Prisoner Used to Paint Campaign Signs Under Probe
A special prosecutor was appointed to investigate claims that Jackson County Sheriff Don White used a jail inmate, Carlos Vasquez, to paint two campaign signs for the Illinois primary. White says most signs were by him and supporters and the two painted signs were not posted. The case, sparked by State’s Attorney John Clemons, involves no charges yet and will proceed under a Cairo judge with Mary Collina as special prosecutor.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinois
Jackson County
Don White
John Clemons
White
Illinois
Vasquez
Clemons
William Kilquist
Kilquist
Richard E. Richman
Cairo
Mary Collina
Richman
GSA proposes sidewalk cut for Benton post office parking
The General Services Administration proposes narrowing the sidewalk to create four to five new parking spaces including a handicapped spot in front of Benton’s West Main Street post office. City council approved a parking ban to secure an $80,000 street project funded by federal and state sources, with IDOT monitoring plans.
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Jean Ann Bailey
Southern Illinoisan
West Main Street
Benton
General Services Administration
Federal
Post Office
East Main Streets
District 9
Illinois Department of Transportation
IDOT
Lofton Atnip Jr
Pine Street
Election Street
Leland L. Brown
GSA
Brown
Jupiter Alignment Not a Market Disaster Warns readers
Arnold Pearlstein argues against doomsday fears tied to the Jupiter Effect. He notes planetary alignment on March 10 poses no real threat, cites weak gravitational impact, and dismisses end-of-world predictions while urging calm and enjoying the planetary display. He mentions scientists and even co author Gribbin rejecting the theory.
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Arnold Pearlstein
Neptune
1939 oil spill probe aimed at Koppers near Carbondale
EPA worries of a broader contamination as investigators review a 1939 spill at the Koppers plant near Carbondale. Monitoring wells will track ground water and creek contamination, with potential legal action while plant officials defend cleanup and deny further pollution.
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EPA
Koppers
Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Koppers Co. Forest Products Division
Carbondale
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Phil van Ness
Springfield
Glades Creek
Pers
Ayer-Lord Tie Co
Pyles Fork
Big Muddy
van Ness
Glenn Winger
Winger
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Grand Jury
Vashti Howard
Athens
Benton Post Office
National Weather Service
Mediately
John Gribbin
Omni Magazine
Uranus
Ann Landers
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