Visiting man bitten by dogs near Pinckneyville park
Police and health officials seek help identifying two dogs that attacked a Brimfield visitor walking a Shih Tzu near Pinckneyville ball fields. The red pickup truck carrying the dogs fled. owners or vaccination info requested at 357-8231 or 357-5371. Also, Franklin County deputies hunt vandals after a spate of broken glass and damaged fences near West Frankfort. tips to 438-4841.
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Health Department
Brimfield
Peoria
Illinois
Pinckneyville
Police Department
Franklin County
Pershing
Bill Wilson
West Frankfort
Sheriff's Department
Two Women Arrested After New Year’s Eve Benton Brawl
Two Herrin women Maria Childress 21 and Stephanie Beck 28 were charged with aggravated battery after a New Year’s Eve fight at a Huck's on North Main Street in Benton. Police said four women fought around 10 15 p.m. as a male customer tried to intervene. The employees alleged the attack followed a misinterpreted conversation.
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Benton Huck’s
Herrin
Maria Childress
Stephanie Beck
Huck's
North Main Street
Mike O'Neill
O'Neill
Two Benton juveniles admit library vandalism
Two 13 year olds were identified as the vandals who damaged Benton Public Library windows and a door, with losses over 1000 dollars. They will perform eight Saturdays of community service at the library as a police department adjustment. failure to comply could send the case to the state's attorney and probation.
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Benton
Benton Public Library
Mike O'Neill
O’neill
O'Neill
Library Board
Doris Heaton
Heaton
Carterville seeks funds for Tri-C library replacement
Carterville amid Tri-C district growth faces a funding delay for a $2.7 million library project. Anne West Lindsey's $1.5 million estate and five acres remain unclosed, delaying White and Borgognoni Architects' plans to build north of the current site on North Division Street. The library district now serves Carterville Crainville and Cambria, with impatience mounting as officials push for fundraising to start construction and relocate the Carterville Police and Fire Departments.
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Carterville
Tri-C
Anne West Lindsey
White and
Crainville
Cambria
Robertson
Plagiarism turmoil at SIU sparks cross case debate
SIU President Glenn Poshard voiced dismay after a Chicago Sun Times report tied a former Argosy official’s plagiarism to broad public scrutiny. An SIU review found Poshard plagiarized in a 1984 dissertation, prompting him to issue a corrected version and push for a campus-wide policy while Blue Ribbon committee members advance reforms.
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Carbondale
Glenn Poshard
Southern Illinois University
Chicago Sun-Times
Argosy University-Chicago
Sun- Times
Argosy
Bindu Ganga
Ganga
Poshard
SIUC
SIU
Southern
Texas A&m University
Marion hospital buy eyed for assisted living with jobs rise
Viamar Trading Co of Montara California plans to buy the old Marion West Main Street hospital for 1.2 million and invest about 2 million to convert it into an assisted living center. The project could create about 300 health care related jobs in year one and up to 600 by year two. The plan may include senior housing Alzheimer’s care rehab and possibly a halfway house which the mayor dismissed. Remodeling would start with the roof and OB ward then progress through floors with public access limited during rehab. Local officials praised the proposal as a solid investment if financing is approved.
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Marion
Bob Butler
Viamar Trading Co
Montara
Calif
West Main Street
Butler
Bruce Harrell
Harrell
Dog Connell
Lannie Gribble
Viamar
Jay Rix
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