Fisher-Price recalls medical toy kits over lead in cuffs
Fisher-Price recalls red blood pressure cuff components in toy medical kits sold nationwide. The company will remove the kits and offer a replacement cuff to affected families. Consumers can request a cuff replacement by calling Fisher-Price or obtain Safe Shopping Guides from the Attorney General's offices or website.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher-Price Toy
Fisher-Price
Fisher- Price
Attorney General
Illinoisattorney General
Perry County names Lora Booker as new commissioner
Perry County voters welcomed Lora Booker to the board as the new commissioner succeeding the late James Booker. Epplin praised her dedication to family and community as she will serve until a November special election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lora Booker
Perry
Epplin
Perry County
James Booker
911 calls during outage in Franklin County raise 911 accessibility
Residents faced an outage but dispatchers used lock box interfaces as a backup to answer 911 calls. Franklin County 911 Coordinator Rick Basso described the setup while Verizon router issues disrupted normal emergency call routing and dispatch operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Rick Basso
Basso
Verizon
Marion designates two buildings as local historic landmarks
The Marion City Council, acting on a request by the Historic Preservation Commission, designated the Thorne Place Club at 601 E. Thorne St built in 1907 in Queen Anne style and the Tower Square building at 100 Tower Square as local historic landmarks. The Thorne Place once served as a social club and hospital, while the Tower Square site housed a bank and later city hall operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Marion Historic Preservation Commission
Marion City Council
Thorne Place Club
E. Thorne St
Commission
Ann
Stein
U.S
Thorne Place
Dance D. Hartwell
Marion Hospital
Tower Square
Marion State and Savings Bank
City Hall
Frank Miles
Today Show crews visit SIUC for marketing grad profile
NBC Today Show producers and camera crews will be at Southern Illinois University Carbondale on Thursday to film a profile of Alejandro Figueroa a marketing student who is set to graduate December 15 after a seven year battle following a traumatic brain injury sustained while serving with the Marines at Camp Lejeune. Figueroa began at the SIUC College of Business in 2004 and is the first college graduate in his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
NBC
Today Show
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale College of Business and Administration
Alejandro Figueroa
Camp Lejeune
N.C
U.S
Siuc Business School
Sun Min
Columbia University
New York
48 Hours
Carbondale council shading funding requests sparks tension
Carbondale officials debated eight funding requests totaling 232000 for local and distant projects, scrapping 24405 in proposals including a 7400 to an orphanage in South Africa. Attucks Community Service Inc. faced scrutiny over financial history before a 69000 staff review and full council consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
South Africa
Attucks Community Service Inc
Attucks
Brad Cole
Richard Hayes
Attucks Board
Cole
IRS
Johnston City police chief under ICC probe over water main break
The Illinois Commerce Commission investigates Police Chief Jerald Kobler over a September water main break on Washington Street after Alderman Bart Lind raised the issue at a Sept. 25 council meeting. The probe cites failure to notify JULIE before digging and a possible fine up to 5000. Damages exceed 1500 with city liable if Kobler and Alderman Jim Mitchell do not pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston City
Jerald Kobler
Illinois Commerce Commission
Washington Street
Bart Lind
Richard Carter
Jim Mitchell
Kobler
Julie
Joe Gilsinger
Lind
Mitchell
Ryan Horn
Horn
Jack Helfrich
Johnston City Fire and Police Merit Board
Helfrich
Carter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adam Testa
Carterville
Minnis
Larry Peterson
Shawnee Community College
Allin
Codell Rodriguez
Tara Fasol
Aul Newton
Town Square
Marion Living Magazine
Siuc
Carbondale Council
Council
ICC
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!