District 95 rejects sixth graders move to LJHS
Carbondale Elementary School District 95 board votes 4-3 against sending sixth graders to Lincoln Junior High next year. It approves planning a sixth to eighth grade middle school concept and a kindergarten through sixth grade organizational pattern. The panel also backs a beautification project at the junior high and accessibility upgrades, amid concerns over overcrowding and budgeting.
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Nancy Weil
Southern Illinoisan
Lincoln
Carbondale
Donald Garner
Jack Mckhillip
Margaret Crowe
James Legacy
Norma Ewing
Gary Highland
Gordon White
Garner
LJHS
Crowe
Winkler and
Lewis
William Thomas
White
CCHS plans $277,500 budget cut with staff retained
Carbondale Community High School approves a $277,500 set of cost savings for the next year without major staff reductions, rehiring all district staff except one part time English position. The board also considers selling or upgrading the Vocational Building and discusses joint campus space with District 95.
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Dave DeWitte
Carbondale Community High School
CCHS
Reid Martin
Mike Diamond
Martin
Robert Brewer
Cost Savings Committee
District 95 to chart cost cutting amid $750000 deficit
Carbondale Elementary School District 95 faces a 750000 shortfall after exhausting a million dollar surplus. The board directed the administration to propose prioritized cost reductions, likely through attrition and not replacing retirees, while approving continued employment for all six principals and the director of educational services for next year.
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Nancy Weil
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Donald Garner
William Thomas
Thomas
Burglary Suspect Nabbed in Paducah
Jackson County Sheriff William Kilquist announced the arrest of William Knapp, 26, of Murphysboro, in Paducah Ky, tied to a multi state burglary ring. He faces seven warrants in Jackson County and eight in Bollinger County Missouri plus one in Perry County Missouri. Bond set at 190000. The probe involves thefts from farms and homes, with up to 200 possible cases. Authorities from Arkansas Missouri and federal agents participate in the continuing investigation.
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Paducah
Jackson County
William Kilquist
William Knapp
Murphysboro
Knapp
Bollinger County
Perry County
Charles Reed
Jacob-Sand Ridge
Pomona
Campbell Hill
Missouri
Arkansas
Kilquist
Green County
Ark
Cape Girardeau
Perry and Bollinger
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Brushy Creek Mine Idled by Slack Demand in Saline County
About 275 miners at the Brushy Creek Mine owned by Kenellis Energies Inc. are idled due to weak demand. William G. Urton, personnel manager, said production is discontinued temporarily as a utility served by the company is not taking coal and the spot coal market is weak. The company will monitor conditions daily and hope to reopen soon, though a timeline is not provided. The article notes past plans for a golf course and housing near Marion, with local efforts to salvage the project amid financial and legal setbacks.
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Brushy Creek
Saline County
Kenellis Energies Inc
Brushy Creek Mine
William G. Urton
Urton
Saluki National Golf Course Developer Breaks Silence
Richard Heath released a statement through Dorain Fletcher Marion's industrial development director explaining why his seven year dream for Saluki National Golf Course did not come to fruition. Heath states he has contended with unspecified obstacles and delays that halted progress.
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Saluki National Golf Course
Richard Heath
Dorain Fletcher
Marion
Heath
Central dispatch plan eyed by utilities sparks UMW worries
Illinois Commerce Commission officials say a central dispatching study could improve cross state electricity sales among utilities. United Mine Workers warn the plan could hurt Illinois coal sales and force downstate producers out of work by turning utilities into transmission lines for Commonwealth Edison.
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Tim Landis
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois Commerce Commission
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Central
UMW
Commonwealth Edison
Philip O’connor
Herrin
Gerald Hawkins
du Quoin
Hawkins
Elections board probes Franklin voting irregularities
The Illinois State Board of Elections sent a deputy to Franklin County to investigate possible improper absentee ballot applications and invalid voter registrations in the April 2 general election. Investigators found at least 10 absentee applications approved without physician verified reasons, four mailed without proper verification, and a clerical error mislisting voter David Buzzard’s address.
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Elizabeth Renshaw
Southern Illinoisand
Franklin County
Illinois State Board of Elections
SBE
Springfield
Franklin
Hamilton
Phil Gilbert
Carbondale
Elections Board
Franklin County Clerk’s Office
Hiller
David Buzzard
Buzzard
Fads St
Eads St
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