Benton High School contract offer snags on insurance
Bus drivers and custodians at Benton Consolidated High School vote to reject the board's contract offer, faulting lack of insurance increases. Secretaries and bookkeepers approve, pending ratification at the February board meeting. If no response by Monday, picket lines may form before morning classes.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Benton Consolidated High School
Elmer Brandhorst
Service Employees International Union
Albert Gulley
Gulley
Brandhorst
Education cuts feared as districts confront funding gap
About 20 witnesses told a House subcommittee at Southeastern Illinois University that local districts cannot shoulder more federal education cuts. They warned reductions hit vocational programs, school meals and Title I, threatening jobs, meals, and student support while urging preservation of funding.
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Harrisburg
House
Southeastern Illinois University
Jack Rawlinson
Gallatin
Hardin
Pope
Saline
Illinois
Curtis Miller
Tamms
Alexander County
Miller
Donald Stone
Pope County Unit-District 1 Board of Education
James Hull
Harrisburg Community High School
Pearl Mack
Harvey
Chicago
Es McCollum
Williamson County
Girl Scouts Sell Cookies This Season Across Neighborhoods
Scouts canvas streets to raise funds with boxes of Scot Teas Savannahs and other cookies. The article highlights the effort of the Girl Scouts in communities and the meaning of every box sold to the young sellers.
Fires destroy three Southern Illinois homes Saturday
Fires in Lesser, Colp, and near Zeigler leveled three houses with one fire affecting an adjoining old Mamie Maniez Grocery site. Heating devices cited as a factor. responders from multiple towns battled the blazes as smoke and water damage spread to nearby storage areas and furnishings.
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Illinois
Lesser
Colp
Zeigler
Zeigler-area
Mamie Maniez
Zeigler-Royalton High School
Zeigler- Royalton
Robert Partee
Partee
Christopher
Royalton
Coello
NPR directors weigh UPI takeover amid losses
NPR directors vote 7 6 to continue talks with E W Scripps Co 95 ownership of UPI about donating the wire service to NPR NPR president Frank Mankiewicz says the nonprofit would rely on foundations and corporate support to offset multi million dollar annual losses decision due in two months Mitchell calls the NPR commissioned management report on UPI not cheerful or enthusiastic noting it is a losing enterprise needing extensive and expensive changes
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Austin
Texas
United Press International
National Public Radio
UPI
NPR
Maurice Mitchell
E.W. Scripps Co
Scripps
Mitchell
Santa Barbara
Calif
Fire Chief Suspects Heater Start Fire at Old Home
Township Fire Captain Mike Stearns says the cause is under investigation but suspects an electric space heater thawing frozen water pipes started the blaze. The owner, not identified, was moving into a new home on No Name Road about three-quarters of a mile east of Giant City Road. Firefighters were called around 8:30 a.m. and salvaged most belongings.
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Sesser
Bruce Wright
S. Cockrum
Ned Mitchell
Waltonville
Coello
Mitchell
Wright
Colp
Charterville
Hurst
Cambria
Danny Walls
Walls
Carterville
Bill Clay
Clay
Mike Stearns
Stearns
No Name Road
Giant City Road
National Coal Museum project gains momentum in Illinois
A detailed report on the National Coal Museum proposed for 60 acres near West Frankfort outlines a three building complex at an estimated total cost of 25 million dollars. Phase one may cost 5 million with seed funding from former Congressman Kenneth Gray channeled through the SIU Foundation.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
National Coal Museum
West Frankfort
Vandalia
Paul Morrill
Morrill
Kenneth Gray
Southern Illinois University Foundation
Chambers of Commerce
NCM
Southern Illinoisan publication and subscription info
Publication offices listed for Carbondale Herrin Marion with addresses and contact numbers. Subscription rates shown for carrier and mail options across 18 counties with various 4 week periods and durations. Postmaster address provided for mail subscriptions.
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Southern Illinoisan
N. Ilinois
Carbondale
Ill
N. 16Th
Herrin
Illinois
Southern Illnoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Marion
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Congressional Panel
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Landmark Store
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Joe Jines
Washington
Me Hee
Chestnut Murphysboro
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Murphysboro
Bausch & Lomb
EVE Care Services, Ltd
Walnut St
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W. Main St
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