Charles Heyde bids farewell as Marion’s longest serving fire chief
Column notes Charles Heyde leaves after a long tenure as Marion's fire chief. Page 1B. Also inside: Illinois budget crisis may force tuition hikes at state universities. Page 3A. Other items include stock gains, Senate grilling of treasury secretary nominee, county court reports, Iraq U N report bias claim, Dear Abby, and a detailed weather forecast for today through Thursday. The paper promotes subscription and online access.
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Parents demand answers over rash at Dongola school
About a hundred parents packed the Dongola School Board meeting Tuesday night seeking action after rash outbreaks at the campus. Superintendent Richard Reavis cited Mead Environmental tests suggesting possible toxic black mold in the new elementary wing, old gym, and cafeteria, though Public Health officials cautioned results were not yet conclusive.
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Bush vows U N disarm effort and cites Iraqi weapons
President Bush, in a State of the Union address to Congress and a global audience, pledges to present fresh evidence to the United Nations next week and lead a coalition to disarm Saddam Hussein if he refuses to surrender arms. He cites intelligence on unaccounted anthrax, botulism toxin, sarin, mustard gas, VX, and delivery munitions.
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State OKs new underground mine in Saline County
The Illinois Mining Board unanimously approved Illinois Fuel Co. plan to open an underground mine in a surface pit south of Equality, Saline County, with KB Coal to operate and about 65 workers. The project aims to produce 7.5 million tons of coal, about 1 million tons per year, over two shifts while surface mining continues.
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Illinois Fuel Co
Equality
KB Coal
Forrest Younker
Younker
Kevin Beltowski
Beltowski
Pennsylvania
Kim Underwood
State Office of Mines and Minerals
Illinois
Silent majority at SIUC opposes strike amid criticism
Forty eight non union SIUC Carbondale professors accuse the faculty association of creating a divisive campus atmosphere as contract talks stall. They published a statement to media denouncing the union while funds and budget constraints loom. They cite outside Illinois Education Association advisers and accuse the union of demonizing administrators.
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