Home rule pushes grow in southern towns
Communities push for home rule as more cities consider a new sales tax and tax relief. Leaders like Ritter Kraft Kee Rednour and Brower tout flexibility, potential police and fire staffing gains, and elimination of city property taxes funded by a sales tax. Public meetings and information drives expected ahead of November vote.
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Ritter
Kraft
Herrin
Rednour
Robinson
Brower
Chester open house for new grade school addition
Chester officials schedule a public dedication and open house for the new 60 by 70 foot school wing on September 14 with a 6 p.m. ribbon cutting. Rep. Dan Reitz and Sen. Dave Luechtefeld are among invited dignitaries. the event runs 6 to 8 p.m. and features tours, burgers, and meeting teachers. The four new classrooms house the district’s fourth graders, and the project cost 514972 dollars including soil work and architect fees. Wathen Construction was the contractor.
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Chester
Dan Reitz
Dave Luechtefeld
Lindell Croft
Wathen Construction
Deaths in Carbondale and nearby towns listed
Obituaries from Carbondale to Anna and Pinckneyville list graves, services, and survivors. Annie Mae Anderson, 84, taught at Hopkins Park for 32 years and belonged to Alpha Kappa Alpha, with services Aug 23 in Carbondale. Susan Senteney, 55, of Carbondale, memorial quilts remembered. Fred L. Ellis, 65, of West Frankfort, funeral Aug 24. Multiple other notices from Du Quoin Chester Benton Cobden Anna and beyond.
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Carbondale
Annie Mae Anderson
East St. Louis
Union of
Villa
Holton Rush
Memorial Hospital of
Lorenzo Smith
Hopkins Park
Illinois Teachers’ Association
Annie Mae
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc
Greater St. Paul
Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church
East Main Street
Christopher M. Barnes
Darryl K. Cox
Oakland Cemetery
Jackson Funeral Home of
Susan Senteney
DeKalb
West Frankfort
Fred L. Ellis
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Lucyan
Louie” Ellis
Oralee (Bristow) Ellis
Donna (McKinnon) Ellis
Greg
Jenna Ellis
Bryan
Deena Ellis
Oak Hurst
Calif
Jeremy
Megan Ellis
Jarred Ellis
Buddy Richard
Joan Ellis
Decatur
Linda
Don Garrett
Savoy
First Church of God
Illinois
South
DU Quoin
Clarence H. Dunson
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
Searby Funeral Home
Ted Clark
Paradise Cemetery
Tamaroa
Chester
Lucy McMath
St. Mary Catholic Church
Gene Wojcik
al DuBois
St. Mary Catholic Cemetery
Welge-Pechacek Funeral Home
St. Mary Catholic School
Daniel Joseph Raby
Gilbert Funeral Home
Christopher
Mark Minor
Masonic and
IOOF
Raby
Cave
Whittington Baptist Church
Ronald Raby
Maria Santos
Guam
Noblesville
Albert Raby
Amy Raby
Zeigler
Jim Raby
Chicago
Mike
Deana Raby
Cape Coral
Fla
Tina
Curt Eubanks
Jessica LaCourse
Jordan Raby
Jacob
Nick Carpenter
Marina
Nickolas
Marissa Raby
Gail White
Bill
Glenda Raby
Mildred Raby
Cobden
Jean M. Lamer
Jonesboro
Harry Lilly
Augusta Casper
Oran Jack Lamer
Oran Jay Lamer
Lockard Chapel Baptist Church
Lutz and Rendleman
Tim Sadler
Anna — Winstead
Ronnie Wright
Key West
Anna
Ceders
Newbedford
Mass
Rosemary
Robbie
Winstead
Aids Help, Inc
Visiting Nurses Association
Florida Keys
Cooking With Love Ministry
Dennis Schaefer
Ava
Frances Marie Cooper
Memorial Hospital
Rick
Mary Cooper
Dedrick Cooper
Rick Cooper Jr
Clarence
Joe Weatherford
Alfred Weatherford
Makanda
Della Reynolds
Beatrice Bond
William Weatherford
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Gary Kraft
Johnston City
Vernon Kee
Marion
Bob Butler
Kee
John Rednour
Jeff Robinson
Angie Roach
Joe Eggemeyer
Royalton
Christy Brower
Christi Mathis
John.homan
Thesouthern
Chester School
ADC
Ascensia
Bayer
Ascertsia
Bayer HealthCare
Ascensia.com
Murphysboro
Charles V. Anderson Sr
Southern Illinois University
Mother
Rita Cavitt
Charles V. Jr
Audrey Anderson
Kankakee
Kenneth D
Jessie Anderson
Willa Pearl
Danny Bolden
Dana Cavitt
Las Vegas
Dallas Anderson
Reggie Cavitt
George Wm. Senteney
Steven Senteney
William Senteney
de Soto
Max
Jacob Senteney
Andrea Senteney
Portland
Maine
Stephen Apple
Clarence Dunson
Violet Trigg
Pinckneyville
Violet A. Trigg
St. John’s Hospital
Springfield
First Baptist Church
Jim Endsley
Mueller Hill
American Cancer Society
Anderson
Shawn
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