Sunset concerts and local meetings listed for July 25
Big Smith at 7 p.m. on Shryock steps and Blue Dogs at 9 p.m. at Copper Dragon headline a Sunset Concert Series night in Carbondale. Concurrently, education advisory, youth outreach, school boards, and county committees meet across several towns with contact numbers and locations.
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Big Smith
Shryock
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Blue Dogs
Hello Dave
Copper Dragon
Grand Ave
Gary Forby
West Frankfort High School
District 95 Seeks Asset Sales to Bridge Budget Gap
District 95 projects a 100000 deficit next year amid 15 percent cuts in state funding for special education and transportation. The board considers selling Lincoln Junior High and the maintenance building due to unused surplus properties. Despite higher poverty funding rising to 686448, pre K cuts total 145000. Bus costs rise 10 percent to 743152. board eyeing penalties for incidents in contracts with Beck Bus. New hires include Melissa Korando and Catessa Brown among three teachers.
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Carbondale
John Williams
Lincoln
Elizabeth Lewin
Beck Bus Transportation Corp
Lewin
Beck
Melissa Korando
Thomas School
Catessa Brown
Santa visits Jackson County Rehab in July delighting residents
Santa Claus in a red suit entertained residents at the Jackson County Rehab and Care Center in Murphysboro as Amy Sanford held her 18 month old Nathan and offered crackers. Residents described the event as a rare fun moment while Dorothy Bodkin and Rosalee Austin led the Murphysboro Senior Citizens Kitchen Band.
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Murphysboro
Santa Claus
Jackson County Rehab & Care Center
Amy Sanford
Nathan
Roberta Heins
Dorothy Bodkin
Ladies of the Moose
Rosalee Austin
Bodkins
Murphysboro Senior Citizens Kitchen Band
Benton hospital gets loan
Franklin Hospital in Benton received a 4 million dollar working capital loan from the U S Department of Agriculture. Interim administrator Hervey Davis says the funds allow staff to return to work and avoid closing the hospital. Derek Johnson, chair of the hospital district board, notes rapid approval and hopes to have the hospital operating as a critical access facility by early August.
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Franklin Hospital
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Hervey Davis
USDA
Johnson
Davis
Suspect charged in van chase across two states
Richard R. Gilmore age 29 led police on a high speed chase across two states Tuesday before his 1992 Ford Econoline van crashed in Missouri. Investigators said he was driving with a revoked license and has a prior for driving while license revoked according to Cape Girardeau patrolman Joe Thomas.
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Southern Illinois
Richard R. Gilmore
Gilmore
Cape Girardeau
Joe Thomas
Missouri
Summer Birds at Cedar Lake Makanda Township List
A resident recounts bird life around Cedar Lake in Makanda Township, listing over 150 species seen or heard on 112 wooded acres. It catalogs common visitors such as great blue heron, turkey vulture, black vulture, red tailed hawk, mourning dove, yellow billed cuckoo, and ruby throated hummingbird, noting local nesting sites and seasonal flyovers.
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Cedar Lake
Makanda Township
Canada
Mississippi River
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