GOP candidates set to debate in 12th District tonight on WSIU TV
Republican contenders Rodger Cook Theresa Kormos and Jason Plummer will debate tonight at 8 p.m. on WSIU TV channel 8 with additional airings on PBS World channel 8.2 and online at wsiu.org. Partners include the League of Women Voters Illinois Jackson County The Southern Illinoisan Paul Simon Public Policy Institute and WSIU.
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Rodger Cook
Theresa Kormos
Jason Plummer
PBS World
Wsiu.org
League of Women Voters of Illinois
Jackson County
Southern Illinoisan
Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
Wsiu Public Television
Jefferson County Drug Plea Leads To Seven Years
A man in Jefferson County was sentenced to seven years after pleading guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance. Anthony L. Alexander allegedly delivered less than a gram of crack cocaine to a source assisting the Mount Vernon Police Department narcotics unit. The Class 2 felony sentence included a sentencing enhancement for prior convictions.
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Jefferson County
Anthony L. Alexander
Mount Vernon
Alexander
Referendum on four-school consolidation faces court action
Attorneys for the Committee of Ten petitioners seek an injunctive order to move the consolidation from Union County into a new unit district to November. Illinois state officials had set a March 20 vote, but questions linger over the listed tax rate and the ballot’s validity. Union County Clerk Bobby Toler cannot provide a conclusive rate ruling, and the school code limits tax increases to the highest dual-district rate.
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Jonesboro
Committee of Ten
Union County
Illinois
Christopher Koch
Lick Creek
Anna
Anna-Jonesboro
Janet Ulrich
Alexander, Johnson
Massac
Pulaski
Union
Bobby Toler
John Bigler
New Consolidated School Board
Carbondale Band Director Honored as Outstanding Music Educator
Carbondale Community High School Band Director Greg Townsend was named Outstanding Music Educator for the 2011-12 school year by the National Federation of State High School Associations. He was one of eight state awardees and received the honor Feb 25 during IHSA Girls Basketball State Finals in Normal. Townsend and the Carbondale High School band had been selected to perform at the tournament earlier this year.
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Stephen Rickers
Southern Carbondale Community High School
Greg Townsend
Carbondale
Townsend
National Federation of State High School Associations
Carbondale Community High School
Association
Normal
Carbondale High School
Allegation of abuse at Parrish School investigated
In Carbondale the mother of a four year old at Parrish School accuses a Tri County Special Education aide of abuse. The school notes scratches bruises and a neck shoulder mark and says an internal review found the incident an accident. No suspension was ordered. See page 2B.
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Carbondale
Parrish
Ebonee Crymes
Crymes
Janet Ward Broombaugh
Broombaugh
Tri-County Special Education
Forby bill limits governor's closing power in Illinois
State Sen Gary Forby proposes Senate Bill 3564 to restrict the governor's authority on facility closures. The measure, approved by the Senate Government Committee, would give the General Assembly power to accept or reject closure recommendations from the Government Forecasting and Accountability Committee.
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Carbondale
Gary Forby
Senate
Illinois Senate
General Assembly
Committee On
Southern Illinois votes on Cook County independence poll
A Paul Simon Institute poll of 400 Southern Illinois registered voters from 18 counties found 49 percent favor making Cook County a separate state and 39 percent oppose. Nearly 80 percent say the region gets less than its fair share of state spending, with 3 percent saying more. The survey, conducted Feb 23–28, has a 4.9 percent margin of error.
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Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
SIU
Illinois
Chicago
John Jackson
America
Southern
Jackson
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