Special prosecutor named in Macon County drug probe
Gregory L Barnes of Decatur is appointed to lead a Macon County inquiry into drug activity. Gerald Shields of Argenta faces twin probes over informant handling. State officials confirm a special prosecutor and internal investigations, with a grand jury potential. Shields denies wrongdoing and notes ongoing scrutiny.
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Mike Lawrence
Jim Ludwick
Springfield
Gregory L Barnes
Decatur
Macon County
Gerald Shields
Argenta
Southern Illinoisan
Shields
Department of Law Enforcement
Office of Professional Standards
Division of Criminal Investigation
Jeffrey K. Davison
Barnes
Davison
Rain delays split in Illinois as planting lags in south
Illinois farmers face slow progress with 40 percent of south state fields unfinished while the north races ahead. May and June rains have pushed back corn and soybean planting, though dry periods elsewhere helped. The Crop Reporting Service notes 25 percent of winter wheat is ripe, ahead of schedule, as farmers seek better weather windows.
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Champaign
Illinois
Illinois Crop Reporting Service
Mike Plumer
Williamson County
Plumer
Ed Specht
Winnebago County
Prison official defends Marion lockdown as vital security
Patrick W. Keohane, a former Marion assistant warden, testified that shakedowns and cell-to-cell movement are essential for safety at the U S Penitentiary in Marion. He cited November 1983 searches that uncovered knives, narcotics, and contraband, as inmates seek an injunction over alleged abuse and harsh procedures amid a 19 month lockdown.
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Marion
Alcatraz
Patrick W. Keohane
U.S. Penitentiary
Keohane
Build Illinois push urged by state leaders in Springfield
Springfield report notes civic and business leaders statewide are asked to lobby here next week for Gov James R Thompson s Build Illinois proposal. Illinois Bell president Ormand Wade chairs the Build Illinois committee and will mass on June 26 in the Capitol. The governor seeks a 2.3 billion bonding program to boost roads bridges sewers and water systems and spur economy via a concentrated construction drive. Senate Democrats propose a pay as you go plan to sustain a vigorous program with lower debt costs.
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Springfield
State
James R. Thompson
Illinois
Ormand Wade
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Capitol
Senate Democrats
Unclaimed victim may join the rest
In Chicago, unclaimed dead are buried at Homewood Memorial Gardens after about 60 days in the Cook County Medical Examiner’s refrigerated unit. Case No. 68, May 1985, Katherine Rae Adala, 56, slain May 3 in a hotel robbery, is among the nameless, with two hotel residents charged. Most bodies lack kinship leads.
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Chicago
Cook County
Burning of body disputed in Grabbe murder trial
Danville AP. Fire expert testified that a body could not have burned as described by a key witness. Fred Grabbe, 46, faces murder charges for allegedly strangling his wife Charlotte in 1981 after a divorce filing and burning her body.
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Danville
Clark County
Fred Grabbe
Grabbe
Marshall
Charlotte Grabbe
Vicki McCalister
Richard Tabb
Beaver Dam
Wis
McCalister
Taleb
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