Butler disputes IEPA claim on Marion landfill clay liner
Marion Mayor Robert Butler says a clay liner was installed at the city landfill and that the IEPA’s denial of Marion’s permit is misplaced. IEPA engineers require a 10 foot thick liner and proper installation, while Butler blames the agency for delays and asserts the permit application remains alive.
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Butler
Cathy A. Monroe
IEPA
Terry Ayers
Marion
Ayers
Spillertown
Marien
Herrin Officials Seek Meeting After Fatal Public Housing Fire
In Herrin after Saturdays fatal blaze at a public housing duplex 511 N Fifth St authorities plan talks between the Williamson County Housing Authority and Herrin city officials to discuss fire prevention. The fire killed Alice Rose Brown 23 and her children Kevin Michael 4 Christina Louise 3. The city notes occupancy rules require smoke detectors but enforcement scope in public housing is disputed.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinois
Herrin
Williamson County Housing Authority
Victor Ritter
Alice Rose Brown
Kevin Michael
Christina Louise
Fifth St
Lindell Carrasco
Ritter
Authority Vic
Jacob Rendleman
Paul Murphy
Housing Authority
Ordi
Nance
Corrasco
Murphy
Authority Board
Harry Crompton
Mario Ottolini
Carrasco
Authority
Marion Prison Ends Four-Month Work Stoppage
Rights projects attorney visits Marion Prison after the end of the four month inmate work stoppage by eliminating prison industries. Inmates show distress over lack of information while supporters vow congressional hearings. Warden Miller relocates print shop and mothballs the metal factory. officials call the atmosphere of the prison as not tense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rights Projects
Marion
Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
U.S
Jacqueline Abel
Martha Easter- Wells
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Abel
Scott Myers
the National Com
Easter Wells
Para
Janet Mitchell
Ron Beal
Kaiser named Citizen of the Year in West Frankfort
Harold Kaiser of 705 East Fourth Street was selected Citizens of the Year by the West Frankfort Chamber of Commerce for leadership and service to the community at the annual dinner. Larry Perotto announced a drive to raise 100000 for a senior citizens building, with 30000 already on hand. Denny Niedringhaus of First National Bank of St. Louis spoke, predicting an economic upturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Kaiser
West Frankfort
Central School
Denny Niedringhaus
First National Bank of St. Louis
Marion Bells Ring for Hostages Return
Bells toll across Marion at 5 p.m. Sunday to honor the safe return of 52 American hostages. About 30 churches aligned with the Marion Ministerial Alliance join in the observance with bell rings and a central ribbon collection at Tower Square Plaza organized by Helen Greenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
United States
Marion Ministerial Alliance
William E. Leckrome
Alliance
Tower Square Plaza
Helen Greenwood
Greenwood
Prisoner Escape Thwarted at Marion Federal Prison
Officials at the U S Penitentiary Marion say inmate Maurice B Wade, in custody after a court appearance in Albuquerque, apparently tried to escape. Wade stabbed a Bernalillo County sheriff patrolman near the prison. the officer was treated and released. Wade, serving 15 years for armed bank robbery and life for kidnapping, remains in custody.
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Marion Memorial Hospital
Wade
Bear
New Mexico
Cat burglar intruder dozes then loots store
A very large yellow tom cat tripped the alarm at Grandpa's Discount Store north of Murphysboro on Wednesday night and hid through Thursday. It looted shelves for hours Thursday afternoon before 11 employees chased it out. The cat weighed about 15 pounds and door-propped remodeling likely let it enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman
Enol
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Ron Williams
Williams
Tom
Defeat forecast for union at Marion Pepsi plant
Fifteen Marion Pepsi drivers began a union vote with International Brotherhood of Teamsters West Frankfort local. Pro-union drivers claim harassment and layoffs, citing NLRB settlements and warnings later withdrawn. Company president denies targeted harassment, calls incidents unrelated to the election.
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Marion
Pepsi
Ed Bean
Southern Illinoisan
Pepsi- Cola
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
West Frankfort
Dexter Rheaume
Rheaume
Bob Olson
Mark Livesay
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
William Calliss
Olson
Crisp
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EPA
Herrin and
Herrin, Carterville
Johnston
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Kent Stark
Lee, Potter, Smith and Associates
Carbondale
United Design Engineering Inc
St. Louis
Jonathan Lewis
du Quoin
John
Amanda Lewis
Cahokia
Alex Dudas
N. East St
du Uoin
Keyes
Ting
Promisin
ED Greer
Ter
Prisoners Rights Project
James L. Foreman
Foreman
Frankfort
Kaiser
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