Auction block offers gifts and aquarium today
Column lists more than 200 items from local merchants including five gift certificates and an aquarium from Fish Tales and a Mercury Mouse Ski Boat from Rend Lake Marina valued at 5600 dollars. The Southern's Auction Block runs today through Tuesday with details online. Weather summary notes mostly cloudy conditions with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms and wind updates for the region.
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Rend Lake Marina
Kidnapping suspect pleads innocent in two court appearances
Jonathan Milton Martin a 43 year old Centralia man faced federal and state charges for a daylight robbery and abduction. He pleaded innocent in Benton U S District Court to one count of kidnapping and one count of robbery. In Franklin County Court he faced state charges of armed robbery and robbery with a habitual criminal enhancement.
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Benton
Jonathan Milton Martin
Centralia
Martin
U.S. District Court
Kimberly McGhee
Franklin County Court
Thomas Sutton
Sutton
West Frankfort
Meth Lab Costs Highlight Local Cleanup Burdens
Union County Sheriff Jim Nash describes a meth lab found in a compact trailer impounded at the sheriff’s department. The ether odor filled the trailer as authorities cited disposal costs from $5,000 for small job to $8,000–$10,000 for larger ones, with Freeman Environmental Services noting $500 to $1,500 hourly rates. Local agencies can charge DEA, but still face training and staffing expenses as labs rise, including a tripling of labs in Jackson County between 2002 and 2003.
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Southern Illinois
Union County
Jim Nash
Sheriff's Department
Nash
Anna
Southern Illinois Enforcement Group
Paul Freeman
Freeman Environmental Services
Herrin
Freeman
Drug Enforcement Administration
Jackson County
Robert Burns
Illinois DOC officers sue over sexual harassment claims
A federal suit filed in Benton alleges hundreds of harassment incidents by 16 female officers at Menard Tamms and Shawnee facilities. Plaintiffs named the state and DOC, with two law firms handling the case. They seek investigation and remedial action amid claims of retaliation.
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Benton
Illinois Department of Corrections
Winds Department of Corrections
State of Illinois
Menard
Tamms
Shawnee
Corrections Department
Angela Fletcher
Delana Ditterline
Michelle Groves
Diana Christine Hawkins
Diana Hilliard
Wendy Holton
Vickie Howie
Kay Miller- Crisler
Rachel B. Nutter
Robin Ronald
Lora Walker
Jennifer Wingerter
Menard Correctional Center
Southern Illinois
Hart & Hart Attorneys
Rhode & Jackson
Carbondale
Department of Corrections
Courtney Cox
Hart & Hart
Park District audit links software change to sloppy books
An audit of the Carbondale Park District attributes bookkeeping issues to a software system changeover. The report notes mismatches between in-house and outside accountant figures, missing budget reflections, and an $18,000 understatement of interest income for the golf course clubhouse. New backup and monthly reconciliation procedures have been put in place.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Park District
Richard Grant
Park Board
Clarke Cpa and Consulting Ltd
Awdit
Park District
Grant
General Fund
Hickory Ridge
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