Prisons’ status shifts as Illinois cuts back
Illinois faces a dramatic change as Governor George H. Ryan shifts from building two new prisons at 136 million to closing Vienna Correctional Center and Valley View Youth Center and mothballing Thomson. Budget director Stephen Schnorf cited flattening inmate growth and cost savings as drivers, while politics and jobs loom large in the discussion.
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Vienna
Johnson County
Valley View
Kane County
Thomson Correctional Center
Thomson
Stephen Schnorf
Firefighters scale Hancock Building to honor NYC dead
In Chicago the John Hancock Center hosted a 100 floor stair run honoring fallen New York City firefighters. More than 350 firefighters from Illinois and Indiana climbed in full gear, finishing around 15 minutes, while 3,500 civilians joined the event raising funds for the American Lung Association.
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New York City
Chicago
Mokena
Mark Seliga
New York
World Trade Center
Illinois
John Hancock Center
American Lung Association
Seliga
Gary Bettenhausen
Oak Lawn
Indiana
Bettenhausen
America
Janet Williams
Aurora
Jason Demas
Des Plaines
Steger Estates
Puppy killer gets new dog after parole in Belville
BELLEVILLE AP A Humane Society official expresses dismay that Steven J. Lybarger, who pleaded guilty to stabbing his wife's puppy, Baby, to death, was allowed a new puppy when released from prison after four months. Lybarger says his mental health has stabilized and cites lack of medicine during the crime.
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Belleville
Humane Society
Cliff Froehlich
Steven J. Lybarger Froehlich
Metro East Humane Society
Lybarger
Baby
Former nurse charged in patient assault in Peoria
Paul Gottwald, 42, of Peoria, a former OSF St. Francis Medical Center nurse, is charged with sexually assaulting a 25 year old female stroke patient in her hospital bed on September 18. He confessed to the assaults. police say the victim told her husband and the hospital fired him within two days after an internal probe.
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Peoria
OSF St. Francis Medical Center
Paul Gottwald
Steve Patelli
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