Alderman threatens suit over water damage to property
Christopher Alderman Bill Collier told the city council he will sue unless his property at 211 S. Mulkey St. is restored after water from city lines damaged topsoil roses and grass. He shut off a suspected main after finding water two months ago and blamed the city for not ensuring the line was off. He may wait six months for ground settlement and recently resigned from the water committee over a dispute with Mayor John Regis.
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Jean Ann Bailey
Christopher
Bill Collier
Collier
S. Mulkey St
John Regis
Christopher Aldermen
Murphysboro high teachers begin talks on contract
Negotiating teams from Murphysboro Unit School District 186 and the Murphysboro Education Association started new contract talks Monday. MEA president Joe Miller led the teacher delegation. District 186 members include Charles Hines James Dawson Ken Carr and Jack Diers. No details reported pending further sessions next week.
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Murphysboro Unit
Murphysboro Education Association
Joe Miller
MEA
District 186
Carbondale
Charles Hines
James Dawson
Ken Carr
Jack Diers
Herrin Planning Commission names new officers and approves rezonings
Gary Peart was named chairman and Nelson Clark became vice chairman of the Herrin Planning Commission at a Monday night meeting. Iley Pearce resigned, and Phillip Kerrigan also stepped down. The panel, with Mayor Donald Swinford present, directed to study city plans for annexation and utility extensions. Two rezoning requests and a vacate proposal were approved, with one zoning item deferred.
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Herrin Planning Commission
Gary Peart
Commission
Joe Camarato
Nelson Clark
Phillip Kerrigan
Camarato
Iley Pearce
Pearce
Plan Commission
Dorothy Rancilio
Herrin
Donald Swinford
Donald Reis Jr
Madison Street
Eighth Street
Seventh
Eighth Streets
S. 17Th St
Geraldine Wilson
Larry B. Wade
N. 12Th St
Sheriff seeks help to return gravestone to grave
Williamson County sheriff's office seeks information about a gravestone found on the Herrin Johnston City road. The inscribed stone reads Estle daughter of E J and Ada Collier born May 6 1903 died 1905. Call 997 6541 with any information.
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Williamson County Sheriff’s Office
Herrin-Johnston City
Estle
E.J
Ada Collier
Sheriff’s Office
Marion councilman seeks Logan College presidency
Marion Public Safety Commissioner George A. Williams applied for the John A. Logan College presidency. A former administrator in the Illinois Eastern Community College system, he previously ran Logan’s vocational program and later pursued Williamson County commissioner race. Williams argues his political career is an asset and notes no current conflict as the Tarvin administration ends June 30. He recently turned down a junior college presidency amid board divisions he cited.
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Marion
George Williams
Logan College
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Marion Public Safety
George A. Williams
Illinois Eastern Community College System
John A. Logan College
Williams
Logan
Williamson County
Illinois Sen
Ate
Gene Johns
D-Marion
Robert Tarvin
Tarvin
De Soto delays sewage plant work as council eyes budget
De Soto mayor and village board meet Wednesday to hear an engineer report on the third stage of the Sewage Plant project south of the village to begin by fall. The group will also set a new budget and discuss dog catcher sharing with neighboring towns.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
DeSoto
Sandra Bullar
Ridgeway
McMeen
Ed Heller
Murphysboro
Stanley Copeland
de Soto
Federal Environmental Prrtection Agency
Spillertown to enforce load limits on trucks
Spillertown will strictly enforce a 5 ton load limit after village officials noted heavy trucks using the Marion landfill damage roads. Compactor trucks are the major violators and refuse flying from uncovered loads worsens the problem. Police have halted several offenders, and the board approved a summer street repair program funded by motor fuel funds.
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Marion
Spillertown
Harry Cooper
Cooper
Lake of Egypt Fire District Loses Power Plant Property
A circuit judge ruled the Lake of Egypt Fire Protection District will lose its highest taxed asset as the Southern Illinois Power Cooperative pays 90000 to soften the blow. The agreement leaves the district to protect area outside the 272 megawatt generating plant with the cooperative paying about 18044 annually for five years. The plant remains taxed on other property within the district, while four potential future fire sub stations may be leased at nominal cost.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Lake of Egypt
Southern Illinois Power Cooperative
Fire Department
Jim Williamson
Johnson County
Don Kramer
Lake of Egypt Fire District
Joe Seper
Seper
Carbondale council denies rezoning bid for displaced dentist
Carbondale City Council narrowly rejected a request to rezone 301 S Wall St from low density residential to professional administrative to house Dr Victor DeFrank. In a 3 2 vote the council left open a path via a different residential class and a special use, citing neighborhood disruption concerns and ongoing plans for demolition of the hotel convention center project.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois.n
Carbondale
Joe Upchurch
S. Wall St
Upchurch
Archie Jones
Neil Dillard
Sammye Aikman
Hans Fischer
Helen Westberg
Victor DeFrank
S. Illinois Ave
Gloria
Chester annexations round out the city limits
Chester moves to expand its borders with petitions from Martha Stumpe Robert Roth and James R Shields for property south of the American Legion Post home Mayor Stanley Maciejski says the city aims to round out the south part near Memorial Park Two sites are eyed an abandoned one story Kennedy estate building on Hancock near Randolph Street and Moore's Garage at Hancock and Harrison Street where cars awaiting repair were seen on public streets The council set hearings for residents behind on city gas bills May 17 public hearing on revenue sharing funds and noted a delayed blacktop project on Illinois 3 via IDOT and bids for oil and chip work for May 17 Also approved alderman reappointments to the same committee posts
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Stoddard
Fischer-Stein Associates
Hans Fischer
U.S. 51
Carbondale
Eastgate Drive
Bill Zieba
Wall Street
Planning Commission
Zieba
Larry Havens
Havens Realty
Chamber of Commerce
Convention Center
Fischer
Archie Jones
Helen Westberg
Chester Council
Martha Stumpe
Robert Roth
James R. Shields
American Legion
Maciejski
Illinois
Memorial Park
Ed Fisher
Hancock
Randolph Street
Illinois den of Transportation
Illinois 3
Chester
Holmes
Swanwick
Stacey
Opdyke
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City
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Coello
North City
City Lake 1
Illinois 14
Regis
Max Heinzman
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Ramon Bione
Randy Redding
Randy Appino
Joe Jines
Physicoro
Narcotics Enforcement Agency
Murphysboro High
Herrin Plan Group
Lake of
Egypt
Fire District
Carbondale Council
Tony Stevens
Stanley Maciejski
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