Supreme Court upholds Carbondale snow removal ordinance
Illinois Supreme Court rules Carbondale may require sidewalk clearance for public safety. majority rejects taxation argument and cites police power to compel 30 inch path clearance within 24 hours after snowfall. dissenting justice cites vagueness and enforceability concerns. The decision also affects sick leave for pregnant teachers in McLean County.
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Don Levener
Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Carbondale
Jackson County Circuit Court
John Brewster
Jackson County
Supreme Court
Edward Kionka
Brewster
John Womick
Daniel P. Ward
Ward
Carroll Fry
Fry
Kiriakos
Womick
Normal Community Unit
McLean County
White Christmas unlikely with 20 percent chance
Southern Illinois Airport weather observer Steve Piltz says there is only a 20 percent chance of a white Christmas this week as temperatures reach the upper 50s. Today will be sunny and mild with highs in the mid to upper 50s. Tonight will be fair and cool with lows in the mid 30s. Clouds increase Friday but highs stay in the upper 50s. Friday night will be cloudy with a low in the 40s. Weekend showers are possible with highs in the 50s and overnight lows in the 30s. Colder air moves in Monday but not cold enough for snow.
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Steve Piltz
Southern Illinois
Piltz
World’s Largest Christmas Card Unveiled in Tehranan Cargo Shed
Alex Paen, a Los Angeles radio newsman, strains beneath an enormous Christmas card measuring 10 feet by 64 feet and weighing over 50 pounds. The card is signed by 22,000 listeners of a Pann City Florida radio station, marking a record breaking greeting from fans.
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Alex Paen
Los Angeles
Tehranaan
U.S
Pann City
Fla
Iran factions clash over autonomy in Baluchistan
In Baluchistan region east of Iran fighting between rival groups left two dead and 36 wounded. The violence compounds long standing calls for self rule by Sunni Baluchis who resist Tehran’s Shiite led authority. Meanwhile 50 American hostages in Tehran remain in captivity with talks over Christmas visits by families possible but undecided by militants.
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Tehran
Iran
Tehran Radio
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Zahedan
Baluchistan-Sistan
Dr. Yazdi
Ibrahim Yazdi
Mowlavi Abdelaziz
Khomeini
CIPS rate hike proposal at ICC targets 7.6 percent rise
Illinois Commerce Commission staff propose a 7.6 percent electric rate increase for Central Illinois Public Service Co causing a $2.65 monthly rise for residential customers, with $22.2 million of the requested $35.2 million approved. The order may be revised next week, reflecting concerns over data transparency and efficiency.
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Central Illinois Public Service Co
Illinois Commerce Commission
CIPS
ICC
Michael Hasten
Hasten
Newton Unit
Newton
Illinois
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Preston Levi
Michael Schmidt
ICC Policy Analysis and Research
Illinois Power Co
Baldwin
Charles Staton
Sam Poe
Commission
Mother Gives Up Newborn To Childless Twin Sister
London report details Lynda Elson who gave her week-old daughter to her childless twin sister Jean Machin and her husband Roger. The Machins raised the girl, Jodie, as theirs, while Elson and her husband faced heartbreak and questions about adoption legality and future disclosure to the child.
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London
Lynda Elson
Mrs. Elson
John
Jean
Roger Machin
London Daily Mirror
England
Mirror
Aunty
Machins
Machin
Elson
Donations Provide Funeral for Abandoned Baby Boy
In St Paul Minnesota an unnamed infant found left in a Minneapolis yard on Nov 17 was honored at a church funeral attended by 35 people. Carol Hamline funded a grave monument reading Jesus Loves You Baby Boy as police arrested a 16 year old believed to be the mother.
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St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Carol Hamline
Minneapolis
Jesus
Hennepin County
Roger Mackey
St. Paul Reformation Church
Hamlines
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