Gray plans joint airfield at Scott AFB sparks Missouri backlash
U.S. Rep. Kenneth Gray proposes converting Scott Air Force Base in Belleville into a joint military commercial airport with two 10,000 foot runways and an air freight terminal. Missouri lawmakers oppose reviving Columbia Waterloo style fights while Gray defends Illinois benefits and pushes a bill to authorize an agreement with the Air Force.
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Tim Landis
U.S
Kenneth Gray
West
Frankfort
Missouri
Columbia-Waterloo
Scott Air Force Base
Belleville
Gray
Robert Young
Maryland Heights
Illinois
Richard Gephardt
St. Louis
John Danforth
Lambert
Scott
Mississippi River
Lambert International
Mel Price Air Force Base
Reagan
The
Air Force
Grocery buyouts save jobs in West City and Eldorado
Larry Peters and Danny Doughty, former Martin and Bayley managers, purchased Big John’s stores in West City and Eldorado. Each will keep about 40 UFCW Local 219 workers and honor the current contract as union leaders praise the save. Excel Food Store in West Frankfort also changed hands, with plans to reopen after reorganization.
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West City
Eldorado
United Food and Commercial Worker’s Union Local
Larry Peters
Martin and Bayley
Carmi
Big John’s
Danny Doughty
Eldorado Big John’s
UFCW
Excel Food
West Frankfort
Illinois
Union
Victims program gains $17,000 boost in Jackson County
Jackson County State's Attorney John Clemons reports an $8,500 grant now and another $8,500 in fall from the Illinois Violent Crime Commission to expand the victim witness program started in 1980. Jan Brown currently heads the advocate role. a new assistant position is being filled with resumes at the courthouse in Murphysboro. The program reaches victims and witnesses in major cases and assists during charges, funded by a new surcharge on fines ranging from 3 to 20 dollars.
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Jackson County
Illinois Violent Crime Commission Fund
John Clemons
Jan Brown
Murphysboro
Clemons
Opposition grows as Gulf Transport plans Southern Illinois bus cuts
State Sen. Ralph Dunn and colleagues press Illinois Commerce Commission to reject Gulf Transport’s petition to abandon three Southern Illinois bus routes serving about 80 communities. Dunn warns loss of service harms economy and student access at SIU Carbondale as Carbondale and Murphysboro pledge opposition amid company reorganization. The ICC awaits filing later this month or June, with a decision after several months.
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Tim Landis
Dunn
Glenn Poshard
Carterville
ICC
Gulf
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Northern Illinois
Senate
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Westberg
Illinois
Springfield
East St. Louis
Carbondale seeks alternate line amid Gulf pullout
Carbondale city leaders plan multi front efforts to preserve inter city bus service threatened by Gulf Transport Co pullout. They will seek a meeting with Gulf officials and other affected communities, oppose ICC abandonment, and urge legislators to intervene. Zimtran may run routes, while Amtrak subsidies loom.
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Dave DeWitte
Carbondale
Gulf Transport Co
Bus Company
Gulf Transport Bus
Illinois Commerce Commission
Helen Westberg
Zimtran
Gulf
ICC
Bill Dixon
Patrick Kelley
Amtrak
Westberg
Carbondale street plan targets West Main and Glenview
City council approves West Main Street Glenview Drive Iris Street upgrade to ease congestion and add turn lanes with a four lane Glenview and three lane Iris. Project cost 888000, with IDOT covering 691000 and city 240700. A parallel parking lane will serve Lenus Turley Park.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Lenus Turley Park
West Main Street
Glenview Drive
Iris Street
Main Street
Iris
Glenview
Mardale
Country Fair
Jack Sprat
Murdale
Public Works
Ed Reeder
Council
Turley Park
Illinois Department of Transportation
Carbondale Park District
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Ken Gray
Excel
Warehouse Foods
Marion
Centralia
Ed Caumiant
Southern Illinoisan
Donald J. McQuarrie
Leyla Somit
Albert Somit
Jenny Lindrud Busch
Debrah Lindrud
C. Thomas Busch
Somit
Fluff the Poodle
Touch of Nature Environmental Center
SIUC
Victims Program
Gordon White
White
Leona Slaney
Fire Department
Southern Illino
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