Port district to hear state leader tonight
The Jackson Union Port District will hold its second annual dinner meeting at 7 p.m. today in the Senior Citizens Center in Anna. Invited attendees will hear Norman Wolf, chief of the ports management section of the Illinois Department of Transportation, discuss the future of port districts in Illinois and how the local district compares to others in the state.
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Senior Citizens Center
Anna
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Illinois Department of Transportation
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Illinois
Jackson Union District
Urgent fire safety repairs OK in Du Quoin schools
Du Quoin Unit 300 school board will spend 72109 for urgent fire-safety upgrades across six district buildings. JE&R Construction Co of Cypress won the bid after a state-licensed architect flagged needs. Major spend covers new fire-resistant doors, with wire glass, ceiling painting, and a sprinkler system at the high school. Superintendent Whitecotton called much of the work nuisance but necessary.
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Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan
du Quoin Unit
Je&r Construction Co
Cypress
Jacob Whitecotton
EMTs Seek Reinstatement After Thompsonville Unit Strike
Emergency medical technicians who left service at the Thompsonville unit of the Christopher Greater Area Rural Health Service can appear before the corporation board to seek reinstatement. Ten volunteers, split between those ordered to turn in equipment and those who did so, staged a six week strike protesting coordinator Charles Boner, who is the unit's sole paid member at $200 a month.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Thompsonville
Christopher Greater Area Rural Health Service
Corporation
Bailey Williams
Charles Boner
Nicholas Sero
Corporation Board
Williams
Bruce Stewart
West Frankfort
Sero
Boner
Law School to Dorm Work Gains House Approval
Rep. Bruce Richmond and Rep. Bob Winchester won House approval Thursday for an amendment to provide 300000 to refurbish buildings occupied by the SIUC Law School. The buildings will be returned to dorm use when students move to the Hiram H. Lesar building this fall, but the measure still goes to the Senate and governor.
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Bruce Richmond
Murphysboro
Bob Winchester
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