Marion federal prison to shift to medium security
The U S Penitentiary at Marion will realign from high to medium security after serving as a high security facility since 1963. The move, due to bed space needs, keeps Marion Camp as a minimum security unit. The site, long called the first supermax, saw prior expansions in 2005 with a $22 million project doubling maximum capacity. A separate fire in a vacant trailer in Carbondale is being investigated as arson, marking a second such incident this month.
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Rest area near Rend Lake closed after brown recluse outbreak
Brown recluse spiders forced the Rend Lake Welcome Center at mile marker 79 on I 57 to close for weeks after a worker was bitten last spring. A state official said professionals were cleaning the rest area and it recently reopened as travel peaks approach.
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Springfield
Illinois Department of Revenue
Harrisburg educators Ed and Melanie Bradley retire after long district careers
Ed Bradley retires after 36 years in education including roles as teacher coach and administrator culmination as Harrisburg superintendent. Melanie Bradley retires after 23 years teaching kindergarten, with a life shared in Harrisburg and two sons.
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Junction
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Eldorado
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Illinois families to visit soldiers in Iraq by video link
Dozens of Illinois families will electronically visit their soldiers in Iraq via a 30 minute private video session July 11 and 12 using eight Extension offices including Carbondale and Mount Vernon. Registration on a first come first served basis closes today at Web site see your soldier uiuc dot edu. There is no charge and access is limited to personnel at Camp Al Asad and Camp Taji Cooke.
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Burglars Tap Into 40 Sesser Vehicles Overnight
Police report indicates more than 40 unlocked vehicles in Sesser were burglarized overnight, with items stolen including laptops MP3 players CD players DVD players a handgun digital cameras and wallets as residents told police of the break in pattern likely rising to 60 or 70.
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Franklin ROE hires outspoken critic as consultant
Ronald House, a Franklin County Board member who opposed the Franklin Williamson Regional Office of Education, resigns as finance commissioner to become a contracted consultant for the ROE. House has six years on the board and says the move aligns with his lifelong education work. The ROE has faced audits and a 62 count indictment involving former superintendent Kohl and associates over travel vouchers and alleged perjury.
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