Pension reform plan under debate in Springfield Senate hearing
A union backed pension blueprint faces a Senate hearing amid questions on potential savings. Senate President Cullerton cites about 46 billion dollars in possible 30 year savings, while House Democrats question the plan without formal language, noting unknown effects of employee choices on costs. Critics doubt calculable savings until bill text is filed. Supporters like Sen. Andy Manor defend the approach as constitutional.
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Bunker Hill
Franklin County retrieves Birger gallows artifact
A gallows used in gangster Charlie Birger’s 1928 hanging has returned to the Franklin County Historic Jail Museum in Benton. The scaffolding location was long a mystery before a Grand Tower barn discovery. Local historian Marion Mitchell notes Franklin County borrowed Jackson County’s gallows.
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Marion Mitchell
Carbondale
Jackson County
Becky Malkovich
Gallows exhibit at Franklin County jail museum opens
The Franklin County Historic Jail Museum at 209 W Main Benton offers viewing hours 9 am to noon and 1 to 4 pm Monday through Friday. The gallows, once used for the Birger hanging, was moved from Jackson County after storage and water damage, later forgotten until 1973 when cleaned out.
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Murphysboro
Home Invasion Reported in Colp
Williamson County deputies search for a man who forced entry into an 80 year old Colp resident's home early Tuesday around 2 15 a m The resident awoke to the intruder in his bedroom and reported the break in to authorities.
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Menard guard charged with delivering contraband to inmate
Charles McClard, 40, a Menard Correctional Center guard, is charged by authorities with giving a cellphone to an inmate, facing a felony count of bringing contraband into a penal institution at the maximum security facility.
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Illinois
Menard Correctional Center
Charles McClard
Randolph
Ritter holds Herrin mayor post after recount
In a tense recount of four precincts at the Williamson County clerk's office, incumbent Mayor Vic Ritter won reelection by three votes, 891 to 888, despite challenger Steve Frattini seeking further action. Frattini contends evidence may exist for additional contesting steps and plans to consult his election committee.
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Williamson County Clerk’s Office
Vic Ritter
Steve Frattini
Williamson County Circuit Court
Frattini
Barnes
Williamson County
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