Murdale backs off threat to sue water customers
Tower Road residents feared lawsuits as Carbondale and Murdale clashed over connecting 26 Tower Road homes to city water. After attorney Ridgeway advised caution, the board dropped the threat to sue homeowners and to sue the city, while planning a special meeting to discuss possible court action if work proceeds. City officials anticipate hookups within days as they seek to resolve the long running dispute over water district facilities and pricing.
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Murdale
Tom Woolf
Southern
Tower Road
Carbondale
Bers
Ridgeway
Carroll Fry
Mardale
Fry
Sive
Robert Dudenbostel
Illinois
Murphysboro approves levy cut amid mixed budget news
Murphysboro aldermen trimmed the city tax levy by 32000, citing lower garbage fund costs and no large new projects. Mayor Appleton credited budget staff, while officials noted potential county-wide levies. The council approved spending from the CDBG for demolition of the Jackson Community Workshop site and moved toward a tax free mortgage plan for a Huck's Convenience Store project.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Sydney Appleton
Carbondale
Herrin
Benton
Dennis Elmore
Jackson County
Frankie Edwards
CDBG
Susan Stover
Huck’s
Murphysboro council stalls on police fire contract snag
The Murphysboro City Council did not vote on or discuss a police and fire contract as a salary dispute over supervisory pay emerged. Labor and department representatives warned the added pay for supervisors was a new demand not previously agreed, leaving the contract unresolved after informal votes suggested a settlement.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Murphysboro
Curt Graff
Sydney Appleton
Police and Fire Commission
Appleton
Mark Kennedy
Kennedy
Frank Eovaldi
GTE to phase out party lines in Southern Illinois
General Telephone and Electronics plans to replace two and four party lines with private lines across Murphysboro De Soto Herrin Metropolis Johnston City Royalton Harrisburg Cypress Karnak and other towns by mid 1980s. Rates will rise for about 1894 customers though ICC approval is required for some switches.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Mabel
General Telephone and Electronics
Illinois
Murphysboro
de Soto
Herrin
Metropolis
Johnston City
Royalton
Harrisburg
Cypress
Karnak
GTE
C.D. Meadows
Carbondale
John Green
Marion
Creal Springs
ICC
Green
Meadows
Vergennes
Garbage work resumes after dispute at West Frankfort
West Frankfort residents had brought garbage from Thompsonville to the city. After a brief dispute, two employees were moved to the street department. The mayor said the dispute was settled and workers returned to the garbage department.
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West Frankfort
Mike McClatchey
George Culley
Thompsonville
McClatchey
State takes custody of Murphysboro child
The 16 month old child in Murphysboro was placed in temporary DCFS custody as the mother Sherry Lynne Mitchell, 20, faces charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery. A hearing within 30 days will decide if DCFS seeks permanent custody and adoptive rights, with further hearings possible. The baby, hospitalized in St Louis, is out of intensive care. Mitchell is jailed on $100,000 bond. preliminary hearing set for Sept 23.
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Murphysboro
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Jackson County
DCFS
Korman Smith
Cardinal Glennon Hospital
St. Louis
Sherry Lynne Mitchell
S. 17Th St
Shannon
St. Joseph’s Memorial Hospital
West Frankfort woman charged in infant death
Veronica Poole 21 faces involuntary manslaughter charges in Williamson County over Destiny Dawn Poole five month old who died after being left unattended in a car outside a Johnston City tavern while temperatures were below freezing. Marion police testified the child was taken to Marion Memorial Hospital where she died. Poole is free on 750 bond. Pre trial hearing set for Oct 23.
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Frankfort
Williamson County
William A. Lewis
Veronica Poole
Destiny Dawn Poole
Marion
Ms. Poole
Johnston City
Child Exposed to Rabies Considered for Vaccine
A 10 month old may have been exposed to rabies after a puppy licked the child following a skunk encounter. Jackson County officials, awaiting CDC guidance, weigh vaccination for the infant. The older dog is quarantined and the puppy may be evaluated by a vet for further action.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Jackson County
Center For Disease Control
Springfield
Kenny Morgan
Route 3
Murphysboro
Morgan
Scenographic Imagination expands Payne's design scope
Renowned designer Ben Gelman profiles Darwin Reid Payne whose revised volume The Scenographic Imagination broadens Design for the Stage. Payne, SIU C theater chair and Carbondale native, adds 206 illustrations, updated chapters and new coexistent priorities for teaching scenography, linking space, imagery, and production goals. SIU Press publishes at 35 dollars clothbound and 15 dollars paperbound.
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Ben Gelman
Southern
Siu-C
Christian A. Moe
Don Street
Payne
SIUC
Illinois
SIU Press
Carbondale
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City Water
U.S
Illicis
Edgeway
Dudenbostel
Ricard Crowell
Styrest
Oks
Kie Taylor
Tom Jones
Jones
Jackson Community Workshop
Frederick Borgsmiller
Charles Decker
Darrell Lauderdale
John Womick
Student Center
Lori Johnson
Patti Vogel
Bookin
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Greg Drezdzon
Illinois Commerce Commission
DeSoto
Marion Memorial Hospital
Virginia Scott
Jackson County Health Department
Animal Control
Linda Grammer
Newgate Prison
Lon
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