Clarifying dog pickup dispute in Murphysboro
The Southern Illinoisan reports an error about a Murphysboro pet owner claiming animal control picked up dogs near properties. Suzanne Doyle said dogs a block away were targeted, which Nancy Grana denies, noting she rarely seizes dogs unless owners can’t be reached. The paper also corrects a misstatement about leash law fines and council actions from May 26, 1982.
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Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Animal Control
Suzanne Doyle
Nancy Grana
Ms. Grana
Southern Illinoisan
Court costs set at ten dollars for first offense
Ms Grana states the new penalty is ten dollars plus court costs, typically another ten dollars, effectively raising the initial charge to twenty dollars in total. The change highlights a shift toward a flat base fee with added court expense.
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Ms. Grana
Murdale delays response to Carbondale counter offer
Murdale Water District officials failed to reach a decision on Carbondale's 400000 dollar counter offer for in city water lines after an hour long executive session. The council had authorized a 400000 dollar package with 140000 cash and 260000 in bond principal and interest, a figure 260000 below Murdale's April proposal. The two sides have clashed since the 1970s over who should serve Carbondale residents on the west side.
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Murdale Water District Board
Carbondale
Richard Crowell
James Buitt
Murdale
Water District
Carroll Fry
Dents
West Side
Crowell
Springfield
Crawford, Murphy and Tilly
Mardale
Marion man Byerly faces murder trial in wife killing
Testimony in the Marion murder case shows Clyde Byerly admitting then denying killing his wife Sherry 17 in their mobile home on Sept 18. Witnesses recount his statements, a sheriff’s interview, and autopsy findings placing the bullet at close range from a handgun linked to Byerly.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinois
Clyde Byerly
Byerly
Roger Bozarth
Marion
Sherry
Williamson County
Jerald Kobler
Bozarth
Kobler
Richard Evans
Wilbert Beard
Illinois Division of Criminal Investigation
Frank Cooper
de Soto
Fred Thompson Heads SII Executive Unit
Fred Thompson of Marion was elected chairman of the Southern Illinois Inc Chief Executives Council. The council gathers chief executives from earned income organizations in Southern Illinois to sponsor speakers, raise funds, and support business growth. A golf tournament is planned for July 8 at Bend Lake Golf Course with a 6 p.m. dinner.
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Fred Thompson
SII
Marion
Southern Illinois Inc. Chief Executives Council
Southern
Illinois
Thompson
Southwest Forest Products
Herrin
Southern Illinois Inc
Southern Illinois
Bend Lake
Murphysboro officials clash with newspaper over open meetings
Murphysboro Mayor Sydney Appleton and Alderman David McDowell accused The Southern Illinoisan of interfering with city business at a council meeting. They cited editorials about possible Open Meetings Act violations and demanded a written apology while pushing for a legal test case to determine compliance.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Sydney Appleton
David McDowell
Newsaper
Appleton
McDowell
Peter Selkowe
Hich
Fund drive started for boy with leukemia in Pinckneyville
Friends and the First United Presbyterian Church launch the Tommy Williams Leukemia Fund to raise the initial 50,000 dollars for a bone marrow transplant. Sister will donate marrow. travel and treatment costs strain the family. Donations are tax deductible via The Tommy Williams Leukemia Fund, First National Bank of Pinckneyville, or checks to local churches.
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Tommy Williams
Pinckneyville
Tommy
Richard
Luann
Perry County
First United Presbyterian Church of
Tommy William
Tom Guthrie
First National Bank
First United Presbyterian Church
First National Bank of
Pleton Says Union Salary Increase Timing Was Inaccurate
Pleton stated in The Southern Illinois on Wednesday that the timing of a city employee union salary increase request was inaccurate. The report noted employees had asked for a 10 percent raise before the article described the city planning to offer 6 percent. Alderman Pat McCann, to
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Pat McCann
McCann
Lavern Porter
Laborers’ Union
Appleton
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Selkowe
Sydney Appleton
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro lowers leash law penalties and reviews ordinance
Murphysboro City Council reduced leash law fines from 25 to $10 for first offense, $20 second, $30 third, and $100 fourth. A special meeting June 9 will review the entire animal control ordinance. Suzanne Doyle cited confusion over stray vs. unleashed near properties. The council also sought $750,000 in CDBG funds to repair homes in a target area and approved road work and subdivision site improvements.
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Spruce Street
Tina Drive
14Th
15Th Streets
17Th Street
South Street
13Th
16Th
Edith Street
15Th
17Th
Oak Street
CDBG
Sparta Unit District approves 11.344 percent bonds
The Sparta Unit School District 140 board approved an average interest rate of 11.344 percent for bonds totaling 850000 for fire and life-safety repair work. The bid was awarded to four firms: Mercantile Trust, Dain-Bosworth Inc., Newhard-Cook and Co. Inc., and Columbian Securities Inc. The bonds cover state mandated repairs under the fire and life safety code.
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Sparta Unit
District 140
St. Louis
Chicago
Mercantile Trust
Dain-Bosworth Inc
Newhard-Cook and Co. Inc
Columbian Securities Inc
Prairie lands remembered in new book by John Madson
Illinois prairie history is recounted by wildlife writer John Madson in Where the Sky Began Land of the Tall Grass Prairie. The book traces the prairie’s history plants and animals and offers tips to recreate and find remnant grassland in the Midwest. It includes pen and ink drawings and notes on prairie relicts along railroad rights of way and in parks.
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Ben Gelman
Illinois
Pacific Ocean
Prairie
Louis Joliet
Mississippi
Canada
George Flower
Atlantic
Wabash River
John Madson
Iowa
Godfrey, Ill
Alton
Houghton Mifflin Company
Boston
Midwest
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Wilma Shurtz
Kay Jones
du Quo
Paducah
Tower Road
Carbondale Lines
Jackson County
Hans Fischer
John McCutchen
Stanley B. Mendelsohn
Southern Illinois University
Department of Comprehensive Planning and Design
Israel
Nance
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Development
Sparta
Byline
B.G
Florence Crim Robinson
Fuller E. Callaway
Clark College
Atlanta University Center
Callaway Foundation
Fuller Earle Callaway
Robinson
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
University of Denver
Siu-C
SIU
Delyte W. Morris
Adlai Stevenson
SIUC
McAndrew Stadium
Division of Humanities
Denver
Krma-Etv
National Association of Negro Musicians
Atlanta
Alonzo V. Crim
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Doddridge Crim
She
Robert E. Crim
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
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