Marion school keeps tax rate despite added funds
Marion Community Unit School District 2 will face higher taxes this year after a $5.5 million rise in district real estate value and a $227,510 corporate replacement tax. Superintendent Storme and financial officer Armstrong spoke for questions, noting the tax rate will stay roughly the same while assessed valuation climbs, with bond tax likely to drop. The district loses state aid due to fewer students and a formula favoring larger districts, while enrollment fell by 37.25 students, reducing aid by about $52,000. local officials weigh the need for extra revenue against relief urged by Gov. Thompson.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Marion Community Unit
A.C. Storme
William Armstrong
Sallie Kirby
Dwight Lemasters
Virginia
Biggs
Storme
James R. Thompson
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Thompson
Kirby
Lemasters
Herrin
Johnston City
Frank Manfredo
Armstrong
Weather forecast for Illinois turns cooler this weekend
The National Weather Service calls for partly cloudy skies tonight with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 70s. Thursday remains partly cloudy with possible thunderstorms and highs near 80. From Friday to Sunday expect cool, partly cloudy conditions with a chance of showers Sunday and highs in the 80s. Lows in the low 60s.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
Guards thwart Afghan president's suicide attempt
Pakistan reports that Babrak Karmal, the puppet leader of Soviet occupied Afghanistan, was stopped by his security guards in a failed bid to kill himself last Friday. Radio Pakistan quoted Indian agencies. Karmal was described as a captive figure under Russian advisers, with much of his staff also Russian. Independent confirmation was not possible. Several diplomats commented.
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New Delhi
India
Afghanistan
Babrak Karmal
Radio
Pakistan
Karmal
Cook
Driver
Kabul
Peshawar
Sultani Valley
National Islamic Front of Afghanistan
Islamabad
pro-Moscow
Khalq (People’s) Party
Carbondale high school expansion gets state funding nod
An Illinois House appropriations committee backed a 3.7 million state share for expanding Carbondale Community High School East Campus to address enrollment decline. The plan envisions a new building at East Campus costing nearly 8 million, with local funding approval via referendum.
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Oks
Carbondale High School
Illinois House Appropriations Committee
Carbondale Community High School
Simon, Rettberg, Garrison and Flom
Illinois House trims university faculty pay rise to 8 percent
Springfield University faculty push for higher salaries faced a setback as a House appropriations committee cut half a percentage point from Senate pay-raise plans. The 8 percent salary increase, aligned with Gov. Thompson’s funding, falls short of the Senate’s 8.5 percent raise and comes amid moves to fund an ethacoal plant and repairs to Davies Gym at SIU Carbondale. SIU Chancellor Kenneth Shaw urged caution on using the new funds, while faculty leaders warned the cut would erode long-term competitiveness and trigger departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Levener
Southern
Davies
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Appropriations
SIUC
Senate
Kenneth V. Buzbee
D-Carbondale
House
James Rea
D-Christopher
SIU
Kenneth Shaw
IBHE
Furman
Marvin Kleinan
Appropriations Committee
Kleinan
Bruce Richmond
Murphysboro
Sam Vinson
Clinton
Illinois
Helen Satterthwaithe
D-Urbana
Illinois State Scholarship Commission
Emil Jones
Chicago
Commission
Jones
Mixup led boy to get unneeded rabies shots
A 12 year old boy bitten on the leg by a dog in Carterville underwent three rabies shots that were later deemed unnecessary. Miscommunication among police health officials and the dog owner delayed verification of the dog’s vaccination status and delayed proper rabies testing.
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Theresa Churchill
David Garross
Brentwood
Carterville
Prosperity
David
Joanne Garross
William Edwards
Williamson-Franklin
Edwards
David R. Bramwell
State Bureau of Animal Welfare
Bramwell
Gordon Rhine
Williamson County
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