SIU Carbondale student designs 25 foot terrace
Renee Prusacki, an SIUC College of Applied Sciences and Arts graduate, wins a design contest for a 25 foot open air terrace named Ernest J. and Mary C. Simon Terrace. The 21 ton concrete and granite structure will be built south of the Applied Sciences and Arts Building with African red granite and arrives via rail from New Orleans or New York. Construction completes by mid-September with multiple levels and an eight foot height.
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Carbondale
Renee Prusacki
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
College of Applied Sciences and Arts
Prusacki
Applied Sciences and Arts
SIUC
Ernest J
Mary C. Simon
Africa
Italy
New Orleans
New York
Alexander Haler
Global Granite
St. Louis
SIU Foundation
Marion police seek owner of case with 120 CDs
Police recovered a car case containing about 120 music CDs taken from a vehicle on a city lot near Tower Square during the May 18 pet parade. Call the Marion investigations office at 997-2127 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. with information about the owner. Tim Petrowich.
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Marion
Marion Police Department
Tower Square
Williamson County considers airport security and raises at meeting
The board required the airport authority to provide security and discussed potential federal screeners or outsourcing. Sheriff deputies will remain on site as arrests and deterrence. The board also approved a 3 percent pay raise for treasurer, sheriff, county clerk, and the commissioner’s seat, effective December 1, under a four year term, with six month prior approval required.
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Kimmel
Sheriff's Department
Rex Piper
Robert “Bo” Emery
Emery
Du Quoin Council Advances Green Plan and Revenue Talks
Laborers settle on a deal while a Green Team is formed as Du Quoin wins a $67000 EPA grant to craft an environmental outlook. The city probes back payments from Verizon for a long unused 50 year franchise and discusses cash settlements. Also approved emergency pump repairs at the wastewater plant and police merit testing.
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Angie Roach
du Quoin
Steve Marek
Sandra Brown
Bob Johnson
Jeff Myers
Gene Gross
Jim Peterson
Sue Robinson
Bob Beckley
Bryan Cobin
Sheri Rice
Lynn Woodside-Gross
Illinois
Vandeventer Engineering
St. Louis
Jim Justice
Jeff Robinson
Jason Cook
Jack Struck
Charles Bookstaver
West Frankfort pledges for hospital reopening CON hearing
West Frankfort residents urge the certificate of need for reopening a hospital, citing 8500 residents and heavy traffic on Interstate 57. Mayor Jack Woolard and city officials back the effort, with planning board review ahead of the June 25 meeting. SIH previously closed UMWA Hospital and donated it to At Home Health Care after citing declines in use and needed repairs.
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West Frankfort
Gray
Jack Woolard
Robert Ellis
Benton-West City
Dewey Colter
Franklin Hospital
Hervey Davis
At Home Health Care
Pat Heibner
Copeland
Planning Board
State Agency
Umwa Hospital
SIH
City of
Umwa
Miner’s Memorial Health Center
Miner’s Memorial
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Haler
Tim Petrowich
Franklin County
Ilinois 149
James
J. Schiff
Illinois 149
Melvin Road
Schiff
Franklin County Hospital
Caleb Hale
Mount Vernon
Ednes L. Badger
East Grand Street
Badger
South Logan Street
South Logan St
Jackson County
Williamson County
Sue Lamezik
S. Maple Street
Shaw
Kathy Ireland
Shades of America
Saxony
Southern Illinois
Niemann
Super Decorator Warehouse
New Rt
West of
West Marion
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