Carbondale approves library bonds for 16000 square foot project
Carbondale voters pass a 1.7 million general obligation bond by 1795 to 598 for a new 16000 square foot library on West Main Street with 77 parking spaces. The tax hike is 0.0027 per 100 of assessed value, about 27 dollars annually for a 30000 dollar home. The board will hire Harry Weese and Associates to design.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Public Library Board
Betty Mitchell
Brush
West Main Street
Mitchell
Harry Weese and Associates of
Chicago
West Frankfort Fire Destroys Two Businesses
A fire at the Kitty Kat Lounge and Alfano's Pizza in West Frankfort drew 50 to 60 firefighters from 11 departments. The blaze threatened the Elks Club and a vacant building, with no damage estimate available, as investigators planned to inspect ruins.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Kitty Kat
Elks Club
West Frankfort
Lindell Blades
Larry Connaughty
Herrin
Johnston City
Zeigler
Benton
Freeman Spur
Coello
Thompsonville
Lesser
Christopher
West City
Public
James Bernhard
Lks
Bernhard
Elks
E. Main St
David Hurley
Robert Wolfe
Rend Lake
Appleton Wins Murphysboro Mayoral Primary Victory
Ward 5 Alderman Sydney Appleton defeated Mayor Michael Bowers by 107 votes in a Democratic primary, securing the April 7 election. No Republican candidate filed for mayor, and incumbent officials in several wards faced varying levels of renomination success, including Leonard Williams becoming Murphysboro’s first elected Black council member.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Michael Bowers
Sydney Appleton
Appleton
Harry Brawdy
Ronald V. Williams
Brawdy
Leonard Williams
John Harris
Williams
Patrick M. McCann
Lannie P. Rees
John E. Wright
Robert E. Fenwick
David L. McDowell
Press Berry Jr
McDowell
Ronald R. Rowan
Rowan
R.L
Rick) Blackwell
Robert J. Smith
Blackwell
William J. Ryan
Kenneth (Kie) Taylor
William
Bill) Hardwig
Bowers
Food prices ease inflation pace in January report
The Labor Department says consumer prices rose 0.7 percent in January, producing a 9.1 percent annual inflation rate. Grocery food prices fell 0.4 percent, meats and eggs declined 2.4 percent, while cereal dairy and baked goods rose. gasoline jumped 3.8 percent and fuel oil climbed 7.5 percent. Real spendable earnings remain down 4 percent over the year.
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Washington
Labor Department
It's My Turn community letters call for improvements
Citizens are invited to share ideas to boost quality of life across towns and regions with no prize, deadlines set for March 14. The Southern Illinoisan will publish selected letters in a future special section as reporters gather local perspectives. The NWS forecasts fair tonight then sunny mild Thursday with highs in the 50s. Partly cloudy Friday with possible rain Saturday or Sunday. highs upper 40s to 50s, lows in the 30s.
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Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
National Weather Service
Illinois
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