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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 2012
Page
1
President Obama endorses gay marriage, boosting advocates in Illinois. Gov. Quinn also voiced support, but legislators say a vote is unlikely this session amid a heavy May 31 deadline and a packed agenda addressing pension reform and Medicaid cuts.
IEPA said Thursday it removed more than a gallon of mercury from the Union County State Pond site with trace amounts found in water samples on the property. A soda bottle of mercury from 2009 was also collected, not documented until January 2012. An IEPA inspection occurred March 8 at the former water treatment facility after five samples tested positive for mercury. An order to seal the property was issued March 29.
The SIU Board of Trustees in Edwardsville approved a 4.8 percent system wide tuition increase for incoming freshmen. Fee increases were also approved for both campuses with five to two votes, trustees Don aH Lowery and Roger Herrin dissenting.
State Senator Dave Luechtefeld is in recovery after a laparoscopic surgery to remove a cyst at a St. Louis hospital. GOP sources say he is doing great and expected back soon. The Springfield item notes the surgery occurred this week and references a page 5A continuation.
Du Quoin firefighter Corey Shaw, 22, who died June 17 while fighting a Pinckneyville blaze, was honored by Illinois Fire Marshal Larry Matkaitis at the 19th annual Fallen Firefighter Memorial and Medal of Honor ceremony in Springfield as statewide firefighters gathered to remember fallen comrades.
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