County zoning plan draws sharp public scrutiny in Carbondale
At the final public information meeting in Carbondale, residents attacked or questioned a proposed Jackson County zoning ordinance. Officials defended the plan noting future hearings in 16 townships before any county board action.
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Carbondale
Jackson County Board
Jackson County Zoning Commission
County Board
Charles Gray
Gray
Zoning Commission
Doug Eriksen
Controversial Zoning Rule Sparks Farm Parcel Sale Debate
Jackson County officials hear public concerns over a proposed 10 acre minimum for selling farm land for homes. Reginald Stearns proposed a workaround at a Carbondale meeting suggesting selling 11 acres then buying back 10 to allow family transfers.
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Jackson County
Father Jones
Bill
Reginald Stearns
Pomona
County Board
Carbondale
Stearns
Williamson deputy appeals discharge in circuit court
Deputy Terry Harmon of Marion appeals his deputy sheriff discharge by the Williamson County merit board after a July 20 hearing. Sheriff Russell Oxford suspended Harmon 30 days without pay for not reporting to work and complaints over conduct. Harmon claims the suspension and board action were personal vendetta and political conflict, noting prior suspensions and a grand jury role. A hearing date will be set by the court.
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Terry Harmon
Marion
Williamson County Merit Board
Harmon
Merit Board
Russell Oxford
Oxford
Num
Arkell Leaves Governor's Office for Illinois DMH Post
Arkell 29 former manager of the governor's Southern Illinois office in Marion will join the Illinois Department of Mental Health in Springfield as a special assistant to deputy director Alfred Ronan. A new Marion governor's office manager will be named Monday. Arkell previously taught psychology at Illinois Valley Community Hospital Oglesby and holds a masters from Illinois State University. Salary expected near 15000 yearly.
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Robert Arkell
Southern Illinois
Marion
Illinois Dept. of Mental Health
DMH
Springfield
Arkell
Alfred Ronan
Illinois Valley Community Hospital
Oglesby
Illinois State University, Normal
Paul Turner
Rowan
Infant suffers head injuries in St Louis case
An Anna infant, Matthew Holder, 30 months, underwent brain surgery at Barnes Children’s Hospital after a beating incident. He was brought unconscious from Union County to the hospital Thursday evening, later transferred for surgery as investigations continue. He is among two children of Karen Sexton and stepfather Raymond Sexton.
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Anna
Barnes Children’s Hospital
St. Louis
Matthew Holder
Union County Hospital
Union County
Children’s Hospital
Union County State’s Attorney’s Office
Karen Sexton
Raymond Sexton
Matthew
Du Quoin State Fair opens with Osmonds and more
The Du Quoin State Fair kicks off with Os mand Brothers shows at 1 30 p m and 4 30 p m and a Lynn Anderson Jerry Reed Freddie Hart headlining at 8 p m The event features music rodeo harness racing a large midway and contests including a Hambletonian stake race and USAC events. parade planned and major rides at Gooding's Million Dollar Midway.
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DeMaris Berry
du Quoin
Osmond Brothers
Lynn Anderson
Jerry Reed
Freddie Hart
Osmonds
Andy Wiliams
Yesteryear
Brothers
Glen Campbell
Amos Moses
Rose Garden
Academy of Country and Western Music
Hart
Serendipity Singers
Charley Pride
Boots
Randolph
Floyd
Cramer
Danny Davis
Nashville Brass
Hambletonian Society
Southern Illinois
Hayes Fair Acres
Illini
University of Illinois
Fairgrounds
Pat Boone
Don Rice
Boone
Shirley
United States Auto Club
USAC
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Tom Haggai
Gooding
Perry County officials question tightness of revenue sharing rules
Perry County officials and Pinckneyville leaders held a revenue sharing workshop with about 30 attendees. They discussed a possible new census and how funds may be allocated up to two years before spending, how plans can change, and potential tax rebates if a census is pursued.
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Wallie West
Perry County
Pinckneyville
Creal Springs man killed in Xenia Road roller crash
Raymond P. Buie 61, a Creal Springs highway worker, died when his road roller overturned on an embankment at a U S 50 detour near Xenia. Funeral services set for 2 p m Saturday at Cosby Funeral Home Creal Springs with burial in Goddard Cemetery. He born March 20 1912 in Illinois, survived by wife two daughters two sons two brothers a sister and eight grandchildren two great grandchildren.
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Xenia
Raymond P. Buie
Creal Springs
Salem
Clay County
Buie
Cosby Funeral
Goddard
Illinois
Hosea and
Agnes
Boozer Buie
Myrtin Renfro
Arkansas
Virginia Wolaver
Frances Slivinski
New Burnside
George
Jerry Buie
William Duncan Buie
Hillsboro
Randolph Buie
Grand Prairie
Tex
State police weigh move of District 13 HQ from Du Quoin
Legislators criticize a plan to shift District 13 State Police headquarters from Du Quoin to Rend Lake area with three to five years before any move. Harvey Johnson says study only, Du Quoin facility praised, opponents vow to fight and seek local highway improvements instead.
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District 13
du Quoin
Harvey Johnson
State Dept. of Law Enforcement
Rend Lake
Rt. 51
Ralph Dunn
R-Du Quoin
Perry County
Ken Buzbee
D-Carbondale
Robert Armstrong
Rend Lake Con
Residents seek swift Rt. 4 fixes at Springfield meeting
About 10 Steeleville and Percy residents planned to meet at 2 p.m. with Transportation Secretary Langhorne Bond in Springfield to press for the six mile Rt. 4 improvement. Local officials note the road is in poor condition worsened by spring floods and increased truck traffic.
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Steeleville
Percy
Dept. of Transportation
Langhorne Bond
Springfield
Carl Bollman
Rt. 3
Bollman
Rt. 4
Tax cuts draw national attention to Marion mayors work
The Marion city government cut property taxes from 1.12 to 0.31 per 100 value since 1964 and maintains a 250000 capital improvements fund while cash funding improvements. Mayor Robert Butler said he has received calls from reporters in Los Angeles San Francisco Boston and Milwaukee since a UPI story ran nationwide. A Leesdale Pennsylvania resident saw the piece and phoned the mayor promising to mail a copy of the local paper.
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Marion
Robert Butler
Butler
UPI
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Calif
Boston
Mass
Milwaukee
Wis
Leesdale
Equipment Buried In Union County Gas Storage Cave-In
Equipment valued at 100000 dollars was lost in a cave-in that forced abandonment of a 5 million dollar underground gas storage project in Union County near Lick Creek. Two tractors and two drills were covered, no further storage facility will be built, says Amanda DeLeon of Fenix and Soisson Tulsa.
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Union County
Lick Creek
Fenix and Soisson
Tulsa
Okla
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Houston
Tex
Amanda DeLeon
DeLeon
Sauerbrunn Named to Anna-Jonesboro School Board
Ernest Sauerbrunn, counselor at Anna State Hospital, was appointed to an unexpired term on the Anna-Jonesboro High School Board of Education after a five to one vote. He replaces Rev. Richard Teaford, who moves to Louisville. McEvers lost the seat 2 to 4 after Tripp’s nomination was rejected.
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Ernest Sauerbrunn
Jonesboro
Anna State Hospital
Anna-Jonesboro
McEvers
Sauerbrunn
Richard Teaford
Louisville
Don Tripp
Tripp
Steve McEvers
Anna
Vienna Correctional Center
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