Little green fruitworms blamed for sludge in Illinois rivers
A mysterious sludge in Randolph County's Marys River is blamed on little green fruitworms whose droppings darken waters across several Illinois waterways. IEPA officials say samples show metal traces but no petroleum, while experts note worms will soon enter a non feeding pupa stage and rainfall should flush the deposits downstream.
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Cathy Saxenmeyer
Clint Webster
Steeleville
Randolph County
Embarass
Martinville
Clark County
Leonard Bridges
IEPA
Champaign
EPA
Marathon Oil Co
Martinsville
Fayette County
East Fork
Kaskaskia
Mary River
Webster
Southern Illinoisan
Marys Creek
Bridges
State Department of Agriculture
Levin
Union County boards denies sheriff funds for deputies
Union County board rejects Sheriff Larry Tripp’s request to raise pay and add two CETA workers, arguing midyear budgets cannot be increased. Tripp laments training costs and staff turnover as four federally funded deputies keep a 24/7 service for about 20 000 residents.
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Union County Board
Sheriff's Office
Joanne R. Wood
Union County
Carl Boyd
Anna
Larry Tripp
Tripp
Everett Morgan
Union County Ambulance Service
Keith Regonyi
Mark Donvito
Shawnee Consortium
CETA
Karnak
Consortium
Regonyi
Carbondale
Donvito
Anna Street
Jackson County
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Union County Service
Detectives seek clues on last companions of slain woman
Detectives comb Herrin and Carterville for Thursday clues after Regina Costellia 19 was found strangled, last seen at a Carterville party then heading toward Berra's Tavern in Herrin. Deputies traced movements to the Carterville Dairy Queen and Crossroads. her estranged husband in Kentucky.
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Shirley E. Johnson
Southern Illinoisan
Regina Costellia
Herrin
Carterville
Williamson County
Jerald Kobler
Costellia
Murphysboro
Pentecostal Church
Regina
Berra
Crab Orchard lake dam project awarded contract
Rep Paul Simon announced a 771,607 contract to E T Simonds Construction Co for a new outlet control structure at Crab Orchard Lake. Wayne Adams of the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge said heavy equipment will move in within days to replace the damaged 1940 structure and regulate water levels for flood control and property protection. Construction should finish in about a year with minimal disruption to summer recreation.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Crab Orchard Lake
Paul Simon
D-Carbondale
E.T. Simonds Construction Co
Carbondale
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wayne Adams
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Adams
City of Chester weighs county landfill decision
Chester officials plan to build a city landfill if Randolph County rejects plans for a county site. Mayor Stanley Maciejski calls it a safety valve as county leaders prepare to meet on June 20. The sole county landfill is owned by the Clarence Henderson family of Sparta.
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Brad Betker
The
Southern Illinoisan
Randolph County Board
City of
Chester
Chester City
Stanley Maciejski
Randolph County
Clarence Henderson
Sparta
Maciejski
Woman deputy breaks gender barrier in Perry County sheriff
Sandra Kalb, 27, becomes Perry County's first female deputy, replacing two male officers on arrests to guard against claims of impropriety. Former dispatcher and juvenile officer, Kalb earned trust from Sheriff Woolsey and State's Attorney Middleton, and plans to stay in law enforcement, noting low pay.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Perry County
Woolsey
Lloyd Middleton
Kalb
Miss Kalb
Jerry
Sesser offers ex-chief 15000 to settle suit
Former Sesser Police Chief Frank Haught, acquitted of intimidation and misconduct, was offered 15000 by a unanimous city council vote to settle the lawsuit. The move followed a rebuke of City Attorney Giacone for pushing a 10000 lower offer and for allegedly violating the Open Meetings Act.
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Cathy Saxenmeyer
Ned Mitchell
Lesser
Martha Evancik
Haught
David Vaught
Fairview Heights
Giacone
Rend Lake Pavillion
Cheriee Wiggins
Franklin County
Terry Hopkins
Mrs Brandt Suffered Mild Stroke at SIU Carbondale
Esther Brandt wife of SIU Carbondale President Warren W Brandt is in stable condition after a mild stroke. She remains in the intensive care unit at St John s Hospital in Springfield with improving condition and is expected to stay in ICU for several days. The stroke occurred Saturday while at University House on campus and she was flown to St John s Sunday after initial treatment at Memorial in Carbondale.
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Esther Brandt
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Warren W. Brandt
Springfield Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
St. John’s Hospital
Brandt
Springfield Memorial Hospital
Springfield
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Bob Schlueger
Collinsville
Frank Haught
Crab Orchard Lake Dam
City of Chester
Perry Sheriff's Office
Sandra Kalb
Joe Jines
Sesser
University House
Brand
SIUC
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