City seeks more time on Sugar Creek dam questions
Marion aims to extend deadlines on responding to Illinois Department of Natural Resources comments about a Sugar Creek dam near Creal Springs. Mayor Butler cites heavy technical comments and a 10 day reply window while the public had three months, as the 1,172 acre reservoir plan faces decades of dispute and endangered species concerns.
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Sugar Creek
Creal Springs
Robert Butler
Butler
Sears & Roebuck
Larry Woolard
Carterville
Illinois House
Woolard
Marion Lake
Sugar Creek Dam
Army Corps of Engineers
Maier seeks bar license for Mugsy's add-on with music aim
Maier plans a $350000 expansion to the space beside Mugsy's formerly housing local cable offices. He envisions bands for middle aged patrons with a separate entrance. Only one of Carbondale's 15 licenses is available, with a single license since 1999. The Liquor Advisory Board will hear the bar license request at 5:30 p.m. today at city hall.
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Maier
Mugsy’s
Carbondale
Globe At the Sports Center
City Hall
Illinois Ave
Lawsuit details failure to warn in Illinois school case
The Jackson County suit names McDowell and his wife Denise Mugge and school board members in their official capacities. It claims they knew of a relationship involving McCann and McDowell but did not warn or report him. McCann, who says abuse began when she was 12, seeks over 50,000 per count plus costs. The suit notes McDowell’s early retirement and medical leave, with implications for teacher retirement.
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Jackson County
McDowell
Denise Mugge
McCann
Mugge
Speir
Jamie McCann
Dan Anders
Illinois Attorney General’s Office
Death notices from Carbondale and nearby towns
Death notices list Kameron Leander Allison Juanita Howard Nixon Evelyn Matheny Applegate Marguerite B Ward and Lawrence V Lipe in Illinois and Tennessee with funeral plans, memorials to the American Heart Association, and burial details. Joe Tonso's obituary notes his puppet group outreach and performances in the community.
Looking Ahead Looking Ahead and Final Farewells
Helen E Stoehr Rundles 67 died January 1 2002 at home. Services private Barkett Funeral Home Cairo in charge. Opal Etherton 81 died December 30 2001 at Magnolia Manor Metropolis. Family services 11am Saturday Neal- McClure Funeral Home with Rev John Lewis officiating. Burial Hallidayboro Cemetery. Friday visitation 6 9pm at the funeral home for Rundles. Funeral 1:30pm Saturday Johnson-Hughes Funeral Home. Burial Herrin City Cemetery. Family will give the eulogy. Opal’s service set for 11am Saturday with burial in Hallidayboro Cemetery.
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Pettett Funeral Home
David Pinker
Lipe Cemetery
Barkett Funeral Home
Mounds
Neil Bierman
Green Lawn Memorial Gardens
Villa Ridge
Welge-Pechacek Funeral Home
Marvin “Bud” Bennett
Carbondale
Johnson-Hughes Funeral Home
Herrin City Cemetery
Cairo
Helen E. Stoehr Rundles
Neal- McClure Funeral Home
John Lewis
Hallidayboro Cemetery
Transplant survivor reflects on decade since heart transplant
A woman in Herrin recalls her 1991 heart transplant after a donor heart matched her blood type and weight. She described waking on a ventilator, rapid recovery, and five years of waiting to tell the donor family. Now retired from work, she earned an associate degree in 1995 and volunteers at her church.
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Marion
St. Louis
Lewis
John A. Logan College
Community of Faith
Herrin
Backyard Birdwatching Joy at a Winter Feeder Parade
A backyard observer recounts a Dec 16 Christmas Bird Count day with over 50 species and 80 plus birds. The piece emphasizes enjoying daily feeder visits, detailing common and irruptive species, feeder setup, and the calm, intimate view of individual birds from a porch.
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John S. Sharp
John.sharp
Thesouthern
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Mugsy's
Frank Owens
Kameron Allison
Kameron Leander Allison
Memorial Hospital of
Jackson Funeral Home
Juanita Nixon
Murphysboro
Juanita Howard Nixon
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Evelyn Applegate
Evelyn Matheny Applegate
American Heart Association
Marguerite Ward
Marguerite B. Ward
Dyersburg Methodist Hospital
Dyersburg
Tenn
Lawrence Lipe
Chester — Lawrence V. Lipe
Memorial Hospital
Joe Tonso
Christ
Helen Rundles
Southern
O'Fallon
Ben Gelman
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