Dowzer must submit pollution plan by June 15
IEPA demands Dowzer Electric Co submit a plan and choose a date to study Casey Fork contamination. Dowzer agreed May 24 to hire a consultant and perform the study, but the deadline remains June 15 for finalizing the plan and scope. The investigation encompasses Creek sampling from the plant toward Rend Lake and surrounding sediments and fish.
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Dowzer
Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Mount Vernon
Casey Fork
Dowzer Electric Co
Jim Frank
IEPA
Frank
Rend Lake
State may help fund jail
Jackson County faces a mandate to replace its jail and may use a new state program called the Special Service Area to raise funds. Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs officials outlined several financing options including bonds repaid by local taxes, a special sales tax, or creation of a special district. Public notices and hearings would be required, with petitions potentially stopping the plan, and two years before resubmission if defeated.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Jackson County Board
Jarl Treman
DCCA
Treman
Tremail
St. Clair County
Illinois Department of Corrections
Marion boy Mike Norris heads to slopes on Madison Street
A 13 year old named Mike Norris of Marion plans a Wednesday outing to the slopes at the corner of Madison and Boulevard streets in Marion. The brief notes his activity and location, signaling a youth recreation moment in the town.
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Mike Norris
Marion
Madison and
Boulevard Streets
Mike
Will
Contaminated Bishop's Best Brittle Sold by Meridian Church
Mississippi church group sold Bishop's Best Brittle labeled peanut brittle that may be contaminated after staples pierced the candy packaging. Local health officials urge buyers in Harrisburg Carbondale Saline Williamson counties and 14 states to avoid the product and contact health departments. No injuries reported. group allegedly stopped sales and may have left the area.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Mississippi
Christ Temple Church
Meridian
Miss
Jim Bloom
Jackson County Health Department
Carbondale
K-Mart
Saline
Williamson
Public and Mental Health Department
Allen Kelly
Allen
Harrisburg
Mississipi
Harrisburg Police Department
Larry Castrale
Franklin-Williamson
Franklin
Kroger
S.E.A.R.C.H
Christ Temple Church of
Bloom
Heuer resigns from Chester council over contract issue
Robert Heuer, who stepped down from the Chester City Council, says officials pressured him to resign amid two construction contracts awarded to William G. Knowles Construction Co. Heuer alleges a criminal penalties warning, while city officials call his charges ludicrous. An inmate at Marion Prison was stabbed to death this morning, with officials citing multiple stab wounds from a homemade knife.
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Robert Heuer
Chester
Heuer
William G
Frank Derickson
Michael Lorick
U.S. Penitentiary At
Marion
John Glark
Jerry Williford
Lorick
Clark
Eldorado Police Picket Line Dropped After Talks Start
Eldorado officers paused a roughly eight hour pay hike picket Tuesday as city officials prepared to discuss the matter. A police spokesman said the line was temporarily shut down out of respect for Mayor Carl D. Johnson after a local paper reported the mayor planned to address officers in a future executive session with the city council.
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Eldorado
Carl D. Johnson
Glen Amberger
Eldorado Police Officers Association
Carbondale seeks 100,000 in new rental rehab funds
Carbondale proposes $100,000 more state money for rental rehabilitation despite city council member Patrick Kelley questioning the untested loan program. The city has an $80,000 fund and the first loans are expected within a month while officials plan to evaluate and adjust the program in its first year.
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Carbondale
Patrick Kelley
Kelley
School board weighs one year bid for janitorial work
Board member Barbie endorses a year long trial with the contractor to evaluate performance before committing to a longer term. Concerns focus on evaluating the workshop's janitorial services as the district lacks other bids and Barbre's resignation heightens need for an experienced firm while adhering to the lowest responsible bidder rule.
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District 95
Barbie
White
Thomas
Barbre
On Site Nuclear Waste Storage May Be Only Option
Illinois faces a potential shift to on site storage for low level nuclear waste as state leaders warn that failing to keep shipments flowing could force generators like SIU Carbondale Allied Corp Metropolis and Olin Corp Marion to store waste locally. Officials discuss interim plans to manage backlog and urge large producers such as Commonwealth Edison to consider shipping out of state before a January deadline.
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Elizabeth Renshaw
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
William Colgalazter
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
U.S
Terry Lash
Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety
IDNS
Lash
Commonwealth Edison
Chicago
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Gray
Richard J. Carlson
Linois
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Edward Fisher
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