SIUC liberal arts dean Shirley Scott to depart for Hunter College
Shirley Clay Scott will leave the SIUC School of Liberal Arts in August after a tenure since 1999 to become dean at Hunter College on the East Coast. She helped diversify faculty and oversaw Altgeld Hall renovation. Interim leadership will be appointed as a full search commences in fall.
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Southern Illinois University
Carbondale School of Liberal Arts
Hunter College of the
City University of New York
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Western Michigan University
Altgeld Hall
Siuc School of Music
New York
John Dunn
Ava Driver Cited After Three Vehicle Crash
A driver topping a hill in Ava was cited after a three vehicle wreck Tuesday around 4 45 p m Jackson County deputies said Tyson Nausley Sullivan 22 of De Soto was northbound on Illinois 4 when he topped a hill near Fleetwoods Convenience Store He braked but could not stop his Dodge truck and stock trailer Green 52 of Du Quoin was stopped to turn into the store Green hit Green s vehicle then hit an SUV driven by Peggy Bunselmeyer 44 of Ava Green was taken to St Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro with non life threatening injuries Nausley Sullivan was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident Andrea Hahn
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Tyson Nausley- Sullivan
de Soto
Illinois
Jackson County
du Quoin
Lyle Green
Fleetwood’s
Nausley- Sullivan
Green
Peggy Bunselmeyer
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Nausley-Sullivan
Union County Eyes Early Paydown of Debt
Union County could erase nearly 1 million dollars in principal within ten years as the board and financial adviser Jim Tweedy report improved cash flow from spending cuts and new courthouse revenues. The county has paid 50 000 so far this year toward 995 000 in debt and may allocate more if affordable. Contingency funds for labor contracts remain a consideration as commissioners decide whether to accelerate debt payoff this year.
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Union County
Board of Commissioners
Jim Tweedy
Tweedy
Bill Jackson
Jackson
Barbecue Master Mike Mills Heads to Food Network
Barbecue legend Mike Mills of 17th Street Bar and Grill in Murphysboro is set to appear on BBQ with Bobby Flay on Food Network at 2 PM Saturday. He has also been featured on Good Morning America and Regis and Kelly and in Bon Appetit, with his Las Vegas venture feeding UNLV before home games.
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Mike Mills
Amy Mills-Tunnicliffe
Flay
Las Vegas
University of Nevada Las
Mills-Tunnicliffe
Bobby Flay
the Food Network
Illinois 13 widening planned in Carbondale area
IDOT prepares to widen Illinois 13 from Glenview Street to New Era Road in Carbondale. Two existing lanes will be converted to full lanes and Crab Orchard Creek bridges replaced over about two years. Construction will mostly run 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. with night work and strong police presence for safety and speed enforcement.
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Illinois 13
Keith Roberts
Illinois Department of Transportation
Glenview Street
New Era Road
King
SIU Credit Union
Murdale
Crab Orchard Creek
Roberts
IDOT
Cook County namesake a towering figure in state history
Daniel Pope Cook, namesake of Cook County, shaped early Illinois history from his beginnings in Kentucky to his legal and political rise in the Illinois Territory. As editor of the Illinois Herald and later the Illinois Intelligencer, he boosted statehood efforts while serving as auditor and circuit judge. His 1818 Union County court session opened in a log-housed courtroom.
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Fort Dearborn
Chicago
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Ohio River
Scott County
Nathaniel Pope
Illinois Territory
Kaskaskia
Matthew Duncan
Illinois Herald
Herald
Ninian Edwards
Washington
Pope
Congress
James Monroe
London
John Quincy Adams
United States
England
Adams
Monroe
Daniel Cook
Union County
Jacob Hunsaker
Intelligencer
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Illinois Intelligencer
Vandalia
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