Snowy Illinois Roads Bring Delays and Cancellations Across Region
Snow packed highways and icy runways disrupted travel across Southern Illinois and neighboring areas. Interstate routes were slick while air travel faced cancellations and delays at Williamson County and Carbondale airports. Airport plowing began early as state crews worked to keep main routes passable amid heavy snowfall.
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Karen Rothe
Illinois
Williamson County
Marion
Ozark Airlines
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Air Illinois
Illinois Department of Transportation District 9
Orville Hake
The
Transportation Department
Hake
District 9
Gene Siebert
Driving tips for snowy roads in Southern Illinois
Henry de Fiebre reports that the best advice is to stay home if possible. If driving is necessary, plan three times longer travel and adjust to snow conditions. James E. Aron of SIU Carbondale urges gradual acceleration and braking to maintain traction and avoid skids.
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Michael Yopp
Carbondale
Illinois
Michael
John
Donna Yopp
N. Lark Lane
Neigh
Henry de Fiebre
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
James E. Aron
Safety Center
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Vacant Muddy Harrisburg house burned in snow
Firemen fought a morning blaze in Muddy Harrisburg destroying a vacant Golconda owned home of Charles Bass. Fire crews were on scene 3 a.m. to 5 30 a.m. and two adjacent houses suffered damage with paint and window losses around 1500 dollars each.
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Harrisburg
Muddy
Charles Bass
Golconda
Murphysboro Couple Finds Value In Good Neighbors
Murphysboro residents Joe and Mary Mayers describe their life on the move during Joe's 21 years in the Navy. They traveled through 46 states and moved eight times, but now enjoy a settled home in Murphysboro with their three sons Joey Timmy and Billy. Their Navy years included long separations, while daily life now centers on a custodian job at SIU Carbondale and neighborhood ties. They relish lakes, gardening and hobbies like rabbit hunting fishing sewing quilting and boat riding with friends who have become neighbors.
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Cindy Rippa
Joe
Mary Mayers
Murphysboro
California
Virginia
Mayers
Navy
Tracy, Tenn
Mayer
Southern Illinois University of Carbondale
Mrs. Mayers
Mediterranean
Bors
Joey
Timmy
Billy
Illinois
Nomination Highlights Neighbors Joe and Mary Mayers
Rose Conry of Murphysboro praises Joe and Mary Mayers and their sons for mowing lawns tilling gardens raking leaves and helping neighbors. The Mayers credit friendliness to good attitudes and local atmosphere noting they enjoy aiding neighbors and making friends across the United States.
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Rose Conry
Murphysboro
Joe and
Mary Mayers and Sons
Bors
Joe
United States
New York
Mayers
Court hearing cancelled as UMW agrees to ban on mass picketing
Barbara Schechter reports that a Benton hearing was halted after a last minute deal between the United Mine Workers of America and the National Labor Relations Board. The UMW Local 1591 consented to an injunction at Freeman United Coal Co Orient 6 mine Waltonville barring mass picketing threats and disruption. the union does not admit violations of the act.
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Barbara Schechter
Southern Illinois
Benton
United Mine Workers of America
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
UMW
Freeman United Coal Co. Orient
Waltonville
U. S
James Foreman
Cook
Metropolis
Carl Runge
U. S. District Court
SIU Carbondale invites public to sit in on classes for $10
Southern Illinois University Carbondale offers the Community Listener's Permit Program for spring semester. Started in 1975 the program lets nonstudents such as businessmen high school students homemakers and seniors attend non credit classes. Enrollment costs $10 per semester and applicants may apply at the continuing education division in Washington Square C.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Siu-C
SIU C
Continuing Education Divisio
Washington Square C
Public meeting on Crab Orchard refuge master plan
A 7:30 p.m. public meeting at the Marion Holiday Inn will review Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge master planning, land use options, and future resources. A second session will discuss alternatives and a third will evaluate the final plan. Comments can be mailed to Carterville Illinois address.
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Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Marion Holiday Inn
New Illinois 13 West
Jack E. Hemphill
U.S. Department of the Interior
Hemphill
Two Murphysboro men held on armed violence charges
Jackson County authorities detained Richard Clover and David Clover in Murphysboro on armed violence charges after a shotgun blasted a window at Gary McComb’s trailer on the Ava road. No injuries were reported. Police arrested the suspects two hours later at David Clover’s trailer home. They were held without bond as court was closed for Martin Luther King Day, with a Tuesday court appearance planned.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County
Richard Clover
Kristy St
David Clover
Hines Trailer Court
Illinois
Cousins
Gary
McComb
Ava
Clovers
Martin Luther King
Loren Jung leaves SIUC for full-time teaching role
Loren B. Jung longtime SIUC institutional research chief leaves to join higher education as a full-time professor. Lon E. Cruse named interim director while a national search begins. Jung, 51, has taught in higher education finance and budgeting and research methods this term.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern
Jung
SIUC
Bateman
John E. King
Shawneetown
Edwardsville
Cruse
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Gene Drondelet
St. Louis
Memphis
Quincy
Amtrak
Chicago
Springfield
Borhood
Mary and Joe Mayers
Ed Greer
Runge
Loren Jung
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