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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 2002
Page
1
Column notes that children return annually to the Lake Sallateeska Baptist Camp for summer fun as the paper previews pages 1B and 3A with other local and national items. It mentions state troopers new performance point system on page 3A and various notices across courts and world news sections.
The FBI monitors a June 30 Nashville traffic stop that led to three people being shot and two police officers under review. Pinckneyville resident David Reidelberger, 43, faces felony aggravated battery charges after allegedly fleeing and triggering gunfire during a traffic stop on Illinois 127. Leslie Harvey, 35, and Lance Eggemeyer, 25, are not cited. civil rights suits may follow. Reidelberger’s status hearing is set for Sept. 24.
Carl Walworth reports how Illinois debates replacing real estate taxes with alternative funding. Illinois studies show property taxes rising 50 to 90 percent in a decade, while Michigan voters switched K-12 funding from property to sales taxes in 1994, boosting state school funding from 35 to about 80 percent and improving district finances.
Perry County in Southern Illinois faces chronic budget crises after coal mine closures. Once a top coal producer with many jobs, the county now suffers high unemployment and a government continually borrowing against future property tax revenues to survive. From 1991 to 2001, tax trends reveal a prolonged financial decline.
Lee Enterprises papers examined 48 Illinois counties from 1992 through 2001 to explain how tax collections often outpaced cost of living. The three part series explores why more of wages go to local taxes and how taxpayers cope. Monday focuses on real estate collections over a decade. Tuesday offers potential tax solutions or limits on government.
Kenneth M. Fry, 74, jailed on three counts of first degree murder after his brother in law Lester Earl Derry, 85, was found dead in a field near 15503 N Campground Lane. Fry lived nearby and allegedly used a Chevrolet S-10 pickup to strike Derry. authorities seized his truck and searched the home. Local residents recalled Fry as volatile and nicknamed him the Mayor of Campground Lane.
Pope John Paul II canonized Pedro de San Jose Betancur in Guatemala City, the first saint from Central America, urging Guatemalans to pursue human rights and mercy amid a 36 year war that left about 200,000 dead. He called for justice and development for indigenous communities targeted during the conflict.
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