Murphysboro council fights over health bid in chaotic meeting
Murphysboro city officials abandoned a planned closed session to an informal open gab session then to no meeting as only four of nine aldermen appeared. The discussion centered on selecting an employee health policy bid from Equitable Life vs Rockford Blue Cross with differences on pre existing conditions, dependent ages, and cancellation rights, revealing new facts after a prior vote. Alderman Williams arrived late. Clerk Kie Taylor had already left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Sydney Appleton
Southern Illinoisan
Tom Jones
Jones
Appleton
David McDowell
William Ryan
Robert Fenwick
Leonard Pullis
Leonard Williams
Kie Taylor
Gab
James Scuras
Equitable Life Assurance Co
Rockford Blue Cross
Equitable
Blue Cross
Insurance Committee
Scuras
Securas
Gene Crippen
Crippen
Geese Return to Coal Mine Pond in Southern Illinois
Giant Canada geese are reintroduced at Consolidation Coal Burn ing Star No 2 mine near Pinckneyville. Ami Ruffing pens 18 birds in a mesh enclosure with corn, windbreaks, and wing clipping to establish a breeding population while awaiting warmer cooperation from hunters and conservation officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Perry County
Consolidation Coal Co
Burning Star No. 2
Pinckneyville
Consol
Ami Ruffing
Pinckneyville 2
Ruffing
Illinois
Cook County
Steve Jenkusky
Department of Conservation
Chicago Botanical Gardens
Chicago
Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation
Ms. Ruffing
Knox County
Joe Jines Ami
SIU C Employees to Get 2 Percent Catch Up Raise
SIU C employees will receive a 2 percent catch up raise next month funded from this year’s appropriation. The increase applies to those earning under $40,000 and more than two reporting levels from the president, totaling about $650,000 for SIU C and the medical school staff. The raise appears on the February 1 paychecks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ness
Southern
Siu-C
John Baker
Jackson County CETA program ends as federal funding cuts close office
In Murphysboro the Jackson County CETA office shut at 4 p.m. ending the program after federal budget cuts. Director Maurice McCann said the closure was anticipated and warned smaller communities will feel the loss of services like senior programs and crisis initiatives. The four year effort brought $8.04 million and 1,496 jobs, with 58 percent of participants finding work.
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Jean Ness
Illnoisan
Murphysboro
Jackson County
CETA
Maruice McCann
McCann
Grand Tower
Elkville
Dowell
Will
Aeon Alternatives
Synergy
Archway
Ronald Reagan
Illinois Farmers Union
Zeigler
Cipients
Buncombe asked to submit final water grant bid
The Farmers Home Administration urged Buncombe Water District to file a final grant application to upgrade the district’s physical plant. If approved, the grant would cover 75 percent of about $62,000 in repairs, including a leaking water tower, pump station fixes, valve replacements, burying exposed lines, and replacing meters, with no rate increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Farmers Home Administration
Buncombe Water District
Walter Brieschke
Fmha
Brieschke
Derailment delays holiday train travelers
A minor derailment on the Illinois Central Gulf line in Fulton Kentucky halted Amtrak's City of New Orleans in both directions. One hundred forty five passengers were bused to three Southern Illinois cities as trains were rerouted via Effingham and Fulton with delays reported. No injuries occurred.
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Jim Santori
Southern
Amtrak
Chicago
Carbondale
Bluford
Mount Vernon
Centralia
Cairo
Memphis
Jim Glasch
ICG
Two New Bridges Planned on 18 Bottom Road in Franklin County
Franklin County plans a half million dollar project to replace two aging bridges on 18 Bottom Road near Benton. Superintendent Jack Licata seeks 80-20 federal funding, with the county contributing 100000, to replace the late 1930s timber substructure bridges. If funds fail to materialize, replacement may be delayed for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Jack Licata
Charles Mandrell
Three Franklin timber bridges to be replaced next spring
Franklin County will replace three timber bridges in Goode Ewing and Frankfort townships under the Township Bridge Program. Construction starts in April with a June completion target. The $102277 project is funded 80 percent by the state and 10 percent each by townships and county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Jack Licata
Goode, Ewing and
Frankfort
Licata
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Ms. Ruffin
Idaho
Jack Nowrot
Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Nawrot
SIUC
Albert Somit
James Thompson
Somit
Gettig
Buncombe
Illinois Department of Transportation
District 9
Franklin
Goode Bridge
Lesser
Ewing Bridge
Ewing
West Frankfort
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