1984 SIEG report shows cannabis seizures and cash gains
The Southern Illinois Enforcement Group reports a surge in cannabis seizures totaling 907,197 grams valued at 2 857 325 and overall 1984 seizures reaching 2 883 786 with 138 charges against 81 people. Convictions reached 51 with an 89 percent ratio, as cocaine and other drugs also saw increases under Operation Cash Crop. Bowman notes aerial checks and tips from locals will continue this drive.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Enforcement Group
Jackson, Williamson, Perry and
Union
SIEG
Dennis Bowman
Chicago
Bowman
Carbondale
Illinois Department of Corrections
Park District hires YMCA architect for Life Community Center roof
Carbondale Park Board authorizes Robert Swenson & Associates to draft single ply roof plans for the Life Community Center. Fee set at 5.9 percent of construction costs, not to exceed 3000 dollars. First major improvement to the former YMCA building.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Park District
Life Community Center
Jackson County Ymca
Carbondale Park Board
Robert Swenson
YMCA
Park District
George Whitehead
East Grand Street
City of
Carbondale
Miller Brewing Company
Whitehead
Southern Illinois University
Gunshot reported at U S Penitentiary Marion Ill
Illinois state police respond to a gunshot report at Marion Federal Penitentiary about 9 15 a m. Prison officials block the entrance as a search for evidence continues. no injuries reported. Earlier 1982 sniping at guard towers and 1983 plots tied to Marion prison are noted.
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Tim Landis
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois State Police
U.S. Penitentiary At
Marion
John Clark
Clark
Carbondale arson case tied to Georgia arrest
Arson and burglary links surface as Polk faces charges after an early February arrest in Savannah. Investigators report a series of fires damaged homes in northeast Carbondale and nearby sites. Kilquist says more suspects may be questioned while authorities pursue the ongoing case.
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Carbondale
Kilquist
Polk
Hogan
Savannah
Georgia
Jackson County
Carbondale Mobile Homes
Pyramid Lumber Company
Senior citizens warned about insurance scams and nursing home abuses
Illinois senior citizens face costly scams and mistreatment in health care and elder care. The attorney general's office will hold seven conferences across the state, highlighting Medicaid discrimination, bed shortages for private-pay residents, and fraud in insurance plans marketed to seniors. The Carbondale event at Southern Illinois University marks the April 22 session.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Don Jones
Sally Jones
Mary Smith
Illinois
Illinois Attorney General’s Office
Attorney General’s Office
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Pat Morris
Carbondale
Ms. Morris
Morris
Attorney General’s of
Fice
State Hospital Containment Council
Neil Hartigan
Hartigan
Trucker killed in I-64 two-truck crash near Mount Vernon
Illinois State Police report a two-truck crash on I-64 east of Mount Vernon killed 54 year old James R. Vesinkus as his box truck ran off the road and into the path of a second eastbound truck driven by Raymond J. Conn, 36, of Elliotsville Kentucky, about 4:15 a.m. near Woodlawn.
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West Frankfort
Mount Vernon
Illinois
James R. Vesinkus
Woodlawn
Vesiakus
Raymond J. Conn
Elliotsville
Johnson County ties with Vienna Center for inmate EMT backup
Johnson County Commissioners signed an agreement with Vienna Correctional Center to provide inmate emergency medical technicians as backup for the county ambulance service. Commissioner Wade Hudgens described the program as dependable support, with inmates trained via the Job Training Partnership Act. Treasurer Claude Harper said the ambulance service is operating in the black.
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Johnson County
Vienna Correctional Center
Wade Hudgens
Claude Harper
County road districts plan dismissed as trial balloon
Perry County board chairman Leonard Heisner calls Gerald Hawkins’ proposal to merge eight road districts into one or two districts a back-burner issue and not a serious option for the county board.
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Perry County
Leonard Heisner
Gerald Hawkins
Herrin wins IEPA approval for sewer renovation project
Herrin officials were notified by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency that the city may proceed with a $200000 sewer line renovation project. The aim is to eliminate storm water inflow into the sanitary sewer system, a cause of the city’s restricted status since 1980 that has hindered extending sewers to recently annexed areas north of town.
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Herrin
Illinois Enviromental Protection Agency
IEPA
Forum Feud pits Tuxhorn and Yow over housing codes
Carbondale voters heard a heated exchange at a League of Women Voters forum as one-term incumbent Keith Tuxhorn accused ex-code division head John Yow of lax enforcement, while Yow blamed the council for underfunding and weak oversight. The debate touched on zoning, housing growth, and incentives for business, with candidates Archie Jones and David McNeill urging broader look at regulations and economic strategy.
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Carbondale
League of Women Voters
Carbondale Business and Professional Women
Keith Tuxhorn
John Yow
Tuxhorn
Yow
Archie Jones
David McNeill
McNeill
Jones
Southern Illinois University
Southern Illinois
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John McCutchen
Doug Rahn
Marion Memorial
Ee — Yeaspital
Hospital
Division of Clinical Services
Perry Road
Tuxhorn Star
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