Courthouse employees seek group health coverage in Williamson County
Williamson County board unanimously agreed to study a group health insurance package for about 100 courthouse staffers who petitioned for equal coverage with other county workers. Currently sheriff and highway staff have partial or lump sum benefits, and the board will explore voluntary options, though not guaranteed this fiscal year. A separate item endorsed a $33,112 grant for the Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission to continue the criminal justice evaluation program across 15 Southern Illinois counties with support from federal, state and local sources.
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Dave DeWitte
Williamson County
Sheriff's
Curtis Palmer
Courthouse
Franklin
Jackson
Johnson
Palmer
Highway Department
Sheriff's Department
Greater Egypt
Lipe's Dream Helped Create Kinkaid Lake Narrative
Jack Lipe of Vergennes helped push the Kinkaid Lake project from an wartime idea to a reality. He invested years and money, argued land purchases, and served on the Kinkaid district board for 23 years. Lipe recalls the lake’s early skepticism, the water supply motive, and the joy of watching it fill after drought.
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Ann Schodman Enol
Kinkaid Lake
Jack Lipe
Vergennes
Lipe
Jesus
Murphysboro
Marion Nash
Ralph Dunn
R-Du Quoin
George Snyder
Snyder
Illinois Division of Water Resources
Kinkaid
Kinkaid Board
William Kelley
County Board
Kelley
Sipe
Prisoner rights group warns of violence if industry shut
Theresa Churchill reports that the Marion Prisoners Rights Project argues eliminating the print shop and metal factory at U S Penitentiary in Marion could trigger violence during a four month inmate work stoppage. The group denounces the relocation plan to New York and a ban on project members from the prison.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
U.S Penitentiary
Marion
Marion Prisoners Rights Project
Carbondale
Project
James B. Roberts
Harold Miller
Richard Phillips
New York
Phillips
Roberts
Jacqueline Abel
Ms. Abel
Rights Project Corporation
Rights Project
Red Bud Man Dies in Randolph County Crash
Dennis L. Robert a 21 year old Red Bud resident was killed when his pickup was struck from behind by a car driven by John Donson 22 of Red Bud. The impact forced the truck off Illinois 3 into a tree about 30 feet from the roadway near Roma at about 1 05 a m Sunday. Donson was treated and released from St Clement Hospital in Red Bud Sunday night. both vehicles were southbound on Illinois 3 eight tenths miles north of Illinois 155 at the time of the crash according to Randolph County Coroner Gary McClure and Illinois State Police.
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Red Bud
Illinois 3
Randolph County
Roma
Dennis L. Robert
Gary McClure
Robert
John Donson
St. Clement Hospital
Illinois
Carterville school plans $800000 safety upgrades
Carterville Unit 5 Schools seek about 800000 in safety and access work including locker rooms at the old high school gym and auditorium improvements. Architect Charles Garrison presented estimates. Board to revisit at the February 12 meeting.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Carterville Unit 5
Gerald Cuendet
Charles Garrison
Simon Rettberg Garrison
Architects of
Carbondale
State food sanitation rules stressed by health officials
Illinois health officials warn restaurants cannot meet all regulations at once and seek stronger enforcement through a retail food sanitation law. Area departments, led by Bi-County Health, require annual TB tests for staff and stress wholesomeness, proper water and waste systems, pest control, correct temperatures, trained managers, and no home prepared foods.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Department of Public Health
Food Service
Roy Upham
State Health Department
Food and Drugs Division
Upham
Health Department
Jackson County Health Department
Franklin-Williamson
Bi- County Health Department
Southern Seven Health Department
Randolph County Health Department
Larry Castrale
Bi- County Health
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Red Bud Man
Carterville School
Cuendet
Kathy Oliva
Carterville
The
Southern Illinois Enforcers
Jerry Lower
Jack Steimle
Danver’s
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