Rend water proposal aims to keep plant off EPA restricted list
A preliminary plan to boost Intercity Water System capacity to 27 mgpd by adding tube settlers to three clarifiers could avert Rend Lake Conservancy District from EPA restricted status. IEPA official Roger Selburg met with district leaders in Springfield to review the proposal before the March 15 deadline.
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Rend Water
Intercity Water System
Rend Lake Conservancy District
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
IEPA
Cials
Springfield
The
Conservancy District
Intercity
Selburg
Larry Foster
Rend Lake
RLCD
Southern Illinois
General Motors
Saturn
Minors Should Not Serve Liquor in Carbondale
A Carbondale report urges limiting liquor staffing to those 21 and older while deeming mandatory bartender training impractical. It also proposes restricting pitcher sales after repeated underage incidents, with container size limits and penalties for false IDs, as the council weighs liquor code updates and future funding for social services programs.
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Dave DeWitte
Carbondale
Patricia McMeen
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Attucks Community Service Board
City Schools and Park District
TV spots aim to avert child abductions statewide
Cindy Pospischel, 13, missing since Nov 19 from Collinsville, may have headed to Granite City or Madison to find her natural family. Illinois sheriffs discuss three 30 second TV spots with WSIU to prevent abductions, focusing on mall safety, quick car abductions, and child guidance. A statewide program and pamphlets may follow, with a 30 minute missing children film for departments.
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Pete Rosenberg
Cindy Pospischel
Cindy
Collinsville
Granite City
Madison
Law Enforcement Agencies
Illinois Sheriffs’ Association
Williamson County
Harry Spiller
Wsiu-Tv
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Spiller
Illinois
Sheriffs’ Association
United States
Greylord mole lauds cleaning of Illinois courts
Former Williamson County judge Bracton Lockwood, once a Greylord mole, praises Illinois efforts to reform the Cook County court system after the FBI probe. He notes a new Chicago commission and compares it to decades of law enforcement reforms, urging accountability and improved public service amid changes.
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Pete Rosenberg
Chicago
Illinois’ Judicial System
FBI
Bracton Lockwood
Greylord
Cook County
Illinois Sheriffs’ Association
Marion Holiday Inn
Lockwood
Supreme Court
Williamson County
Marion
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Harry Spiller
Johnson County
Elly Faulkner
Kane County
George Kramer
Kramer
Disagreement stalls cerebral palsy benefit in Carbondale
A planned United Cerebral Palsy benefit at Hangar 9 in Carbondale was postponed after a dispute over financial terms between Obelisk II Yearbook staff and Hangar 9. Hangar 9 co owner Richard Simpson said proposed terms made breaking even impossible. Organizers seek alternate venues and reschedule for Feb 4 with WTAO FM Miller Beer as co sponsors.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Hangar 9
Richard Simpson
Obelisk II
David Jolly
Simpson
Hangar
United Cerebral Palsy
Wtao-Fm
Miller Beer
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Elizabeth Renshaw
Roger Selburg
Public Water and Supplies
Offi
Joe Jones
Alicia Schmitt
Ben Falcone
Bianca Beaver
Paula Moreno
Thomas School
Lewis School
Amy Woolard
Joe Jines
Alabama
Tricia Tyner
Sheila Sanders
Cecil Cohn
Carterville
SIU Arena
Greylord ‘Mole
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