Inside State Column Highlights Local Hamas Fundraiser
Column notes alleged Hamas fundraiser taught at Chicago public schools. Also mentions state education funding on budget, cemetery costs rise in January, and a visit by Karmeier in Johnson County. Reports on Marion Air Evac Appreciation Day and U S boxing team losses. Princess Diana fountain opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Weather snapshot from The Southern Illinoisan page 2A
Outside today partly cloudy with lower 80s highs and northeast winds around 10 mph Tonight mostly clear with upper 50s lows Light winds Sunday partly cloudy with mid 80s highs and south around 10 mph Weather details appear on page 7A accompanying sections such as sports and classifieds The newspaper is The Southern Illinoisan
Walker to take 90-day leave from SIU presidency
Southern Illinois University President James Walker will take a 90 day administrative leave while undergoing prostate cancer treatment. Board chairman Glenn Poshard said Walker remains president and will stay in contact on university matters during the leave beginning Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale — Southern Illinois University
James Walker
Board of Trustees
Glenn Poshard
Walker
Poshard
Stone Center
Carbondale
Seve Jahnke
Duane Stucky
SIU
Move In Day Sparks Busy SIUC Campus Welcome
SIUC greeted several hundred new students on move in day as families packed boxes into Brush Towers. Freshman Sean Lashbrook from Danville said he is eager to meet people while sharing the experience with a hometown roommate. Graduate assistant Kristi Hanson coordinates guiding new arrivals to campus. Freshman John Fisher from Scott City, Missouri, finds the transition less nerve wracking than expected as he starts pre pharmacy studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Sean Lashbrook
Schneider Hall
Lashbrook
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Danville
SIUC
Brush Towers
Kristi Hanson
Kohl hires attorney seeks to keep regional education post
Barry Kohl a Franklin Williamson Regional Office of Education superintendent faces 21 felony charges including theft forgery perjury and official misconduct. His attorney John Drew says Kohl remains in office as an elected official while a 65 count indictment naming Kohl his wife Janine and others is pursued by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Barry Kohl
Franklin-Williamson
Office of Education
John Drew
Drew
Kohl
Illinois
Lisa Madigan
Janine
Mary Ann Adams
Project Echo
Williamson County
Suzanne Willmore
West Frankfort
Barry
Janine Kohl
Franklin County
Kohls
Grand American draws 100000 at Vandalia amid airport move
The Grand American, ATA's showcase event, draws about 100000 competitors and spectators for 12 days August 10 through 21 in Vandalia Ohio. The event crowds parking lots with license plates from 28 states and Ontario as vendors sell shotguns optics and protections. In 2006 the Grand American moves to the World Shooting Complex north of Sparta due to Dayton Airport expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandalia
Ohio
Amateur Trapshooting Association
Dayton International Airport
ATA
Ohio 40
Dayton
Sparta
Ontario
Julia Gearhart
Vandalia-Butler Chamber of Commerce
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bush Administration
Murphysboro
Vienna
Karmeier
Johnson County
Marion
U.S
Princess Diana Memorial
Lewis & Clark
Corps of Discovery
Abby
Widge Run ‘Usiness
Slendar
Yeaths
Devies Puzzle Nation
Thesouthern.com
the Southern Illinoisan
Zach Dean
de Soto
Stucky
Caleb Hale
Movin
Hanson
John Fisher
Scott City
Fisher
Jamella
Jim Muir
B. Kohl
Kohli
Les Winkeler