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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 2002
Page
1
Tamaroa Fire District Referendum and Murphysboro referendums are listed for Page 4B, indicating multiple local voting measures across communities. The brief notice outlines forthcoming ballots and related municipal actions without details on candidates or outcomes.
A Sunday fire at the Haslett Warehouse on Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco prompts an investigation into its cause while firefighters battle the flames. In Baldwin, police plan to charge seven children ages 8 to 12 for a separate incident involving two women assaulted and robbed of food as male and female youths disrupted the residence.
Saluki players and coach Bruce Weber ride a wave of hometown celebration after SIU, the 11th seed, upset Georgia 77 75 in the East regional second round at Chicago. Stetson Hairston and Brad Korn led the mood with postgame praise as a large Williamson County crowd welcomed the team home.
Policymakers split on aiding school districts and local governments facing millions in losses from the federal stimulus law. State Sen. Frank Watson says no school system should go bankrupt from Washingtons package, but questions how to fill the hole over the coming months. The impact spans schools cities villages counties and community college districts statewide as state corporate taxes tie to federal tax payments and funnel funds to education.
In Saline County American Coal Co battling with the Galatia Unit School District over property tax revenue. American Coal, owner of several Midwest mines, contends it is overtaxed for the Saline County operation while Galatia officials argue the opposite. The Galatia mine was purchased from Kerr-McGee Coal Corp. in 1998 and an appeal followed.
Fog and weather hampered the Anaconda plan in Shah-e-Kot valley eastern Afghanistan. Afghans under Zia Ladin were unable to seal the 3 mile ridgeline as intended, and a mortar ambush killed three of Zia’s men and an American officer. Delays by the 101st Airborne left escape routes open and limited large scale exfiltration by al Qaida and Taliban fighters.
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