SIU trustees require approval for top level SIU jobs
SIU trustees adopt a policy requiring board approval before creating high level positions within two reporting levels of the president or a vice president. The rule covers roles such as vice president, assistant vice president and dean. Presidents must seek board ratification within six days after hiring. The board also approved $6.3 million in revenue bonds for campus projects and a 730 space parking lot at SIUC, funded by parking fees.
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Henry de Fiebre
Southern
James M. Brown
SIU
Carbondale
Clyde L. Choate
Clarence G
Dougherty
Choate
George R. Mace
Warren W. Brandt
Brown
Siu-Carbondale
SIU Edwardsville
Siu-C
Thompson Point
SIUC
Rino Bianchi
West Grand Avenue
South Forest Street
South Elizabeth Street
Childs emerge from culvert as rain again looms
Out of the tunnel Bryant Nielson aged 5 steps into sunlight at the Evergreen Terrace playground in Carbondale. He and pals Michael Noel 3 and John Foster 5 may stay indoors this weekend due to forecast rain for the fourth weekend in a row.
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Bryant Nielson
Evergreen Terrace
Carbondale
Michael Noel
John Foster
Herrin music store to reopen after large fire damage
Bill Barras Jr owner of Baldwin Piano and Organ Center reports extensive smoke and water damage to the two story brick building at 200 N Park Ave from a Thursday morning fire caused by a night lamp cord short. Nearly 20 pianos and organs damaged with wholesale value about 65 thousand dollars and total damage well over 100 thousand. repairs to be done by fall and the business will relocate downtown temporarily next week.
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Herrin
Bill Barras Jr
Baldwin Piano and Organ Center
Park Ave
Barras
Bank of Herrin
Herrin approves 40-cent raise for city laborers
Herrin city workers who are Laborers International Local 372 members will receive a 40-cent per hour raise under a wage clause approved at a Thursday special city council meeting. About 20 union members are in a two-year contract covering street, water, garbage and cemetery workers. The council also granted all city workers an extra holiday with a day off the Friday after Thanksgiving.
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Herrin City
Laborers Union
Laborers International Local 372
Bridge over Big Muddy River Gets New Deck Work
The bridge on Illinois 149 between West Frankfort and Zeigler is receiving a new deck and approach work. The winding stretch has seen multiple accidents in recent years, with E. T. Simonds Co. of Carbondale awarded the contract for the improvements.
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Big Muddy River
Illinois 149
West Frankfort
Zeigler
E. T. Simonds Co
Carbondale
Roofers Face Possible Strike Ahead of Contract Deadline
Southern Illinois roofers could strike Monday if no last minute deal is reached. Roofers Local 255 members voted to not work after midnight Sunday, with federal mediator set to meet Saturday in Mt Vernon to avert action. Union cites travel pay as sticking point as 100 workers in 18 counties remain under the current contract.
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Southern Illinois Roofers
Bill Wilkerson
Roofers Local 255
Southern Illinois Builders Association
Mt. Vernon
Wilkerson
Bill Butler
SIBA
Marion
Contractors Association
Illinois
Vienna guards questioned after disorderly conduct charges
Four Vienna Correctional Center officers Melvin Powell Ben Weston John Whiteside and Everett Kerley faced disorderly conduct charges after an April 26 Holiday Inn lounge incident in Muddy following an Illinois Police Association dinner. They pled guilty and were fined 50 dollars each, Powell also paying 100 dollars for tearing up a mattress in Saline County Jail. The investigation by prison officials is ongoing with no disciplinary action yet, and officials expect results soon.
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Vienna Correctional Center
Larry Mizell
Mizell
Melvin Powell
Creal Springs
Ben Weston
Cairo
John T. Whiteside
Everett W. Kerley
Vienna
Holiday Inn
Muddy
Illinois Police Association
Powell
Saline County
Harrisburg
Murphysboro seeks more federal housing units
The Murphysboro City Council approved 4 to 3 a cooperative agreement with the Jackson County Housing Authority to apply for new HUD units. The plan seeks 283 total units statewide with 133 for Murphysboro, plus others in Carbondale and nearby towns, driven by a 500-name housing aid waiting list. The authority aims for scattered sites and has yet to specify unit locations. The council also voted to eliminate the full-time city engineer job, replacing it with a part-time code enforcement role.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Jackson County Housing Authority
Jim Seed
Housing Authority
Harry Brawdy
Mark Kennedy
Jim Scuras
Joe Bastien
Louis Siefert
John Wright
Leonard Pullis
Harry Moore
Ron Williams
David McDowell
Seed
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Downstate
Jackson County
Carbondale
Grand Tower
Elkville
Ava
Du Quoin seeks state grant extension for middle school bond
Du Quoin Unit School District 300 asks for a 30 day extension of a 1.38 million state grant to fund a 2.53 million middle school project on 500 E. South St. Voters previously rejected the 1.15 million local share in a 1,286 to 740 referendum. District officials consider re presenting the bond proposal to voters, with possible further extensions to plan a new referendum.
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Karen Rothe
Southern Illinoisan
du Quoin
South St
Jacob Whitecotton
Illinois Capital Development Board
CDB
Whitecotton
Florence Rees
Chairan
Wheatley
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Herrin Music
Vienna Guards
Rees
Lincoln
McKinley
Pardise Prairie Kindergar
Delmar Reidelberger
Betty Siefert
Thomas Weinberg
Gayland Chancey
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