Traffic project expands lanes and signals at New Illinois 13 East
Marion researchers note Dan Freeman and Bob Zieba comment on a state project at the New Illinois 13 East and Illinois 37 corner. Cannon Construction of Marion secured the contract for about 533 thousand dollars. Work aims to widen turning lanes and add new traffic lights with completion expected in early fall.
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Dan Freeman
Marion
Illinois 13
Illinois
Bob Zieba
Ilinois Department of Transportation
Cannon Construction
SIU balks at three IBHE energy rules as unfair
Chancellor Kenneth Shaw argues Illinois Board of Higher Education energy rules for colleges risk rewarding inefficient use and creating a loophole for weak goals. He urges scrapping three recommendations and warns against heavy data demands while noting SIU's long time energy conservation efforts and potential penalties if 1980 becomes a base year.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinois University
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Kenneth Shaw
IBHE
Board of Education
James Furman
Shaw
Illinois
Furman
Siu-Carbondale
Siu-Edwardsville
Gun Club Sues City Over Sludge Near Range
The Carbondale Gun Club files suit in Jackson County Circuit Court seeking temporary and permanent restraining orders and costs to stop the city from applying sewage sludge to city land near the club. The nuisance claim cites noxious odors and unusable property as the plant expands sludge injections near Old Illinois 13 by the Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant. The IEPA recently approved higher plant load capacity, and a June 16 hearing is set.
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Tom Woolf
Illinoia
Carbondale
Bill Boyd
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
IEPA
Boyd
Benton Woman Killed in Indiana Highway Crash
An 81 year old Benton woman Elsie M Davison died at the scene in a two vehicle crash at Indiana 67 and 550 Bruceville Ind with Bessie Buckley 81 of Muncie also dying at Vincennes hospital Funeral services for Davison are pending at Hobbs Johnston Funeral Home Benton
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Benton
Muncie
Ind
Bruceville
Indiana
Elsie M. Davison
N. Commercial
Bessie Buckley
Vincennes
Davison
Hobbs-Johnston Funeral Home
Marion opens new landfill on Monday west of railroad
Marion announces a new landfill site opening at 8 am Monday after closing the current site at 5 pm Saturday. The facility lies west of the Missouri Pacific tracks, south of the Spillertown Illinois 37 county road, north of Marion, replacing the southeast Spillertown site. The 50-foot deep trench sits on land owned by Jack Earl King of Creal Springs and Jack Parks of Marion and will hold about four years of Marion garbage with possible expansion.
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Marion
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Spillertown
Illinois 37
Jack Earl King
Creal Springs
Jack Parks
New York doctor named special master for Illinois prisons
Dr. Lambert King 42 chosen by U.S. District Judge James L. Foreman to oversee Menard Correctional Center care after a civil rights suit alleging substandard medical services. King will have unrestricted access to prison buildings, can interview staff and prisoners, and will report monthly. The ruling blamed open sewage, standing water, flies, roaches and decaying garbage for inmate deaths and cited unlicensed personnel in medical tasks.
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Associated Press
New York
Illinois
Menard Correctional Center
Lambert King
U.S
James L. Foreman
King
Cermak Hospital
Cook County
Department of
Corrections
Foreman
Menard
Chester
State Department of Corrections
University of Chicago
Cook County Hospital
University of Illinois’ Preventive Medicine and Community Health Department
Metropolitan Correctional Center
James Greer
Civilians join Grand Tower arson patrol
The Grand Tower arson investigation continues with residents aiding police patrols at night. Police Chief Rick Ellert said arrests are not imminent but progress exists after six fires since March, including the recent school blaze. He warned volunteers to avoid carrying guns and noted hundreds helped from homes and by county and state officers watching the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Tower
Rick Ellert
Ebert
Ellert
Jackson County
Regional mental health office moved to Anna center
The Regional director for Illinois Mental Health Region 5 moved Marion staff to the Anna Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Center to centralize operations. Five regional employees plus a planning coordinator relocated, with one planner moved to Harrisburg. The move completed mid May aims to improve communication and free Marion office space, despite some officials criticizing it as favoring state facilities over community services. Meetings will still be held statewide. Anna is about 30 minutes from Marion.
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H. B. Koplowitz
Southern Illnoisan
Region 5
Illinois Department of Mental Health
Illinois
Marion
Anna Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Center
Ronald Bittle
Bittle
Anna
A. L. Bowen
Harrisburg
Anna Center
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Carbondale Gun Club
City
Susan White
Westown
McDonald’s Restaurant, the
Early Bird Kiwanis Club
The
Carbondale Police Department
Southern Illinoisan
Joe Jines
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