Fund aims to keep JALC tuition low in Illinois
A working cash fund created via $1 million in bonds will help keep John A. Logan College tuition low. The board of trustees and administration approved the plan, backed by President Harold O’Neil. Illinois law allows working cash funds through bonds and officials expect multiple communities to participate.
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Nancy Weil
Southern Illinoisan
John A. Logan College
JALC
Harold O’neil
Illinois
Ray Hancock
Hancock
Ciple
Anger and grief linger after infant death and loss
The piece follows Mary's eight year grief after her son Jeremy died at nine months, highlighting anger as a lasting stage of mourning. Grief experts note anger can persist for years, with cultural value shaping support and forgiveness processes among parents, spouses, and others.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Jeremy
Mary
Illinois
Yenita Janello
Carbondale
Mike
Suzanne Eddingfield
Clarice A. Schultz
St. Francis College of
Ms. Schultz
Lawsuit over Old Dodd Lane closure stirs Johnson County
Audis Gould of Route 3 Vienna sues Johnson County Highway Superintendent Jesse Johns claiming the road closure of Old Dodd Lane caused a neighborhood feud. Johns closed the road after a July 31 1984 hearing. Gould seeks the lane opened and neighbors debated the closure’s legality.
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Johnson County
Jesse Johns
Johns
Route 3
Vienna
Audis Gould
Gould
Goreville
Buncombe
Old Dodd Lane
Ery
Larry E. Broeking
Marion
Broeking
Mulkeytown Boy Killed by Three-Wheeler
A 9 year old Mulkeytown boy, Matthew Woodland, died at 4 20 p m Monday after being crushed by a three wheeler on his step fathers farm near Mulkeytown. He sustained massive abdominal injuries and died at Franklin Hospital in Benton. Funeral services are planned for 10 a m Thursday at Morton and Johnston Funeral Home in Benton with burial in Mulkeytown Cemetery.
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Mulkeytown
Matthew Woodland
Janice Brown
David Woodland
Houghton
Mich
Franklin County
Robert W. Lewis
Roger
Brown
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Lewis
Morton and Johnston Funeral
West Frankfort weighs East Main zoning tonight
The West Frankfort City Council may rescind the East Main Street rezoning or hold a public hearing after the Illinois Municipal League said the city acted improperly by rezoning a 1%%-mile stretch without a hearing. Mayor Nolen faces questions over permanence and potential conflicts of interest as bids for a new in house computer system also return to debate.
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Elizabeth Renshaw
Southern Illinois
West Frankfort
East Main Street
Illinois Municipal League
Orville Nolen
Nolen
Monroe Street
Don Lucas
Benton council settles on flat 3000 dollar oil permit
After a two year legal fight that reached the Illinois Supreme Court Benton City Council agreed to charge Great Plains Oil Co. of Denver a flat 3000 dollar permit fee for each of its four drilling rigs at Benton Municipal Airport. The firm also pays 3000 dollars for damages to city land. The deal ends further appeals and ends profit sharing with the city.
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Elizabeth Renshaw
Southern Illinoisan
Benton City
Illinois Supreme Court
Great Plains Oil Co
Denver
Benton Municipal
Great Plains
L.L. Tuck
Oil Corporation
Tuck
Benton
Gerald Owens
West City
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Elenie Smith
Mrs. Higgerson
Schultz
Johnson
Charlie Groves
Herrin Jaycees
Groves
Marie
Azevedo
Murphysboro
Richman
Allan B. Azevedo
Jackson County
Richard Richman
Herrin
Local 372
City Hall
Benton Council
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