Six Murphysboro residents begin anti rabies vaccines
Six Murphysboro residents are undergoing rabies vaccinations after contact with a rabid dog, with authorities reviewing potential exposures among about 25 others. Three more animals, including a dog and a cat, were picked up. a youth at public housing owned the rabid dog. Quarantine rules for pets are in effect, with fines for breaches cited.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Jackson County Health Department
Siegfried Wolff
Wolff
Jackson County
Animal Control
Vicki Ashley
Ashely
Ashley
Williamson County dog pound may not be in use until August
The Williamson County Board expects spring weather to speed a planned countywide dog pound but fears it may not be in operation until August amid a rabies outbreak. Cities like Cambria, Johnston City and Marion face enforcement hurdles without a county facility, while state and local officials discuss progress and timelines.
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Williamson County
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson County Board
Olin Corp
Williamson
Hurst
Mary Tackett
Pittsburg
Joan Tolbert
Cambria
Jackson County
Loma Brown
Johnston City
John Evans
Bill Stevens
Marion
Herrin
Carterville
David Bromwell
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Welfare
Bromwell
Bramwell
Hamilton
Curtis Palmer
Illinois
William L. Kempiners
Schools to get smaller shares of Crab Orchard Wildlife taxes
Williamson County board ratified an agreement that splits in lieu of tax payments from the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge among four school districts and other taxing entities. Total reimbursement from the U S Fish and Wildlife Service to county governmental units is 185 805 dollars this year, with schools receiving 60 to 66 percent. The districts affected include Marion Unit Two, Carterville Unit Five, Giant City Consolidated 130, and Carbondale Community High School 165.
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Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Williamson County
U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife
County Unit Road
John A. Logan Community College
Williamson County Airport Authority
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Marion Unit Two
Carterville Unit Five
Giant City Consolidated
Carbondale Community High
Curtis Palmer
Carterville
Carbondale Community High School
Bowman Tire Mart
Marion
Bowman
Dwayne Wittenborn
Jake
Rend Lake Visitor Center to open this weekend
The Rend Lake visitor center will open Sunday and operate Saturdays and Sundays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors can view interpretive displays, a mini slide show, a climb aboard speed boat, aquariums with large lake fish, and a life sized wildlife display in a comfortable auditorium. Rangers will answer questions and discuss fishing and safety courses later this summer.
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Rend Lake
Lowell Summers
Summers
Disappearance of Marie Azevedo Suspected Foul Play
Murphysboro police investigator Det. Curt Graff says Marie Azevedo 36 is missing since Wednesday and foul play is suspected. She was last seen in Carbondale at 8 am after dropping a child at a sitter, driving a brown 1978 LeBaron with Illinois plate DWN 123. Azevedo, Indian native, is a mother of four and was formerly married to Allan Azevedo. Police have questioned area residents and urged tips to the Murphysboro Police Department.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Curt Graff
Marie Azevedo
Pine St
Ms. Azevedo
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Graff
India
Illinois
Allan Azevedo
Water line switch-over delays work at Carbondale hospital
Memorial Hospital Carbondale shut its water system for four hours Sunday night during a switch from a 6 to an 8 inch line. About 120 to 130 patients and staff were affected while bottled water was used for scrubs and the National Guard supplied drinking water. The $5.7 million expansion, adding ICU, obstetrics, nursery and a new wing, aims to complete in 15 months with increased bed space from 137 to 150.
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Tom Woolf
The
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale’s Memorial Hospital
George Maroney
State Health Department
Fire-ravaged Ordill plant to be rebuilt
Fiberlite's manufacturing plant near the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Herrin ordill area was destroyed by fire Saturday. Cause undetermined. officials suspect an electrical fault. Fire was controlled by refuge units, a penitentiary crew, and Marion Herrin Carterville departments. Remnants extinguished by rain Sunday morning. Plant may reopen in the same vicinity, relocated to vacant ordinance buildings. Equipment was lost. about 40 to 50 workers affected.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Ordill
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Herrin
Wayne Adams
U. S. Penitentiary
Marion
Carterville
Adams
Eldon Benz
Fiberlite
Benz
Orcill
Housing authority weighs site for 25 low income units near Murphysboro
The Jackson County Housing Authority may decide at 7 p.m. today to locate 25 low income housing units at a contested site northwest of Murphysboro despite the city council’s denial of water and sewer extensions. Director James Seed cites unresolved questions on water, sewage, police and fire protection and notes HUD funding pressures.
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Ann Schottman Enol
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County Housing Authority
Murphysboro
Seed
HUD
City of
Housing Authority
Rea's TVA bill advances in Illinois House
State Rep Jim Rea announces House Revenue Committee approved House Bill 381 to require Illinois to distribute TVA in lieu of taxes payments to Franklin Jefferson and Hamilton counties. The 17 to 0 vote places the bill on the consent calendar, easing passage to the Senate. Payments would be proportional to TVA real estate holdings.
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House Revenue Committee
Illinois
Tennessee Valley Authority
Jim Rea D-Christopher
Rea
House
Senate
TVA
Franklin, Jefferson
Hamilton Counties
State of
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