Carbondale weighs city help to spot fake IDs for bars
Police Chief Edward Hogan said the department will try to set up a program to aid bar owners in identifying false IDs used by underage drinkers. The liquor commission considered charges against local bars over minor sales. Gatsby's pleaded guilty to two, earning a six day license suspension. The city may offer employee training, with SIUC students cited as a factor in ongoing fake ID challenges.
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Tom Woolf
Carbondale
Edward Hogan
Liquor Commission
Sgt. T. J
McFly’s
Gatsby’s
Hogan
Chicago
SIUC
450 Benton evacuees back home
About 450 Benton residents returned to their homes at 3 30 p m Wednesday after firefighters averted damage from a spill of 2 000 gallons of unleaded gasoline from a leaking storage tank at FS Supply 300 S Commercial St Fire Chief Paul Rogers said freezing and thawing ground movements pulled loose a pipe on a 20 000 gallon tank causing the spill that forced evacuation of homes within two blocks Evacuees included residents of a federal low rent housing project for the elderly and pupils from Logan grade school were moved out though the school lay outside the two block area Firefighters were alerted at 8 50 a m when an FS employee discovered the leak Lesser West Frankfort and West City firefighters assisted While an ambulance stood by firefighters sprayed chemical foam on the spill then pumped out 2 000 gallons held by a dike and the remaining 17 000 gallons from the storage tank which sat beside five other tanks The EPA said the spilled gasoline would be disposed of at Tradewind Incineration in Sauget with the truck kept overnight in West Frankfort until disposal plans were set The IEPA emergency action center and the Division of Land Pollution coordinated the disposal plan
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Benton
Paul Rogers
S. Commercial St
Rogers
Roger
Logan
Area districts spared bilingual rule compliance
Two Southern Illinois districtsUnity Point and Glendale Elementary in Jackson Countywere singled out not to follow Carter era bilingual guidelines. Bell criticized the rules as costly and inflexible, noting district costs could range from 180 million to 591 million yearly. Both districts run transitional language programs and seek federal funds to support them while local administrators defend local control and English transition aims.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois
T.H. Bell
Southern
Illinois
Unity Point
Glendale Elemetary
Jackson County
Bell
Education Department
Harry Bennett
Glendale
Bennett
Shirley M. Hufstedler
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Carter
Champaign-Urbana
Du Quoin group to teach job skills in county program
The Du Quoin Business Association plans a countywide skill retraining effort for Perry County residents. Surveys will gauge current and future job needs from local businesses, with John A. Logan College instructors training residents for identified roles. Courses could start by summer, in Du Quoin, as part of broader economic revival efforts.
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Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan
du Quoin Business Association
du Quoin
Perry County
John A. Logan College
Business Association
Robert Shook
Shook
Perry
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Transcraft shelves plans for out-state plant move
Transcraft Corp of Anna has put a proposed out-of-state truck trailer plant on hold due to high interest rates. Parent Cumberland Enterprises shear unit is examining modular home construction opportunities. Negotiations with a Missouri Bootheel community had looked at a new site, but a move from Anna is not imminent. Laborers Local 133Q recently signed a three-year contract.
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H. B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Transcraft Corp
Anna
M. L. Kratzer
Kratzer
Cunningham Enterprises
Transcraft
Missouri
Boot Heel
Laborers
133Q
Allen Industries lays off 80 at Herrin plant
Allen Industries of Herrin, a Dayce Corp unit, will cut 80 midnight shift workers, reducing total to 203 across two shifts. Dayce public relations head Daniel Davis cites a 20 percent January sales drop. Industrial relations head Joe Razzano hopes it is temporary. The Herrin facility normally employs about 400 and makes sound absorbing materials for major automakers.
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Allen Industries
Dayce Corporation
Joe Razzano
Allen
Herrin
Two Murphysboro teachers seek Ward 4 alderman seat
Two Murphysboro teachers vie for the Democratic nomination in Ward 4 for the February 24 city council primary. Incumbent David McDowell and challenger Press Berry Jr. discuss jobs, housing, taxes, and downtown revitalization, with views on bonds, housing, and youth recreation shaping their campaigns.
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Murphysboro
David McDowell
Press Berry Jr
McDowell
Public Improvement Committee
Berry
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Fischer
Terry Murphy
Murphy
Iit
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O.R. Walley
Lesser
West Frankfort
West City
Benton Department
Ron Hudson
Environmental Protection Agency
Marion
Sauget
East St. Louis
Hudson
Iepa Emergency Action Center
Springfield
Division of Land Pollution
IEPA
Tradewind Incineration
Herrin City Park
Jerry Lower
Illinois Power Co
Decatur
Wall Street Journal
Association
Michael Travelstead
du Quoin State Bank
Daniel Davis
Dayce
Pat Cunningham
Cunningham
Park Board
Murphysboroug
Chamber of Commerce
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