Fraternity barred from SIU Carbondale classes after wreck
Kappa Alpha Psi members at Southern Illinois University Carbondale face registration holds and hearings after the fraternity house on Greek Row was damaged in a term end party. Officials estimate back rent arrears of about 18 000 to 19 000 dollars and plan damage assessments.
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Kappa Alpha Psi
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
Harvey Welch
Welch
Greek Row
Joe Gasser
Siu-C
Bruce Swinburne
Tony Carter
Gasser
Police search for downed plane near Lake of Egypt
Illinois State Police and Williamson County authorities investigated a report of a downed airplane north or east of Lake of Egypt. Deputies said they received tips of a low-flying plane with engine cut, but no official missing- aircraft reports. One state plane had been circling the area since daylight, but nothing was found by midmorning.
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Illinois State Police
Williamson County
Lake of Egypt
Carterville delays detective unit approval
Carterville City Council tabled action on the Williamson County Detective Unit by laws until officials are assured of adequate liability protection. The council also ordered zoning code and subdivision ordinance copies for builders at $10 each. The meeting was continued to 9 20 a m Saturday to discuss cemetery regulations and a planned sewage treatment plant progress.
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Carterville
Williamson County Detective Unit
Fire destroys service station near Mount Vernon Illinois
Fire destroyed a service station on Illinois 15 west of Mount Vernon early today. Firefighters averted a greater danger when a propane tank heated and released vapors as a safety valve popped open.
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Woodlawn, Ill
Illinois 15
Mount Vernon
Murphysboro businesses recover from Christmas fire
In Murphysboro three firms destroyed by the December 25 blaze face different futures. Tippy’s Cafe and Flowers by Gladden will expand at the same site, a new florist location is sought, and Able Cleaners plans to rebuild at the original site with a more modern operation. The cause remains under investigation and a state crime lab check will review a broken back window.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Tippy’s Cafe
Gladden
Able Cleaners
Ted
Chester Steele
Steele
State Crime Lab
de Soto
Virginia Heern
Jack
Charlotte Gladden
Neill
Bonnie Clugston
Mrs. Clugston
Womick Moving case postponed in Jackson County court
Illinois Attorney General's office consumer fraud suit against Carbondale based Womick Moving and owner Jack Womick is delayed to 1 p.m. February 26 in Jackson County Circuit Court. The case accuses failures to deliver on schedule, reimburse damaged goods, improper receipts, misrepresenting as North American Van Lines agent, unlicensed warehouse, and noncompliance with an AG subpoena. Womick's office is at 401 N Industrial Park Lane in Carbondale.
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Ann Schottman Enol
Southern Illinoisand
Illinois Attorney General’s Office
Womick Moving Transfer Company
Jackson County
Robert Schwartz
John Womick
Attorney General’s Office
Womick
North American van Lines
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Attorney General
Jack Womick
Industrial Park Lane
Carbondale
Goreville teacher's board role probed by state officials
Goreville Grade School teacher Robert Webb faces an Illinois Board of Education review over his dual role as fifth grade teacher and elected member of the Goreville High School District Board of Education. Officials probe for possible conflicts as Webb also serves as a sports timekeeper and formerly coached varsity girls' basketball and softball. Webb asserts legality and notes a resignation from coaching due to administrative disputes. he pledges to relinquish the timekeeper post if needed.
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Goreville
Illinois Board of Education
Webb
Goreville High School
Givens
Gary Vaughn
Vaughn
Rezoning hospital lot endorsed by planning commission
Memorial Hospital seeks city council approval to rezone two empty Jackson Street lots for parking as part of a “full package” including five adjacent lots. The plan aims to add about 110 parking spaces once completed, with staged development for cost reasons.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois
The
Carbondale Planning Commission
Memorial Hospital
Jackson Street
George Maroney
West Oak Street
Ere
Maroney
Hospital
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Jean Ness
Jerry Lower
Charles Givens
State Board
Robert Webb
Arch of God
Illinois 13
ED Greer
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