SIU Board to vote on tuition hike and naming stadium
The SIU board will vote on a campus wide tuition increase of 4.8 percent for new students and 3 percent for graduates to cover rising costs. The meeting also proposes naming the Carbondale baseball field Richard Itchy Jones Stadium after former Saluki coach Vaughn Vandergrift and his wife Sue. Carbondale campus fee hikes include Campus Recreation 25 cents, Facilities Maintenance seven dollars, Intercollegiate Athletics nine dollars, Residence Hall and apartment rate increases, Student Activity Fee 1.35, Student Center Fee four dollars, Student Medical Benefit Insurance thirty-two dollars for fall and fourteen fifty for summer, and Student Recreation three dollars eighty cents. Edwardsville campus fee changes include Athletic Fee four dollars eighty-five cents per semester, Facilities Fee. fifty per credit hour, IT Fee twenty cents, Student Fitness Center one dollar ninety-five cents, Student Welfare and Activity two dollars ninety-five cents, Textbook Rental nine dollars per semester, University Center four dollars eighty cents per semester, plus various housing occupancy increases.
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Vaughn Vandergrift
Sue
Agena
Carbondale
Richard “Itchy” Jones
Saluki
Edwardsville
Illinois lawmakers urged to restore preschool funding after cuts
Edmonds cites Fight Crime in urging reversal of FY 2013 preschool cuts in Illinois. A Perry Preschool study and Chicago Child-Parent Centers show reduced crime and incarceration when high quality early education is provided. Rural areas face fewer programs and 22 percent of preschool slots were lost in 29 southern counties, Massac County alone losing 89 percent.
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Fight Crime
Perry
Michigan
Chicago
Edmonds
Sta
Illinois
Massac County
Illinois State Board of Education
Illinois General Assembly
Quinn
Today’s events at Western Baptist Hospital and local venues
A stroke support group meets 3 to 4 30 p m at Western Baptist Hospital Paducah for stroke survivors caregivers family and friends with light refreshments. A cookout 6 p m at The Bluffs Winery and Vineyard Ava invites guests to bring a side dish and a bottle of Southern Illinois wine with RSVP by phone. IGGVA hosts spring cookout details and contacts. Pinckneyville Community Hospital Chapel hosts Health Fair Labs 6 to 9 a m with a comprehensive fasting panel vitamin D PSA blood count and more.
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Western Baptist Hospital
Paducah
the Bluff's Winery and Vineyard
Illinois
Buttermilk Hill Road
Ava
IGGVA
R.S.V.P
Call
Greenbriar project eyed to boost traffic near John A. Logan College
Carterville officials announce the Illinois 13 widening will begin this month with work at the Greenbriar intersection before Division Street. IDOT plans include lane closures and night traffic controls. Property owners donated land for a new right of way, enabling a $10 million Carterville segment of Williamson County’s $36 million IDOT program as part of a $9.2 billion Southern Illinois plan.
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Paul Newton
Illinois 13
Greenbriar Road
Carterville
John A. Logan
College
Bill Mansey
IDOT
Josh Kauffman
Tinois 13
Division Street
Rendleman
Greenbriar
Mansey
JALC
Mausey
Williamson County
Illinois
Ann Schneider
Bond set for three charged with meth in Massac County
Metropolis trio Kevin Ballard Megan Morgan and James Anderson were jailed after a search of 725 E 3rd St Metro polis. They face aggravated participation in methamphetamine manufacturing charges. About 2000 grams of methamphetamine meth making material and paraphernalia were seized. Deputies were aided by Metropolis Police Department and state police meth response team.
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Metropolis
Massac County
Kevin Ballard
Megan Morgan
James Anderson
3Rd St
Motorcycle crash injures West Frankfort man
A 55 year old man suffered major injuries in a single vehicle crash on Illinois 37 south of West Frankfort Sunday. Fire department crews assisted at 4:20 p.m. and the victim was airlifted to Deaconess Hospital in Evansville after treatment at the scene. Details were not available Sunday night. The Southern
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West Frankfort
Illinois
Craig Lemmon
Deaconess Hospital
Evansville
Ind
Lemmon
Community events and blood drive listings for Cobden to Metropolis
A series of public events including an American Red Cross blood drive at Cobden High School from 11 30 a m to 3 30 p m and programs at Giant City Visitor Center Makanda First Christian Church Carbondale Marion Carnegie Library and Massac County Community Center. Activities include a book signing by Herbert Russell a native wildflowers workshop a roses gardening talk and Bingo for a Cure fundraiser with two 50 cent cards.
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Cobden High School
American Red Cross
Giant City Visitor's Center
Giant City Road
Makanda
Rob Stroh
First Christian Church of
Carbondale
Monroe
Herbert Russell
State of
Souths Illinois
Marion Carnegie Library
S. Market St. Garden
All About Roses
Massac County Community Center
Korte Road
Metropolis
Relay For Life of
Massac County
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