Johnston City faces decision on restoring flood dam lake
The Johnston City flood threat from the dam break vanished as water drained from Johnston City Lake. Mayor Bill Stevens says restoration is desired for recreation but cost must be weighed. Dam repair would require removing damaged earth, rebuilding, and clearing trees. sandbagging helped avert major flooding, and Corps of Engineers inspection was pending. About 10 homes were threatened during the heavy rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinois
Johnston City Lake
Bill Stevens
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Larry Lipe
Johnston City
Rainy spell tests patience of Southern Illinois farmers
Farmers report about 4 inches of rain this weekend with an additional .71 inch on Monday as a thunderstorm system moved through. Some fields under water risk crop damage if rivers rise higher this weekend while blueber ry farms like Blueberry Hill Cobden report no berry harm and open for picking. Pumping seep water over levees continues and cropland outside the levee may flood depending on river levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman Knot
Jean Ness
Southern Illinois
Jackson County
Robert Frank
Frank
Rosie Stadelbacher
Blueberry Hill Farm
Cobden
Blueberry Hill
Harold Toedte
Pinckneyville
Sparta board hears more views on film
Sparta School District 140 heard supporters and opponents of a sex education film during a public hearing in Tilden. The board will form a procedural committee to guide future actions, and Jerry Ritchey was named to move into the superintendent role with Loren Eddleman staying as assistant. Graduation and year-end dates were announced, with ceremonies set for June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stevens
Sparta
Board of Education of
Tilden
Loren Eddleman
Eddleman
Sparta Education Association
Larry Leek
Leek
SEA
Don Outten
Pam Meyer
Patti Henderson
Jerry R. Ritchey
McLeansboro
Mason City
Ritchey
Evansville
Sparta Lincoln
Rain and strike over Carpenters at work in Illinois
Carpenters in 11 Southern Illinois locals return to work after a rain delay and a tentative contract settlement ending a May 5 strike over wages overtime and mobility. About 1,500 workers across Jackson Williamson Franklin Perry Johnson Union Saline Gallatin Pope Pulaski Hardin Massac and Alexander counties negotiate with contractors associations. The tentative deal includes retroactive $1.20 per hour from April 1 and staged raises of $0.55 and $1.50 per hour in 1982.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Williamson
Franklin
Perry
Johnson
Union
Saline
Gallatin
Pope
Pulaski
Hardin
Massac
Alexander Counties
Contractors’ Associations
Southern Illinois Builders Association
The
Egyptian Contractors Association
Association of General Contractors of Illinois
No charges against state park chief Kristoff after probe
Kenney clears Giant City State Park Superintendent Robert Kristoff of criminal misconduct after a four month internal investigation. Jackson County State's Attorney Clemons reviews the summary and faces scheduling delays before deciding on prosecutions. The report cites improper paperwork but no proven wrongdoing in purchases or timber use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan M. Davis
Giant City State Park
Robert Kristoff
Department of Conservation
David Kenney
Kristoff
Internal Investigations Division
Department of Law Enforcement
Kenney
Jackson County
John Clemons
William) Barrett
Clemons
Charles Tamminga
Tom Killala
Killala
Tim Merriman
Parents seek delay on Carbondale school reorganization plan
Parents and teachers pressured Carbondale Elementary School District to delay its ten year plan to close Springmore and Lincoln Junior High, expand Parrish Thomas and Lewis, and add new space for libraries and programs. They questioned funding, space for non classroom services, and potential cost overruns while meetings continue and a board tasting of recommendations occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ness
Carbondale
Winkler
Springmore
Board of Education
Thomas
Parrish
Parrish, Thomas and Lewis
Lincoln Junior High
Coal firm offers Perry County money to abandon rural road
Southwestern Illinois Coal Corp has offered Perry County Board 386 529 to abandon the Cutler to Trico Road. The escrowed funds in Du Quoin Bank serve as compensation while the county and Cutler Village Board seek road replacement. Officials dispute good faith and consider legal action to compel restoration or alternate routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry County
Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan
Southwestern Illinois Coal Corp
Perry County Board
Cutler-to-Trico
Cutler Village Board
Coal Company
Captain
Southwestern
Tom Moss
Cutler Village
Gerald Sims
Moss
Campanella
Cutler
Willisville
Cutler Board
Cutler-area
Memorial Day recalls Civil War dead at Woodlawn Cemetery
Historian Barbara Burr Hubbs notes a new marker at Woodlawn Cemetery in Carbondale honoring Pvt. John Morgison who served in Co. E, 15th Illinois Cavalry. The piece recounts Morgison’s wartime service, illness, discharge, and death, and places the event in the broader history of Memorial Day observances and local Civil War veterans’ memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Gelman
Illinois
Woodlawn
Carbondale
John W. Allen
John A. Logan
Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Barbara Burr Hubbs
Jackson County Historical Society
Woodlawn Cemetery
Pvt
John Morgison
Historical Society
Dutch Ridge
Rowan
Ava Evergreen
Murphysboro City Cemetery
U.S. Veterans Administration
Society
Murphysboro
Ms. Hubbs
mid-South
Morgison
Big Muddy
de Soto
Hutchins
Co. E
15Th Illinois Cavalry
Murgison
Helena
Ark
Mississippi River
Overton General Hospital
Memphis
LaRue van Meter
Johnston City
Washington Post
van Meter
Washington Univer
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ED Greer
Shirley Carroll
Monroe Street
Franklin County
Bend Lake Dam
Sparta Board
Ann Schottman
Enol
Carpenters
State Park
Harold Bardo
Lakeland School
Lakeland
Karl Bartelsmeyer
Bartelsmeyer
Melvin Carrothers
Company
Michael Travelstead
du Quoin
Anna
Earl Wilson
New York Post
K.K
Wilson
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