SIH Cancer Center to unify cancer care in Carterville
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved Southern Illinois Healthcare's plan for a 42,000 square foot free standing Cancer Center on 15 acres west of John A. Logan College in Carterville. The $24.5 million project will house radiation, oncology, rehab and clinics under one roof aimed at improving care quality and access for a region with high cancer rates. SIH plans to raise about $10 million in private donations and is already over 30 percent funded.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board
Southern Illinois Healthcare
John A. Logan College
Carterville
Illinois 13
SIH
Jennifer Badin
SIH Cancer Institute
Franklin
Johnson
Alexander
Badin
Jackson County
Illinois
Company Foundation
Fire claims four Percy children amid funeral services
Family and friends gathered at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Steeleville to honor Ethan Owen 12 Kailey Owen 9 and twins Brandan and Landon Owen 5 killed in a Percy house fire. Police say Derrick Twardoski 33 set the blaze and he faces four murder counts with a June 3 preliminary hearing in Randolph County Courthouse.
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Paul Newton
Alan Janneke
Ethan
Kailey
Brandan
Landon Wen
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Steeleville
Percy
Landon Owen
Mathew
Natasha Owen
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Trico
Landon
Alan W. Janneke
Jesus
St. Mark’s Lutheran
St. Mark's Lutheran Cemetery
Derrick Twardoski
Twardoski
Randolph County
Chester
HIV infected aide charged with molesting student near St Louis
ST LOUIS An Illinois special needs teaching assistant Mario L Hunt 35 is jailed after being charged with criminal sexual assault aggravated criminal sexual abuse and transmitting HIV through intimate contact in 2011 with a 17 year old student. Police say another potential victim has come forward as the case expands and urge parents to report any inappropriate conduct or have children tested for HIV.
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ST. Louis
Illinois
St. Clair County
Mario L. Hunt
Cahokia
Dennis Plew
Cahokia High School
Plew
Hunt
Associated Press
Illinois audit finds road fund diverted to other state costs
Auditor General William Holland reports Illinois repeatedly taps the road construction fund to cover costs such as health insurance for other agencies. Senator Bill Brady, who had urged an inquiry, calls the practice damaging, noting funds meant for roads and jobs are swept away while pensions remain underfunded. The six month audit aligns with ongoing pension funding disputes among lawmakers.
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Springfield
Illinois
William Holland
Bill Brady
Bloomington
Holland
Brady
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