Sulfur bills dominate Illinois coal legislation pace
Illinois lawmakers weigh sulfur emission limits and a sweeping land reclamation bill. The sulfur measures, pushed by lawmakers and backed by industry voices, seek to align state rules with or exceed federal standards while the land reclamation bill crafts Illinois compliance with the 1977 federal strip mining law. Debates focus on mining permits, county review rights, and potential tax impacts on coal sales, with optimism tempered by market conditions and industry resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois General Assembly
Illinois
Senate
Illinois Pollution Control
Kevin Green
Citizens For A Better
Southern Illinois
William Harris
Marion
Robert Winchester
Rosidare
House
Senate Committee On Agriculture, Consevation and Energy
Kenneth Buzbee
Carbondale
Pensoneau
Tom McMaster
R-Oneida
James Thompson
Coal Industry
Illinois South Project
Illinois Project
Mike Iman
Departe Minerals Reclamation Advisory Council
Ray Lamber
Cutler
Illinois South
Schectman
Thompson
Illinois Commerce Commission
Department of Mines and Minerals
Gene Johns
Sesser Seeks Water, Sewer Protest Over Bill Hike
Three fourths of Sesser sewer bills go unpaid as residents revolt against a rate hike that tripled and quadrupled charges to fund a new sewerage treatment plant. Water bills maintain payment while sewer dues plummet, prompting city officials to plan a June 27 meeting with EPA officials, engineers, and bond sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy Saxenmeyer
Southern Illinoisan
Sesser
Eugenia Eubanks
Eubanks
Sam Dittmer
Citizens’ Com
Mittee
Gary Szcczeblewski
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
Givenrod-Lipe & Jacobs Inc
Ned Mitchell
Givenrod-Lipe & Jacob Inc
Schettler
Szczeblewski
Frog hunter found dead in Peabody Coal pit near Sparta
Rescuers recovered the body of Martin Fredericks 36 of Fairview Heights after he drowned while frog hunting with friend Robert Spiker at Old Pit 3850 near Sparta. The patrol and dive teams searched from 9:45 p.m. Saturday until dawn Sunday, and an autopsy is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Brad Baker
Southern Illinois
Fairview Heights
Peabody Coal Company
Randolph County
Gary McClure
Martin Fredericks
Land Road
Robert Spiker
O’fallon
Sparta Volunteer Fire Department
Sheriff's Department
McClure
Parking lot wedding follows illegal church vows
Georgia Anne Johnson and ae Jackson were married in a Jackson County church at 7 p.m. Friday and again in the Gardens Restaurant parking lot in Williamson County after the church ceremony was deemed illegal because the license was issued in a different county. More than 175 attended the church ceremony and over 75 joined the parking lot ceremony. The Rev Louis Blaise said state law requires marriages to occur in the county of the license. Georgia Jackson 23 and Raymond Jackson 33, both employed locally, were the couple.
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Ella Reilly
Georgia Anne Johnson
Ae Jackson
Mardale Baptist Church
Jackson County
Gardens
Williamson County
Barbara Johnson
Louis Blaise
Raymond Jackson
Marion
Pepsi-Cola
Georgia Jackson
Nutrition Headquarters
Carbondale
Carterville High Schedules Vocational Classes Next Year
Carterville High School will offer building trades and Cooperative Vocational Education classes in the upcoming school year. Building trades students previously worked with Marion Unit School District 2 and Herrin Unit School District 4 to build homes. The CVE program, approved by the Carterville Unit School District 5 Board, assigns students to part time work with local employers for school credit. The board also voted to ban smoking on high school grounds, removing the smoking area.
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Carterville High School
Building Trades
Carterville Building Trades
Aoeears
Marion Unit Hool
Herrin Unit
Carterville Unit School District 5 Board of Education
Gas stations in Southern Illinois face closures as fuel shortage bites
Three Stroud and Sherertz owned filling stations in Southern Illinois will close May 1 due to shrinking gas allocations. Other independents like Cooper Oil Co and Veach Oil Co warn of ongoing cuts through summer and into fall as allocations drop from 70 to 78 percent. Large firms also feel the squeeze while standards push rationing and reduced hours at Derby Stand ard locations and across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Reilly
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
M’s
Stroud and Sherertz Oil Co
Gene Ripley
William Cooper
Cooper Oil Co
Derby Gas Stations
Cooper
Thompson
Phillips 66
Veach
Gulf
Ince
Derby
Vergennes farmer killed when tractor overturns on bridge
Roy Alstat a 59 year old Vergennes farmer was killed Sunday afternoon when thrown from his tractor and pinned beneath the tractor and its disc on Mudline Road near Little Rattlesnake Creek Bridge. Deputies say the disc struck the bridge guard rail causing the tractor to overturn. A neighbor and Alstat's cousin pulled the machinery off him after he was found in the creek bed. The inquest will be held and arrangements are pending at Meredith Funeral Home in Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Alstat
Vergennes
Jackson County
Alstat
Illinois
Wayne
Don Ragsdale
Meredith Funeral Home
Carbondale
Fire damages Orient No. 3 conveyor at Waltonville mine
A Sunday fire at Freeman Coal Co Orient No 3 mine coal preparation plant caused about 100000 in damage to the conveyor system. The three story plant halted operations for about 16 hours. Fire departments from Waltonville Lesser Coello Walier DumQuoin Tamaroa Christopher and the Jefferson Rural District fought the blaze. The underground mine employs about 850 workers but no one was reported injured or absent.
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Freeman Coal Co. Orient No
Waltonville
Southern Illinois Fire Departments
Lesser, Coello, Walier, DumQuoin
Tamaroa
Christopher
Jeffersona Rural District
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Illinois Coal Association
Taylor Pensoneau
Finois Coal
Ralph
R-Du Quoin
Johns
Postal Countdown
Citizens Group
Dwight Dame
William Schettler
Dame
Coal Company
Spiker
Sheriff's Deputies
Fredericks
Frederick
Redericks
Easley Funeral Home
Carterville High
Glen Crimson
Standard Oil
E. Main St
Standard
Crimson
Freeman
Richard Rouse
Rouse
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