Metropolis police chief removal not tied to state probe
Metropolis City Council ousted Police Chief Charles D. Short Jr citing failure to document incidents and cooperate with officials. City attorney says the move is not related to a state police investigation into the department, though officials cannot confirm details of the probe. Acting chief Mike Worthen named. permanent replacement plan set for June 24.
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Metropolis
Charles D. Short Jr
Joe Leberman
Clanahan
Short
Leberman
Illinois State Police
Mike Worthen
Community event and meeting listings in Southern Illinois
A schedule of diverse public events spans health cooking classes at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro and summer reading talks at Carterville library. Also city concerts at Turley Park Carbondale, an agronomy tour near Benton, reading by Adrian Matejka and Audrey Petty at SIUC, plus multiple local government and library board meetings across Murphysboro Carbondale Mount Vernon Elkville Red Bud and Herrin.
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St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Illinois Soybean Association
Carterville Public Library
Southern Illinois
Time for Auction Time for Auction
A Tamaroa Illinois auction showcases a 12 room home full of 100 to 150 year old furnishings and heirlooms collected by Jean and Calvin Ichendahl. Auctioneer Ray Doerr notes nationwide interest as the sale reveals Roots era pieces, a student historian home, and items from South Dakota roots and family lineage.
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Jean
Calvin Ichendahl
United States
Schendahl
Calvin
Arizona
B.G. Roots
Tamaroa
Roots
Illinois Central Railroad
South Dakota
Doerr
Murphysboro Enacts Stricter Dog and Cat Ordinance
Murphysboro City Council passes a comprehensive dog and cat ordinance restricting households to no more than three dogs and three cats. Litter of pups or kittens may be kept up to five months from birth. The measure follows Marion’s similar step and aims to curb nuisance behaviors.
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Murphysboro
Marion
Williams
Perry County tax cut takes effect July 1
Perry County property taxes will fall starting July 1 after voters approved an April 2001 half cent sales tax. The tax reshaping came after a state warning that the referendum was worded incorrectly, creating an unintended tax increase rather than raising the total rate.
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Perry County
Perry County Board of Commissioners
Perry
Illinois pioneer judge and statehood advocate Nathaniel Pope
In 1818 the Illinois Territorial Legislature asked Nathaniel Pope to petition Congress for statehood. Pope, born 1794 in Louisville, moved to Kaskaskia and served as Illinois district judge from 1819 to 1850. He steered the statehood bill through Congress, expanding Illinois northern boundary to 42 degrees 30 minutes, creating a 60 mile wide strip that now holds about 60 percent of the state’s population and linking interests with Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York via Lake Michigan.
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Nathaniel Pope
U.S. Congress
Pope
Pope County
Louisville
Kaskaskia
L. E. Robinson
Irving Moore
Illinois Territorial
Congress
House
Senate
Lake Michigan
Robinson
Moore
Mississippi
Ohio
Union
Pennsylvania
New York
Chicago
Illinois River
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Caleb Hale
Beth Clanahan
Massac County
Topay
Turley Park
Carbondale
Chicago Rhythm and Blues Kings
Ewing Demonstration Center
Benton
The
University of Illinois Extension Service
Young Writers Workshop
Harry T. Moore
Faner Hall
Siuc
Adrian Matejka
Audrey Petty
C.E. Brehm Memorial Library Board
S. Seventh St
Mount Vernon
Township Hall
East Main St
Elk Township Board
Elkville
Jackson County Mental Health
Board Room
Walnut St
Zoning Board of Appeals
Public Works Complex
12Th St
New Simpson Hill
Tunnel Hill Center
Red Bud
Bloom St
Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine
Alton
Williamson County 911 Board
S. Park Ave
Herrin
Christi Mathis
Ed Nuvanka
Chuck Novara
Jean Ichendahl
Osamu Tsukimori
Ben
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