Safe Haven Established at Marion Fire Dept for Abandoned Newborns
The Marion Fire Department now serves as a safe haven under the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. Signs with buzzers are posted at two station entrances for parents to leave a newborn, who will be taken to Heartland Regional Medical Center and DCFS notified for adoption. Police Chief Goolsby supports the measure, noting steady staffing and open access.
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Anthony Rinella
Rinella
Heartland Regional Medical Center
State Department of Children and Family Services
Gene Goolsby
Goolsby
Plan for statewide construction bridges roads and schools unfolds
Illinois lawmakers weigh funding for a major construction program after approving a transit bailout. proposals center on expanding gambling with slot machines and new casinos, though some oppose this approach. SIU and other institutions push for funding while lawmakers seek alternatives.
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Illinois
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SIU
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Poshard
Gross
John Bradley
Serial killer gets 40 years in Witte murder case
Timothy Krajch was sentenced to 40 years for Virginia Lee Witte's homicide in Marion, to run consecutively with a 40-year term from 1982 for Deborah Sheppard's death. State prosecutors say he confessed to following Witte home, forcing entry, assaulting her, and strangling her for several minutes before the stabbing. Patterson recalls the neighbor as a grandmotherly, well spoken woman and says investigators pursued the case with resolve. The judge called the sentence effectively a life term given the prior convictions.
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Bonney Patterson
Virginia Lee Witte
Patterson
Marion Subdivision
Timothy Krajch
Witte
St. Charles
Krajch
Williamson County
Phillip Palmer
Carbondale
Deborah Sheppard
Palmer
Krajci
Charles Garnall
Paul Echols
Tina Morrow
Garnatl
Police seek help to close Krajch murder case
Carbondale Police Lt. Paul Echols wants the public’s aid to identify three Mount Vernon women linked to 1982 assaults alleged by Timothy Krajch. He says Krajch confessed to more than a dozen rapes and nine murders across Pennsylvania Mount Vernon Marion Johnston City Cape Girardeau Paducah Carbondale. SEE HELP / PAGE 7A
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Echols
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Marion
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Cape Girardeau
Paducah
Bush tax rebate plan aims to jumpstart economy in 145 billion package
President Bush unveiled a 145 billion dollar tax rebate package to stimulate the economy. Southern Illinois residents react with mixed views as experts debate its merits. Carbondale resident Earl Winfield 79 cautions about handouts and politics while Gene Miller of Marion questions long term impact amid Maytag plant closure in Herrin and a troubled coal industry.
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Southern Illinois
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Winfield
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Marion
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Herrin
Miller
Ilinois
Bush outlines 150 billion economic growth plan
President Bush proposed a roughly 150 billion stimulus package to spur consumer spending and create up to 500,000 jobs. The plan would include tax rebates, credits for businesses, and income thresholds under debate with Democrats. Key questions focus on rebate size, eligibility, and targeting of relief to lower income Americans.
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