Education department suspends Kohl Barry Kohl
The Education Department suspends Kohl Barry Kohl, the Franklin Williamson ROE 21 superintendent, from federal programs. The move could cost the district over $700,000 and 25 jobs in the next fiscal year starting July 1. The ISBE letter dated May 1 notes grants would be transferred to other bodies while he remains in office.
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Franklin- Williamson County
AOE
Barry Kohl
Franklin- Williamson
Office of Education
U.S. Department of Education
Southern Illinoisan
Kohl
Illinois State Board of Education
Randy Dunn
ISBE
TSBE
ROE 21
Franklin- Williamson Roe
Alongi collection displays decades of baseball memorabilia
DU QUOIN A displayed exhibit features Jerome Mimi Alongi’s vast collection spanning 40 years with items from Ruth to Musial, Mantle to Mays. The trove includes signed balls, a Mark McGwire jersey, a Stan Musial wool jersey, a Ruth-signed ball, a Hartland statue set, Nodders, and a 1963 Pete Rose card among 100 plus signed pieces, totaling over a million cards at one point. Dorothy Alongi recalls packing away the archive during moves and the breadth of items remains remarkable.
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Musial
DiMaggio
Mantle
Maris
Mays
Berra
Brock
Ozzie
Alongi
Mark McGwire
Oakland A
Stan Musial
Cooperstown
Babe Ruth
Gashouse
St. Louis Cardinals
Pete Rose
Hartland
Dorothy Alongi
Two new appointees join Williamson County Housing Authority
Williamson County Chairman Robert Barnett named Bob Gulledge and Steven Miller to five year terms beginning May 22 at a county commission meeting. Gulledge runs Aeroflite Sales at Williamson County Regional Airport. Miller is a federal mine safety official and Herrin Junior Ball League president. Basler sought reappointment, a move opposed by Commissioner Wendell Fisher amid nepotism scrutiny.
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Marion
Williamson County Housing Authority
Williamson County
Robert Barnett
Bob Gulledge
Creal Springs
Steven Miller
Herrin
Williamson County Commission
Gulledge
Aeroflite
Miller
Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration
Marie Basler
Cecil Emery
Basler
Wendell Fisher
Judge Bracton Lockwood to retire after leading Saline County Drug Court
Judge Bracton Lockwood, long the force behind Southern Illinois drug court, retires July 31 after shaping a program started May 2004. The Saline County court boasts 26 participants with 22 graduates or progressing, 18 employed, nine drug-free for a year, 12 doing public service, and six enrolled in school. Partnerships expand with Pope and Johnson counties seeking similar court models.
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Saline County
Harrisburg
Bracton Lockwood
Southern Illinois
Fill
Michael Henshaw
Chicago
Kay Schmalenberger
Bradton Lockwood
Drug Court
Lockwood
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JALC
COLTS
Giants
Lan
John A. Logan College
Amela Kay Schmalenberger
Housing Authority
Andrea Hahn
Seth Griffin
Derby
Derek
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