Du Quoin City Council Sets Friday Meeting Times
Public meetings list shows Du Quoin City Council at 7 p.m. Friday in city hall, Energy Village Board at 6 p.m. Friday with a special session to adopt ordinance for the primary election, Glendale District 160 grade school Christmas program at 7 p.m. Friday in the multi purpose room, and Cobden Board of Appeals at 7:30 p.m. Friday in city hall.
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du Quoin
City Hall
Energy Village Board
Village Hall
Glendale District 160
Cobden
Man charged in accident in Murphysboro
Thomas C. Hasty 26 of 412 S 17th St Murphysboro is free on a 50 dollar cash bond after being charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a property damage accident. He hit a parked car at 326 S 17th St at 1130 p.m. Thursday and fled the scene but was identified by a witness. Hasty's auto and the parked car belonging to Samuel E Provoe were heavily damaged, police said.
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Thomas C. Hasty
S. 17Th St
Murphysboro
Hasty
Samuel E. Provoe
West Frankfort Man Injured in Accidental Shooting
Ernest L. Brown 48 was treated for a gunshot wound to the left little finger after a .22 caliber pistol discharged while he showed it to a friend in a parking lot on West Oak Street. Police said the fingernail was ripped off.
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West Frankfort
Ernest L. Brown
Adolph Gilula
Baron Waller
Brown
West Oak Street
Shawnee National Forest Opens New HQ in Harrisburg
Special events announce open house for the Shawnee National Forest new headquarters building on Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. at 317 E. Poplar Street in Harrisburg.
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Shawnee National Forest
E. Poplar St
Harrisburg
Glendale School Board repays tax warrants
The Glendale School Board repaid over $13,000 in tax anticipation warrants issued last year. Principal Harry Bennett said $10,400 went to the education fund, $1,515 to the building fund, and $200 to the bond and interest fund from the general fund.
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Glendale School Board
Harry Bennett
Impersonation charge filed against Carbondale man
John Robert Parker 51 of 307 E Jackson St Carbondale was charged with impersonating an officer after displaying a deputy sheriff badge to a traffic violator. Jackson County Sheriff’s office confirmed no employment. he was later arrested at University City dorms and held on a $1000 bond.
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John Robert Parker
E. Jackson St
Carbondale
Parker
Jackson County
Keene Urges Hard Work for City Grant Progress
Carbondale Mayor David Keene urged neighborhood leaders to apply imagination and common sense to Model Cities guidelines after returning from a New Orleans trip. He spoke of a closed mayor meeting and encouraged Zeigler-Royalton School Board to fill Royalton junior high vacancy left by Janet Hethman resigning January 14.
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David Keene
Northeast Neighborhood Congress
Keene
Congress
New Orleans
Patricia Horn
Herrin
Zeigler-Royalton Unit
Royalton
Horn
Janet Hethman
Seventeen years since Orient 2 mine disaster at West Frankfort
Seventeen years after the 1951 Orient 2 explosion near West Frankfort. 119 miners died, with one later perishing in hospital, a note to his wife found in his hand. The disaster prompted coal mine safety legislation and remains a stark memory in Franklin and Williamson counties.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
West Frankfort
Chicago
Wilmington and Franklin Coal Co
Orient 2
Benton
Franklin
Williamson
Laura
Christ
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
U.S. Senate
Illinois
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Mannington
W. Va
Einers
Iinois
Centralia
A Matter
Panamanian Teacher Animates Pinata Lesson At SIU Lab
Mexican custom idea shown to kindergarten children at Southern Illinois University Carbondale's demonstration school. Miss Ana Acuna of Panama leads a Span lesson, presenting a gaily decorated pinata filled with toys and candy to the young students.
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Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Ana Acuna
Panama
Impact of SIU on Carbondale school district finances
A study of impaction in Carbondale area districts links Southern Illinois University to higher local tax burdens. Unity Point and Carbondale Districts report sharp rises in pupils with state institution employed parents, while Evergreen Terrace housing expands. Officials call for state relief and tuition aid as districts seek legislative relief.
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Ben Gelman
George Willhite
I Linoisan
Illinois
Champaign-Urbana
Senate Education Committee
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
University
SIU
Carbondale Community
University School
CCHS
STU
Unity Point
Evergreen Terrace
Unity Point Aid
Virgil Wheeles
Claude Ross
Ross
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
de Soto
Glendale
Carbondale Northeast Congress votes down restructuring plan
A vote defeated a proposal to reorganize Carbondale's Northeast Community Development Congress. The plan would have expanded voting and motion rights for northeast residents and faced opposition from ongoing bylaws concerns and vacancies.
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Jim Hatton
Carbondale
Northeast Community Development Congress
Northeast
Congress
Charles Simon
Buma Hayes
Hayes
Arnold Woods
Linda Stalls
Simon
Will Reid
Area 4
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