Local veteran and POW Dunn dies at 95
Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist in Goodbread Cemetery. Betsy Brown recollects Dunn’s kindness to Carbondale Middle School history fair participants who received his book The Bamboo Express and inspired a student script that earned honors in a statewide program. Dunn, captured in the Dutch East Indies in 1942, spoke widely of his WWII experiences before retiring from education in 1974. His obituary appears on Page 3B.
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Goodbread
Betsy Brown
Carbondale Middle School
Dunn
Brown
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
Dutch East Indies
Murphysboro
Mike Jones
John A. Logan
United States
SIU
Gorham High School
Gorham
Newman Community Unit
Anna-Jonesboro
Bamboo Express
Teens urged to gain driving experience with parents
Illinois reports a statewide 50 percent drop in teen driver fatalities since 2008. In 2011 there were 81 teen driver fatalities, down from 2010. Williamson County saw declines in 16 and 17 year old crashes from 2008–2010. The annual safety event expanded to a fourth day with 22 high schools and nine presentations across six periods, sponsored in part by State Farm.
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Illinois Department of Transportation
David Sneed
Illinois State Police District 13
Illinois
Williamson County
Sneed
Pete Oglesby
State Farm Insurance
Town hall to discuss reducing underage drinking in Carbondale
A 5:30 p.m. Tuesday town hall at the SIU Student Health Center Auditorium invites the public to join a discussion on reducing the harm of underage drinking. The panel includes a bartender, liquor store owner, counselor, EMT and residence hall assistant with sponsors from Carbondale Police Department, Chamber of Commerce, Jackson County Health Department, Shawnee Health Services, SIU Healthcare and Regional Social Services.
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Carbondale
SIU Student Health Center
Carbondale Police Department
Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
Jackson County Health Department
Shawnee Health Services
Southern Illinois Healthcare
Southern Illinois Regional Social Services
SIU
Southern
State Pond cleanup under IEPA review in Union County
Union County Board held a special morning meeting and moved to executive session to discuss State Pond. Afterward Chair Randy Lambdin said IEPA is overseeing cleanup with testing ongoing and a final report pending. Mercury was found on site, with documents noting earlier discovery and questions about safety and repairs.
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Union County Board
State Pond
Randy Lambdin
IEPA
Lambdin
Union County
Freedom of Information Act
Carson
Southern Illnoisan
Southern
Highway Department
Jonesboro
State Pond Road
Illinois House backs plan to end debtors prison
The Illinois House unanimously approved a bill to curb debtor imprisonment by barring bench warrants unless borrowers are properly notified of hearings. The measure protects exempt income from garnishment, gaining AG support amid rising consumer debt harassment complaints.
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House Oks
Springfield
Illinois House
Senate
Ann Williams
Chicago
Lisa Madigan
Panel recalls 2011 levee destruction debate in Missouri Illinois
Cohen described the agencies view favoring quick levee removal citing damag e to Southern Illinois while acknowledging Missouri lawmakers shielded residents claiming pollution from tanks and chemicals would breach the Clean Water Act. Adam Gohn and Annie Mergen organized the Environmental Law Society event.
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Cohen
Illinois
Missouri
Adam Gohn
Annie Mergen
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Scott Fitzgerald
Scott
Paul Newton
Southern Illinois State Police
Mark Zimmerman
Jacob White
White
City of
Marion
Brent.stewart
Thesouthern
Brentstewarts
Asics
Saucony
Sun
Illinois Ave
Lee.net
Gohn
Cape Girardeau
Mergen
Archbold Furniture Company
AFC
E. Main
West Frankfort
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