Johnson County grand jury cites fund handling failings
The Johnson County grand jury found no evidence of wrongdoing by officials but criticized past fund handling across offices and urged improvements. It noted missing bidding policy, vague controls on expenses, incomplete jail records, and checks cashed for personal use.
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Johnson County Grand Jury
Ben Gelman
Ilinoisand
Johnson County
Robert Renifro
Vienna
Renifro
Kemper
Fisher, Faust, Lawrence and Co
James Sanders
Marion
Grand Jury
Edwin Casey
County Board of Commissioners
Kemper, Fisher, Faust, Lawrence and Co
Claude Harper
Sheriff’s Office
State of
Illinois
F. G. Moore
Rt. 3
County police and SIU seek joint law center plan
Johnson County grand jury backs consolidation talks for Carbondale City and Southern Illinois University police into a shared facility. The plan, costing about 60 thousand dollars for design, aims to cut duplications, improve radio and records coordination, and may involve sheriff and state’s attorney space. The study could take six to twelve months with state funds of nearly 22 thousand dollars and local match.
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Bonita Troutt
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Joe Dakin
Dakin
Jackson County
Circuit Court
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
Greater Egypt
Paul Pitt
Washington St
Pitt
Boyd
Grand
Mlinois
Carbonndale
Holley
Chicago
Washington and
Oak Streets
Thomas
National Committee To Combat Fascism
NCCF
Babatunde Dmowali
Gunfight trial enters rebuttal phase in Murphysboro
In Carbondale shootout case four state witnesses testified in rebuttal as defense rested. Defendants Milton Boyd James Holley and Leonard Thomas face charges of attempted murder aggravated assault mob action and criminal damage to property.
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Murphysboro
Carbondale
Milton Boyd
Chicago
James K. Holley
Leonard Thomas
Washington St
Don Elmore
Elmore
Elbert Simon
Simon
Arthur Valentine
E. Green St
Robert Harris
Brown and
Dotson
Melvin Kersten
401
Kersten
Washington Street
401 N. Washington
Everett Prosser
Atty
Richard Richman
Mike Maurizio
Maurizio
Boyd
Du Quoin Fair Beef Cattle Judge Calls Stock Good
Judging at the Du Quoin State Fair underway with beef cattle described as good by R W Webb of Dixon Springs. Winners across beef, swine and sheep classes named from Polled Shorthorn to Yorkshire and Chester White divisions plus police briefs from Murphysboro and Carbondale noting stop sign violations.
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du Quoin
R. W. “Bob” Webb
Dixon Springs Agriculture Center
Simpson
Dee Wood
Harold Anderson
Newman
Carter Strader
Headsboro
John Wises
Bethany
Fairview Stock Farm
Crossville
Murphysboro
John H. Holley
Carbondale
William A. Smith
Logan E. Frazier
Airport awards parking lot contract to Carbondale firm
Williamson County Airport Authority awarded L. Robinson Construction Co. of Carbondale a 149 058 dollar contract for an access road and asphalt parking lot for the new terminal. The project includes 1200 foot frontage road extension, parking for 202 cars, sidewalks, lights, and drainage. Ozark Airlines may use Mt Vernon route temporarily while runway improvements close Mt Vernon Airport.
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Authority
Dee Rodd
Ozark Airlines
Williamson County
Herrin Board Hires Special Attorney and HELP Director
The Herrin Unit School Board approved hiring James Sanders Marion attorney as attorney to the school board and Lawrence Loveaul as director of the federally funded Humanist Early Learning Project HELP. Supt Clarida said HELP offices are in the Learning Resource Center.
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Herrin Board
Herrin Unit
James Sanders
Marion
Lawrence Loveaul
Humanist Early Learning Project
HELP
William Clarida
Sunnyside
Ronald Waldrop
Myereen Collard
The
Energy
Collard
Karen Grout
Chicago
Southern Illinois advisory council debates education goals
The Southern Illinois Citizens Educational Advisory Council met in Mount Vernon with State Supt. Michael J. Bakalis to discuss defining education goals. Members included students, teachers, administrators, and community leaders from 25 towns and universities.Bakalis proposed a life‑long access to quality education and outlined plans for vocational emphasis, district evaluation, and pilot councils governing schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois Advisory Council
Bonita Troutt
Southern Illinois
Michael J. Bakalis
Mount Vernon
Bakalis
Illinois
Bakolis
Cletus Jones
Joppa High School
General Assembly
Department of Vocational and Technical Education
Timois Advisory Council
Barbara Bauer
Anna
Corine Brown
Dongola
J. L. Buford
Mt. Vernon
William Clarke
SIU
Carbondale
John Coen
Olney
Gerald Cuendet
Grace Duff
Cairo
Becky Lynn Henley
Benton
Robert S. Hill
Jayma Lynn Hogg
West Frankfort
Joel Jennings
Metropolis
Louis Johnson
Fairfield
Joppa
Thomas Lampe
Germantown
James Garner Lewis
Don Nolen
Ken Paddick
Sumner
Curt Parker
Maria Perry
Salem
James Peter
Dorothy Pratt
Olmstead
Richard Stritzel
Christopher
David Thomas
Richard T. Ward
Ava
William H. Walker
Centralia
Herrin Awards Contract for Street Improvements
Mitchell Construction Co., Herrin, received an $85 821 contract for pavement on Poplar Street from 11th to 13th and Stotlar Street from 14th to Park. City Clerk Bernita Hopkins said it was the only bid. The work is part of a 20 year 1.2 million street improvement program funded from the motor fuel tax and begun this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Construction Co
Herrin
Mitchell
Bernita Hopkins
Jail death inquest delayed for Herrin man in St Louis
Coroner delays inquest into the August 25 death of Joseph Lee Wilson 37 of Herrin after a fight with police. Wilson was found dead in his St Louis city jail cell around 530 am following arrest five hours earlier.
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St. Louis
Joseph Lee Wilson
E. van Buren St
Wilson
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