Cablevision battles city councils over rate hikes
Southern Illinois Cablevision faced mixed results as Murphysboro approved a 6.95 monthly rate, West Frankfort rejected the 7.95 request, and Johnston City did not bring up the proposal. Council members urged improved service, with disruptions and outages shaping voter sentiment.
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Brad Betker
O.R. Walley
Southern Illinois Cablevision
Murphysboro
West Frankfort
Johnston City
Cablevision
Don Lucas
Railroad crossing upgrade alters Illinois 13 traffic flow
A new railroad crossing is installed just west of Illinois 13 for the Burlington and Northern lines causing traffic to share a single lane in both directions. Road crews with a bulldozer lay the tracks while a train waits in the background to cross the new alignment.
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Illinois 13
Burlington and Northern Lines
Final tax multipliers set for Franklin and Union counties
Franklin and Union counties finalize property tax multipliers matching prior tentative figures. Franklin uses 1.2249 and Union 1.2095, raising assessments by 10.6 percent and 15.6 percent respectively from 1978 levels. The move aims to equalize county assessment levels to 33.3 percent of market value across Illinois counties.
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Ron Poppenhagen
Franklin
Union Counties
Illinois Department of Revenue
Franklin County
Union County
Jackson, Williamson
Randolph
Johnson
Perry County
Perry
Illinois
Union
Perry Board Delays Action on Consol Road Request East of Pinckneyville
The Perry County Board postponed any decision on Consolidation Coal Co. request to open a new road section about three miles east of Pinckneyville near Holt's Prairie Baptist Church. Details were not specific, leading to a request for more information. The board also approved two county package liquor license renewals for Louis Suchomski and Tom Rheinecker and granted CEJ Corp seismic testing on County Highway 11 to probe oil locations with boring holes along the right of way.
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Perry County Board
Consolidation Coal Co
Pinckneyville
Holt’s
Louis Suchomski
Tom Rheinecker
Tom’s
Cutler
CEJ Corp
Tamaroa
Martin Appointed Acting Clerk As Pellew Is Fired
Carolyn Martin was named temporary city clerk of West Frankfort after John Pellew was dismissed by a 3-2 vote. The council also approved a $2,027.31 purchase of gasoline tanks, and appointed Leon Sailliez as a regular policeman amid merit-board disputes. The budget for the year was read at $4,062,745, with raises and new equipment cited as drivers of the rise.
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Harkins
Thomas
Johnston
O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Carolyn Martin
John Pellew
West Frankfort
Fred Harkins
George Culley
Mike McClatchey
John Simmons
James Bernhard
Pellew
McClatchey
Pellow
Simmons
Bernhard
Don Lucas
Leon Saillez
Merit Board
Saillez
Sailliez
Lucas
Rabid skunk shot at Hallidayboro
A skunk found Tuesday outside Hallidayboro near Elkville tested rabid, prompting officials to note the area remains under selective quarantine. Animal Control Warden Vicki Ashley said the animal appeared weak and fearless, with rabies signs including staggering and frothy saliva. No broader outbreak announced. quarantine may stay in effect only if new cases emerge locally.
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Ann Schottman Enol
Jackson County
Vicki Ashley
Hallidayboro
Elkville
Clark
Mrs. Ashley
Ashley
Illinois 3
Illinois 149
Illinois 127
Murphysboro
Virus threatens Chicago pound sparks shelter shutdown
Officials of the Anti Cruelty Society say they have temporarily closed the Chicago animal care shelter due to a new highly contagious virus fatal to dogs. Infected animals have been destroyed and only animals to be destroyed are being accepted. The disease Parvo Virus causes vomiting diarrhea dehydration and white blood cell loss and spreads via feces saliva or vomit. The virus was found in Williamson County.
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Chicago
Anti-Cruelty Society
Williamson County
Johnston City backs county dog pound plan in Williamson County
Johnston City Council unanimously votes to support establishing an animal control center in Williamson County and to send a letter to county commissioners. Mayor Stevens says the city cannot afford its own pound and seeks county cooperation while discussing use of the old Washington School site for a community building or park if feasible.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinois
Johnston
Williamson County
Imogene Kee
Bill Stevens
Washington
Johnston City
Stevens
Pricilla Winkler
Virgil Harris
Norman Rogers
10Th St
Mobbs Babington
SIUC reshapes its role in community development
SIU Carbondale shifts Community Development Services from a broad outreach arm to an academic program. The change follows decades of projects like Operation Bootstrap and ABC, with graduate internships and master’s projects guiding local government and social service work. The program, now part of the Division of Social and Community Services, runs with four faculty and 35 to 40 students, requiring 400-hour internships or master’s projects, and previously faced layoffs amid funding cuts.
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Ben Gelman
Southern
Ilinoisan
Bootstrap
Eldorado
ABC
du Quoin
Cobden
Southern Illinois University
Community Development America
James A. Christenson
University of Kentucky
Jerry W. Robinson Jr
University of Illinois
Robert C. Child
Siuc Community Development Service
Central Development Associates
Carbondale
Child
SIUC
Baker Brownell
Illinois
SIU
Delyte W. Morris
Brownell
Area Services
Richard W. Poston
Northwest
Southern Illinois
Poston
The
Community de
Velopment Institute
Richard Franklin
Richard Thomas
Thomas
College of Human Resources
College
Community Development Services
Oraibi
Ariz
Grand Tower
T. Richard Mager
Siu-Carbondale Vice Press
SIU shifts role in community development
Byline B G Kent notes SIU has abandoned initiating specific local services. Mager says SIU C wants to help but will assist towns to do what they want. University aims to provide technical assistance to agencies and communities, reflecting a declined pioneer role since 1973 staff cuts.
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Kent
SIU
Mager
Siu-C
America
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