Jobless rate climbs in January in Southern Illinois
Severe weather pushed unemployment higher across seven Southern Illinois counties from December to January. Analysts credit weather, seasonal manufacturing layoffs, and reduced retail activity for the jump, with Williamson, Jackson, Perry, Randolph, Franklin, Johnson and Union counties showing rise versus a year ago. Local rates track the state trend of 9.8 percent.
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Nancy Weil
Illinois
Illinois Bureau of Employment Security
Job Service
Mike Wessel
Williamson County
Jackson County
Dennis Hoffman
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Perry County
Randolph County
Hoffman
Perry
Randolph
Franklin County
Johnson County
Union County
Vessell
County
Jackson
Williamson
Franklin
Johnson
Union
Herrenergy annexation row pits Herrin and Energy over lands
Eight eastern Williamson County property owners along Illinois 148 face simultaneous annexations by Herrin and Energy. Residents say a perceived lack of communication and prior forced moves spurred the split while officials accuse each other of using legal maneuvers, seeking to control water and sewer lines and future development.
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Pete Rosenberg
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Williamson County
Herrin
Energy
Herrenergyites
Bertie Riggs
Robert Jeralds
Beltz
Illinois 148
Valgene Gould
Gould
Green Acres
Edward Quaglin
Energy Village Board
Bob
Jeralds
Quaglia
Diamonds and Watches Stolen in Du Quoin Jewelry Heist
Two armed men robbed Higgins Jewelry Co. in Du Quoin Tuesday morning taking an estimated 20 000 to 30 000 dollars in diamonds and watches. Owner Pete Williams, a clerk, and a customer were tied up but unharmed. The customer freed himself and alerted police.
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Higgins Jewelry Co
du Quoin
Pete Williams
DCCA Sets Four Immediate Conditions on Hartec Grant
Department of Commerce and Community Affairs officials outlined four conditions that must be met immediately for the state's 215000 grant to help Hartec Enterprises move from El Paso to Marion Industrial Park to remain available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Hartec Enterprises
el Paso
Texas
Marion Industrial Park
Christopher Officials Set Deadline for Sewage Pump
Christopher officials ordered a sewage pump installation with a 2 p.m. deadline today. The action aims to resolve drainage or sanitation concerns raised by residents and local agencies.
Murphysboro Unit 186 distributes 100 tax amnesty bonuses
Murphysboro Unit School District 186 employees received a $100 check each as a one time payment from state amnesty funds. Board president Ken Carr said the payout honors staff and reflects tax amnesty receipts of $125,000. The board also set summer school fees of 40 dollars for in district students and 80 dollars for non residents.
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Murphysboro
Illinois
Unit 186
Ken Carr
Carr
Car
Carbondale Faces Big Fire Equipment Costs
Carbondale council approved a five-year capital plan to replace outdated fire pumpers and a 24 year old ladder truck. The plan calls for a 100-foot aerial platform at about 385000 with three new pumpers at 125000 each in 1987 1988 and 1990. Potential borrowing and CD funding may cover the 760000 cost over five years.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Charles McCaughan
McCaughan
LaFrance
Murphysboro council OKs funding for tax plan study
Murphysboro City Council votes unanimously to finance half of a $9,600 feasibility study by Robert Vancil and Associates on a proposed tax increment financing district that would channel increased taxes into a revolving fund for industrial or business development.
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Murphysboro Council
Oks
Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Robert Vancil and
Logan Street
Deal Brothers
12Th Street
Chestnut
Mulberry Streets
Inmate Testimony Highlights Tensions at Marion Unit
The trial heard Gometz, Sims, and Geoghegan describe brutal beatings by guards and rising staff inmate friction since a 1983 lockdown. Alfred Smith, Apache from Arizona, complained of religion restrictions in the control unit while noting daily verbal harassment and prior assault citations. Three days of hearings in the federal suit conclude this week with more testimony next week.
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U.S
Ralph Friederich
Gometz
Marion
Friederich
H-unit
Gregory Sims
Michael Geoghegan
Alfred Smith
Arizona
Smith
Ich
Lompoc
California
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Neil McPherson
Hafer Road
Sunnyside Road
Mike Steh
Herrenergy
USA
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Water and Sewer Department
DCCA
Hartec
Christopher
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