Carmi STEP traffic detail nets 212 arrests, 194 warnings
Illinois State Police in Carmi report a Traffic Enforcement Program detail resulting in 212 arrests and 194 written warnings. Among arrests, 155 were for speeding and 34 for seat belt and child restraint offenses. The effort focused on speeding, restraints, DUI and alcohol offenses, funded by a federal grant via the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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Carmi
Illinois
United States Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Illinois Department of Transportation Division of Traffic Safety
Carbondale man seriously injured in Illinois 37 crash
Christopher Cody 26 of Carbondale suffered major injuries Friday when his 1999 Ford Ranger and Evelyn Rogers 77 of Thompsonville in a rear end collision on Illinois 37 near Reid Road. Both drivers wore seat belts. Cody and Rogers hospitalized. Rogers cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
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Marion
Carbondale
Illinois 37
Christopher Cody
Marion Memorial Hospital
Evelyn Rogers
Thompsonville
James Rogers
Cody
Reid Road
Rogers
Baker’s Towing
Illinois
du Quoin
Garbage truck overturns on New Era Road in Carbondale
William A. Stanton Jr., 28, of Carbondale, was driving a Burris Disposal garbage truck south on New Era Road at about 5:08 a.m. when an oncoming vehicle blinded him. The truck skidded on wet pavement, left the road, and rolled onto its side in a ditch. Stanton was not injured.
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Carbondale
New Era Road
William A. Stanton Jr
Stanton
Burris Disposal
National Crime Victim Service Awards Nomination Extended
The U S Attorney's Office invites nominations for the National Crime Service Award and the Susan Laurence Memorial Award honoring work in victim advocacy and innovation in victim services. Winners will be celebrated in Washington, D C during National Crime Rights Week in April to May 2002. Deadline extended to December 31. Nomination form available at puborder ncjrs org or by contacting Pat Gray via fax.
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United States Attorney’s Office
Susan Laurence
National Crime Service
Washington, D.C
National Crime Victim Service Awards
Puborder
Ncjrs.org
Pat Gray
United States Attorney's Office
Woods finishes police academy in Illinois
Terry A. Woods, formerly of West Frankfort, completed the Illinois State Police Academy in Springfield on August 31 and will serve as a trooper in District 14 Macomb. He studied 26 weeks of training and will undergo 14 weeks of field training before regular duties start.
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Macomb
West Frankfort
Terry A. Woods
Springfield
Woods
Charles “Dude
Judith Woods
District 14
Pinckneyville could get state grants for new school build
Illinois Capital Development Board may fund most of a proposed Pinckneyville district school project if approved in 2002. With the district's 25 percent share, $11,259,823 in grants would be awarded based on a total project cost of $15,013,097. A public input meeting drew about three dozen residents as teachers cited heating, cooling, and electrical issues, and plans include building a new campus beside the gym and relocating the football and track complex.
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Pinckneyville
Illinois Capital Development Board
Sandi Jerrells
CDB
Jerrells
A Little Kindness Daily From West Frankfort Educator
Goebel Patton, a retired West Frankfort educator, marks his 88th Christmas by continuing a life of daily kindness. For 52 years in Franklin County, he has helped with the Salvation Army Christmas Tree of Lights and helped raise funds, saying kindness is the rent for space on Earth. He has mounted the tree at the West Frankfort post office for decades and continues his long volunteer tradition.
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Southern
Goebel Patton
Patton
West Frankfort
Franklin County
Salvation Army
Prison education cuts feared inside and outside prisons
Critics warn that ending a 30 year program of vocational and academic education for inmates will cause trouble both inside facilities and in the broader society. In Southern Illinois 46 full time jobs will vanish at Rend Lake College and Southeastern Illinois College due to a 5.4 million dollar cut by the Illinois Department of Corrections.
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Springfield
Illinois
Rend Lake College
Southeastern Illinois College
Illinois Department of Corrections
Revolving doors in prisons spark debate on inmate education
Patricia Murphy of Richland Community College notes studies show 39 percent of prisoners return to prison, while educated inmates have a 13 percent reoffense rate. Mary Jo Oldham of Southeastern Illinois College adds vocational education offers inmates alternatives to crime and improves community safety.
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Patricia Murphy
Richland Community College
Decatur Correctional Center
Murphy
Mary Jo Oldham
Southeastern Illinois College
Hartzel Black Pioneered Illinois Inmate Education
Hartzel Black helped start inmate education in Illinois, beginning in Southern Illinois in 1971 and leading the Southeastern Illinois College program through 1999. Now with a Utah-based private firm, he laments cuts to inmate education and warns that lack of skills raises recidivism, with 35 to 50 percent likely to return to prison.
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Hartzel Black
Illinois
Southern Illinois
Southeastern Illinois College
Black
Utah
Corrections Department
Brian Fairchild
Ambitious illustrated history of Southern Illinois explored
Glen Carbon author Bill Nunes releases Southern Illinois An Illustrated History a nearly 300 page overview tracing regional origins from Cahokia to Cairo and Shawneetown. The book blends archival photos town histories and biographies including John Malkovich William Holden Buddy Ebsen and Harry Blackmun while noting no index exists due to space constraints.
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Glen Carbon
Southern Illinois
Birger
Herrin
Bill Nunes
Nunes
Chicago
Edwardsville
Collinsville
East St. Louis
Charlie Birger
John Malkovich
Benton
William Holden
O'Fallon
Buddy Ebsen
Belleville
Minnesota
Fats
U.S. Supreme Court
Harry Blackmun
Nashville
Wallers aim to open Inheritance Valley Vineyards in Alto Pass
Tim and Kendall Waller plan a small winery in their Alto Pass home basement with a 1800 gallon annual cap and a future bed and breakfast. They seek a wine production license from the ATF and local liquor permit while preparing for spring 2003 sales. They moved from central Illinois in 1997 and planted seven grape varieties, selling their first harvest to Alto Vineyards.
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Alto Pass
Tim
Kendall Waller
Illinois 127
Shawnee Hills
Illinois 146
Tim Waller
Union County Board Commissioners
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Wallers
Inheritance Valley Vineyards
Inheritance Valley
Illinois
Union County
Kendall
Carbondale
Alto Vineyards
Paul Renzaglia
Alto
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