippi in the 1930s. Ronald Bailey was injured last month and cannot join.
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Cairo
New Orleans
Sam Bailey
Phoenix
Ariz
Rancy
Jerry
Don Thaxton
Johnston City
Mississippi River
Herrin
Arizona
Bailey
Ronald
Hadce
Joyce Berger Indicted for Murder in Ex-Husband Slaying
Jackson County grand jury indicted Joyce Berger of Murphysboro on murder charges in the August slaying of former Murphysboro police chief Tobias K. Berger Jr. She allegedly shot him in the home of Larry Dunn. A gag order bars discussion with the media and grand jury secrecy rules apply. A preliminary hearing is set for Thursday.
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Joyce Berger
Jackson County
Berger
Larry Dunn
Murphysboro
Richard E. Richman
Hood
Clerk fails to answer road fund suit in Perry County
An order of default was signed against Iris Edie, clerk of Perry County Road District No. 1, after she failed to answer civil charges in more than 30 days. The suit claims misapplication of assets exceeding $19,000, brought by Road District Commissioner Darrel George. In July, Judge Bastien appointed Kathryn Anderson to temporarily manage finances.
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Iris Edie
Perry County Road District No. 1
20Th Circuit Court
Thomas M. Daley
Daley
Edie
Tamaroa
Darrel George
Robert Bastien
du Quoin
Kathryn Anderson
Grain harvest near Illinois aims for strong crops
The Associated Press reports Illinois corn and soybean harvests are near, with 98 percent of corn and 96 percent of soybeans rated good or excellent. A late-planted corn crop is about a week behind normal to maturity, with 25 percent in the dent stage, well below the five year average of 44 percent. Potential risks include an early freeze, hail, and disease that could curb total production.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Craig Hayes
The
Illinois Coopera
Tive Crop Reporting Service
Hayes
Brother in law of victim charged with murder
Clifford Dozier, 28, of Colp, was charged in Williamson County Circuit Court with the murder of Ed ward Kellum, 33, a Herrin resident, who was shot twice on the left side while riding a motorcycle near Colp. Kellum bled to death after an aorta nick, Dozier turned himself in to Carbondale police and remains jailed. The case was reviewed by County State's Attorney Robert Howerton after Detective Unit Director Michael Wiseman turned it over. Dozier has not spoken to police.
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Clifford Dozier
Colp
Williamson County
Herrin
Edward Kellum
Kellum
Robert Howerton
Howerton
Dozier
Carbondale
Michael Wiseman
Wiseman
Carterville
WSIU-TV to Broadcast Daily From Du Quoin State Fair
WSIU-TV Channel 8 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will televise a program each evening at 6 p.m. from the Du Quoin State Fair entertainment tent in front of the grandstand. Erv Coppi will host the program as the fair opens Friday and runs through Labor Day.
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Wsiu-Tv
du Quoin State Fair
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
du Quoin
Erv Coppi
Park District hires consultant for Murphysboro pool referendum
Murphysboro Park District Board hires Associated Municipal Consultants of Naperville to market bonds for an $800,000 pool referendum. Hubert Pearce will oversee, with a 1.2 percent fee of the bond amount. If the referendum fails, half is due. the firm can work up to three years to secure passage.
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Murphysboro
Murphysboro Park District Board
Associated Municipal Consultants
Naperville
Hubert Pearce
Sallie Logan
Park Board
Donald Brewer
Park District
Marijuana Destruction Cleared Six Acres by Three Police Departments
Three weekend raids by Coello, Lesser and Valier police destroyed six acres of marijuana. Senior Patrolman Tom Freeman said three and a half to four acres were leveled by heavy equipment Saturday afternoon, with another acre found in Valier on Sunday. The discoveries stem from a three week probe. arrests are pending.
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Coello, Lesser and
Valier
Tom Freeman
Coello Department
Freeman
Coello
Carbondale adopts residency rule for city employees
The Carbondale City Council formally adopted a city residency requirement for new city employees effective Nov 1. New hires have six months to establish residency, existing residents must keep living in Carbondale, and those promoted to division or department head must reside in the city. Extensions may be granted for bona fide attempts to comply, and some professional exemptions may be granted. The report showed 164 of 319 workers live in city. The council also denied a rezoning request at Country Club Road and Illinois 13, kept monthly citizen comment items, and approved a value engineering study of the railroad relocation project funded predominantly by the federal government.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois.n
Carbondale
Fry
Fran Rogers
Helen Westberg
James Cherry
John Cook
Art Albon
Country Club Road
Illinois 13
Planning Commission
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Jim Karas
SIUC
St. Louis
Zurheide-Hermann, Inc
Brown to stay on at SIU as part of Shaw staff
Former chief of board staff Brown accepted Chancellor Kenneth Shaw's offer to remain on the chancellor's staff at Southern Illinois University. Acting chancellor Brown, who joined SIU Edwardsville in 1965 as an English professor, will determine duties by the Sept. 13 board meeting. without assignment, he could lose his job when Shaw becomes chancellor on Sept. 15.
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Dooley
Southern Illinois University
James Brown
Kenneth Shaw
SIU
Brown
Shaw
Board of Trustees
Susan Flamm Crowned 1979 Union County Fair Beauty Queen
Susan Flamm, 19, of Cobden won the Union County Fair Beauty Queen title from 15 contestants. She receives a $1,000 legislative scholarship, a car, a tiara, a $25 savings bond and gift certificates. Delta Theta Tau sponsors the pageant. first runner-up is Kim Wilson, second runner-up Trina Shoemaker, and Miss Congeniality is Melanie Hart. Flamm plans to use the scholarship for microbiology studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
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Susan Flamm
Cobden
Bill
Nancy Flamm
Miss Flamm
Gene Johns
D-Marion
Southern Ilinois University
Carbondale
Nancy Watkins
Delta Theta Tau
Kim Wilson
Joan Wood
Vulcan
Dan Wilson
Wolf Lake
Trina Shoemaker
Bob Shoemaker
Vienna
Melanie Hart
J.H. Hart
Golconda
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Elvorado Education Association
Illinois Education Association
Walker
William Valerius
Valerius
Sal
Mary Gibson
EEA
Herrin Education Association
Herrin Unit 4 Board of Education
Gary Dooley
Trades Council Hall
Board of Education
William Koenecke
Koenecke
Remo Castrale
Charles Garrison
Washington School
New Orleans Bound
Joe Jines
New Pool
Carroll Fry
George Twomey
Ruary
Union County
Susan Fiamm
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