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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 2003
Page
3
Centreville police charged 34 year old Nathaniel Johnson with first degree murder and arson after his 10 year old stepson Treyveon Barnes died in a Friday morning fire. The boy slept alone at home while his mother Tracy Johnson was visiting a friend.
Clara Caldwell, 85, retires from Avon in Taylorville after 54 years as a door to door representative starting in 1948. She recalls selling while walking in heels, visiting housewives, and adaptions as women entered the workforce. Avon now emphasizes offices and groups over door to door visits.
Governor Blagojevich confronts a nearly $5 billion deficit and balks at raising taxes or cutting big human service agencies. He eyeing options like expanded sales tax coverage for online purchases or delaying school aid payments, while ruling out income tax hikes and broad gambling expansion.
In his first week Rod Blagojevich faced a budget deficit revision near 5 billion and moved to replace Ryan era appointees. The prior governor George Ryan had pardoned four death row inmates and commuted 167 further sentences, drawing sharp criticism from officials like Joe Birkett and David Weigand as lawmakers pressed to curb clemency powers.
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