Area child snatching exposes gaps in custody law
A rural Carbondale woman fights Illinois and Mississippi custody rules after her 10 year old daughter was abducted by the father from Illinois to Mississippi and returned, highlighting that Illinois law may not curb out of state custody abductions without a court order recognized in Illinois.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Illinois
Twila Curtis
Route 3
Mississippi
Carterville
Miss Curtis
Williamson County
Jack Price
Curtis
Price
Haney
Hidu
SIU-C offers in state tuition to out of state residents
Missouri and 14 western Kentucky counties gain in state graduate tuition at Southern Illinois University Carbondale starting spring. Apply to six or fewer semester hours. law and medicine remain excluded. Trustees approved three year review. SIU-C and SIU Edwardsville campus presidents determine rollout.
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Missouri
Western Kentucky
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Western
Kentucky
John S. Jackson III
Siu-C
Law and Medicine
Illinois
SIU
Siu-Edwardsville
SIUC
Albert Lomit
Jackson
Murray State University
Lexington
Columbia
Southeast Missouri University
Liberal Arts
Ballard
Caldwell
Calloway
Carlisle
Crittenden
Fulton
Graves
Hickman
Livingston
Lyon
Marshall
McCracken
Trigg
Union
SIU C plans motor skills clinic for handicapped youngsters
Southern Illinois University Carbondale's department of physical education offers a motor skills clinic for mildly and moderately handicapped children aged 5 to 12 in Jackson and Williamson counties. The 15 week program runs saturdays 9:30 to 11 in Pulliam Hall gym. registration closes January 20.
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Siu-C
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Department of Physical Education
Jackson
Williamson Counties
Dale Ulrich
SIUC
Ulrich
Pulliam Hall
Siu-C Department of Physical Education
Herrin flood talks set for tonight at high school
Herrin residents affected by the 17th Street flood meet with local and state officials at 7 p.m. in the Herrin High School auditorium. Organized by Rep. Paul Simon’s office, attendees include Senator D Makanda Jim Rea and Gene Johns, with possible participation by C L McCormick. Also expected are Harold Moroney IDOT highways chief and Donald Vonnahme IDOT waterways director.
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Herrin
17Th Street
Herrin High School
Paul Simon
Simon
D-Makanda
Jim
Rea
Gene Johns
C.L. McCormick
Donald Swinford
Harold Moroney
Illinois Department of Transportation
Donald Vonnahme
IDOT
Division of Waterways
Freeman Spur mayor resigns amid board conflict
Freeman Spur Village President Dale Howell has quit citing lack of support and conflicts with board members. The resignation letter arrived two weeks ago. a replacement had not been confirmed as of today. Howell notes the village moved from about eight to nine thousand dollars in debt to a surplus, saying if the board cannot manage it, they can burn it down.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Freeman Spur Village Board
Dale Howell
Howell
SIUC Officer Named to Governor's 20 Pistol Team
Patrolman Jack Fleming of SIUC campus police, Johnston City native and 11 year veteran, finished third among 500 officers in IPCA combat pistol matches. This marks his fifth consecutive year on the Governor's 20, an elite team recognizing Illinois marksmen since 1977.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Jack Fleming
Johnston City
SIUC
Illinois Police Combat Assocation
IPCA
Fleming
Illinois
HUD review slows Murphysboro family housing sites
Jackson County Housing Authority has proposed several family housing sites in Murphysboro and sent the list to HUD for approval. HUD delays linger as an official returns from vacation, with final environmental and program approvals unsettled. City officials previously opposed clustering and the elderly high rise funds were froze in 1981, tying successor site choices to city cooperation.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County Housing Authority
Murphysboro
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Authority
James Seed
HUD
Seed
Sydney Appleton
Housing Authority
Task force backs nonprofit reorg for Franklin Hospital
A hospital task force recommends turning Franklin Hospital and its skilled care unit into a not-for-profit holding company. The move would add a 10th board seat from the medical staff and may enable new programs funded by private sources without cutting jobs. The board must vote Jan 27 and, if approved, petitions and a circuit judge decision could follow.
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Jean Ann Bailey
Franklin Hospital
Ann Acton
Acton
Fired correctional officer says hearing proved innocence
Vienna Correctional Center counselor Charles Clay maintained after a three day hearing he was found innocent by the Human Rights Commission. He accused IDC lawyers of focusing on him as an employee rather than the 1979 sex incident and said evidence about his alleged observations was only his statement. The Administrative Law Judge will issue an opinion in six to nine months after witnesses including Warden Larry Mizell testified on security and reporting duties.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Vienna Correctional Center
Charles Clay
Human Rights Commission
Clay
Illinois Department of Corrections
IDC
Steven Nardulli
Linda Krueger MacLachlan
Larry W. Mizell
Snowbound traffic snarls on Illinois 13 near Murphysboro
Pre dawn snowfall delayed public road clearing as a Tempo sed car slid into a shallow ditch just east of Murphysboro on Old Illinois 13. Traffic backed up while authorities reported several minor accidents amid treacherous, snow packed conditions.
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Illinois 13
Murphysboro
Tempo
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Bob Chapman
Playport Marina
John McCuthen
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