Fire damages Carbondale home from overheated extension cord
Firefighters respond to 210 E. Birch St after a cord powering a window air conditioner overheats with clothing on it. The blaze gutted two rooms, likely causing thousands in damage. Sheila Brown said her 9 year old son Allonte was inside when the fire started.
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Chuck Novara
Sheila Brown
Allente
Carbondale
Brown
E. Birch St
Randy Murray
Murray
Allonte
Tran
State offers Maytag workers $2 million in assistance
State officials announced two million dollars in aid for Herrin Maytag employees and their spouses. The Illinois Department of Economy and Opportunity will provide counseling, employment and job search help, and education and training programs through the displaced workers initiative.
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Marion
Herrin Maytag
Jack Lavin
Illinois Department of Economy Opportunity
State funds promise aid for Herrin Maytag workers
The Department of Economic Opportunity announced up to 2 million dollars in state aid for displaced workers from Herrin Maytag and related plants in Orpack Stone in Herrin and TUMS in Pinckneyville. ManTraCon in Marion will provide immediate assistance amid Maytag's December 31 shutdown and a recent severance settlement with the International Association of Machinists. Kathy Lively of ManTraCon confirmed the program details.
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Department of Economic Opportunity
Herrin Maytag
Herrin
Orpack-Stone Corp
Pinckneyville
TUMS
ManTraCon Corp
Marion
Maytag
Orpack Stone Corp
Whirlpool
International Association of Machinists
Kathy Lively
ManTraCon
Teve Jahnke
Southern Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Jack Lavin
Gov. Blagojevich
Illinois owes health facilities millions in Medicaid backlogs
Carbondale Clinic seeks 1.2 million from Illinois while Shawnee Health Service waits on about 1.4 million as area providers report decades of late Medicaid reimbursements. Executives call the cash crunch dire amid months of delays for services to Medicaid patients in Southern Illinois.
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Carbondale
Illinois
Allan Norman
Shawnee Health Service
George O’neill
Law would shield pets in protection orders
Springfield lawmakers push a plan to give courts power to grant orders protecting pets named in abuse cases. The measure aims to ease owners’ fears about leaving, arguing that safeguarding animals reduces barriers to escape. Abusers harm adults and children, and pets risk violence too.
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Springfield
Fluffy
Chipper
Princess
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Norman
Brian Deming
Herrin Elementary School
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