Gray Returns to Congress After Ten Year Gap
U.S. Representative elect Ken Gray of West Frankfort plans to be sworn in after a decade away. He travels to Washington with about 4,000 letters on issues from unemployment to Social Security and veterans benefits, and vows to push defense cuts and a national infrastructure bill while restoring faith in Southern Illinois.
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Tim Landis
Southern Illinoisan
U.S
Ken Gray
West
Frankfort
Congress
Gray
Washington D.C
Randy Patchett
25Th
Washington
Tiger
June Gray
Arlington
Southern Illinois Senior Citizens Council
Council
Ken Buzbee
Dakanda
Senate
Robert Dole
Akansas
House Public Works and Transportation Committee
Southern Illinois
Carbondale weighs FAA center and 98 unit condos plan
Eleven-O-One Place Inc seeks FAA contract to house upgraded management training facility at 1101 S Wall St, with zoning changes for an educational use in a high density residential zone and a 7.3 acre planned unit development for 98 townhome condos priced 50 000 to 60 000. FAA school price 18 million with 70 teachers and 175 construction workers. financing includes 13 million in industrial revenue bonds.
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Federal Aviation Administration Management Training Center
International Hall
South Wall Street
Carbondale Planning Commission
Eleven-O-One Place Inc
S. Wall St
FAA
Carbondale
Eleven-O-One Place
Campus Drive
Vern Gordon
Council
Rend Lake Intercity water to gain new taps
The IEPA granted permits for Bend Lake to add two districts Greenwood Creek Nation Water System and Hamilton County Water District, pushing Rend Lake Intercity Water System toward its 18 mgd capacity and likely increasing treatment-limit breaches. NY.
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Elizabeth Renshaw
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Rend Lake
Intercity
IEPA
Roger Selburg
Division of Public Water Supplies
Bend Lake
Greenwood Creek
Hamilton County
Rend
Selburg
Larry Foster
Conservancy District
River rising near flood stage at St Louis but no major flooding
Mississippi River near flood stage at St Louis with crest expected Thursday and a gradual fall afterward. Corps spokesman Clyde Wilkes says no serious flooding expected if rainfall remains light for a few days. In Marion Unit 2, Creal Springs principal Guy Peterson reports limited damage from New Year’s Eve arson and burglary at Creal Springs grade school.
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Mississippi River
St. Louis
U.S. Army Corps of Engineer
Clyde Wilkes
Mississippi
Creal Springs
Guy Peterson
Peterson
Marion Unit
Williamson County Sheriff’s Department
Defense fund for jailed M D reaches twenty five thousand
A three day fund drive has netted about $25 000 for the legal defense of Dr J Dave Cavaness an Eldorado surgeon accused of murdering his 22 year old son The fund has drawn at least 175 donors many saying they believe in his innocence and want proper representation The doctor 59 faces first degree murder charges in the December slaying of Sean Dale Cavaness as authorities investigate a life insurance policy and prior time with the victim
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Dave Cavaness
Eldorado
Cavaness
Dale Sullivan
First State Bank of Eldorado
St. Louis
Arthur S. Margulis
Clayton
Steve Goldman
Goldman
Friends of
Bertis Herrmann
Herrmann
Sullivan
Illinois
Mark
Former councilman Paulk dies after coma years after shooting
Former West Frankfort city commissioner Jim Paulk, 33, died Tuesday at Veterans Administration Hospital in Marion after remaining in a coma since a February shooting by his wife. His widow Marsha Paulk was acquitted of attempted murder and aggravated battery in September following a four day Wayne County trial. Mayor Orville Nolen and Commissioner Jerry Warren commented on Paulk’s contentious tenure and his quiet, fair nature amid council clashes.
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Elizabeth Renshaw
Southern Illinoisan
Jim Paulk
West Frankfort
Paulk
Veteran’s Administration Hospital
Marion
Marsha
Wayne County
Orville Nolen
Jerry Warren
Warren
Jim
Public Properties
Marion Presley
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