Tracy McSherry Wins Top Honor From State Broadcasters
Column One notes Tracy McSherry collecting the top honor from a state broadcasters association on page 1B. The rest of the page previews Inside Nation on page 8A with guns and explosives not part of the homeland security plan and a court report listing misdemeanors in Franklin, Perry, Jackson, Union, and Williamson counties on page 2B. Weather Outlook: Mostly cloudy with showers possible today high mid 80s. Tonight showers likely with 70 percent rain chance. Thursday partly cloudy with lower 80s. The Southern Illinoisan.
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Tracy McSherry
State
Broadcasters Association
New Homeland Security
Franklin
Perry
Jackson
Union
Williamson
SIU Carbondale to cut jobs and classes on budget crisis
SIU Carbondale will lay off workers and cancel many classes as a $33 million deficit looms after state budget cuts. University leaders James Walker and Walter Wendler said August layoffs and widespread class cancellations are likely, with tuition already raised 18 percent earlier.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
SIU
James Walker
SIUC
Walter Wendler
Walker
Wendler
Spirit Lives After 9 11 Sparked Marion Birth Boom
Shanon and Jason Gish of Marion welcomed Isaac Caden Gish at 7 43 a.m. Monday weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces, nine months after the Sept 11 attacks sparked a local summer birth surge as Marion Memorial Hospital braces for record births. The couple reflected on deciding to grow their family despite global uncertainty.
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AR Maragni
Isaac Caden Gish
World Trade Center
New York City
Marion Memorial Hospital
Marion
Shanon
Jason Gish
Ian
Jason
Second Baptist Church
Gish
Isaac
Tom Keim
Marion Memorial
Lan Gish
Shanon Gish
Ryan wins budget fight to privatize food service
Gov. George H. Ryan won a key clash as the Illinois Senate upheld his veto preventing a ban on privatizing food and commissary services in state prisons. AFSCME criticized lawmakers for backing the veto override while warning privatization would cost 600 state jobs and raise safety risks. House allies had already backed the veto override 90 to 21. Senate support was 33 yes votes.
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Springfield
George H. Ryan
Illinois Senate
Illinois American Federation of State
Henry Bayer
Illinois Afscme
Ryan
Illinois Department of Corrections
Afscme
House
Senate
Bishop Gregory rises amid Catholic abuse scandal
Bishop Wilton Gregory of Belleville, president of the U.S. bishops conference, gains stature as he leads a Dallas meeting to chart a national policy against clergy sex abuse. Critics and supporters note his heightened awareness, while local cases test his credentials amid new revelations of misconduct payouts.
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Wilton Gregory
Gregory
Belleville
U.S. Bishops’ Conference
Dallas
Jason Berry
Illinois
Bob Swart
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Rembert Weakland
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