Tragic Comair Flight 5191 Crash Claims 49 Lives
Federal investigators said Comair Flight 5191 failed to become airborne on Lexington Blue Grass Airport’s 3500 foot short runway, killing 49 with one co pilot survivor in critical condition. Data from black boxes and site damage point to taking off from the wrong runway in predawn darkness.
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Lexington
Comair
Blue Grass
National Transportation Safety Board
Debbie Heisman
Heisman
Kentucky
Horse Country
Illinois bill pauses septic system fee increases
Legislators introduced Senate Bill 3187 to cap IEPA planned changes requiring surface discharging septic systems to obtain NPDES permits and twice yearly testing at about 500 dollars per test. Sen Dale Righter leads the effort, citing cost burdens for Southern Illinois homeowners and urging slower, reasonable rules before enforcement.
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Illinois
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
IEPA
General Assembly
Dale Righter
R-Mattoon
Righter
Southern Illinois
David Luechtefeld
Rokanville
Luechtefeld
Ilinois
Tuscan Lodge seeks landmark status to save historic building
Tuscan Lodge No 44 in Carbondale plans rehab and seeks city landmark designation for the 1894 Tuscan Lodge building at 201 N Washington St. The African American Masonic order hopes to preserve the site once hosting Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway, while vacated for about a decade.
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Iles Davis
Duke Ellington
Carbondale
Washington St
Town Square
Landmarks Preservation Council of
Illinois
Davis
Ellington
Cab Calloway
America
Jeremiah
Lodge
LaRue Love
Love
Chris Wallace
Planning Services Department
Preservation Commission
Wallace
Ernesto storms Haiti then eyes Cuba and Gulf of Mexico
The first Atlantic hurricane of the season, Ernesto, lashed Haiti with heavy rain and flooded homes before weakening to a tropical storm. Forecasters expect it to reintensify toward Cuba and possibly reach hurricane strength again in the Gulf, threatening Florida as it moves across the region. Forecasters warned it may affect areas from the eastern Gulf near the Florida panhandle to the western Bahamas, with New Orleans not currently at risk.
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Les Cayes
Haiti
Ernesto
Cuba
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
John Cangialesi
U.S. National Hurricane Center
Miami
Florida
Gulf Coast
New Orleans
Florida Panhandle
Bahamas
Cangialesi
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Kristen Cates
Tuscan Lodge
Southern
Primarly
Miles Davis
Billie Holiday
Blake Riley
Herrin Elementary School
Abby
Stevenson Jacobs
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