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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 2004
Page
1
A malpractice reform bill advances with an amendment to cap jury awards. The proposal seeks a ceiling on damages, affecting plaintiffs and providers. The measure moves through the legislative process as public discussions continue.
State and county agents arrested ten women at eight Southern Illinois bars for operating illegal video gambling machines. In Johnson Hardin and Pope counties 48 video poker machines and $3800 were confiscated. Names of the arrestees include Nellie Shideler Joyce Reichert Tammy Bebout Judy Newsom Linda Boyd Sabrina Dickerson Linda Johnson Patricia Damron Jackie Moore and Gloria McCall. Police raided bars Big Boys Old Illinois 146 Loop Vienna Curve Inn Main Street Pub Bee Hive Lounge and others.
A severe thunderstorm with high winds struck Southern Illinois Thursday evening causing at least two injuries and extensive damage across Franklin and Gallatin counties. A microburst at Rend Lake’s Shady Rest campground damaged three campers, with one rolled, another turned, and a tree driven through. seven people injured, two with broken bones. National Weather Service teams surveyed wreckage as emergency crews rushed to calls from police to parks and homes.
Illinois lawmakers approved Senate Bill 3188 expanding eligibility for coal revival incentives to include FutureGen style facilities as long as the plant locates in Illinois and uses state coal. The bipartisan 1160 House vote aims to attract the zero emission carbon plant with DOE funded facilities and jobs, with strong gubernatorial support.
Jackson County Home Educators held its fourth graduation for home schooled high school seniors at Cornerstone Reformed Church in Carbondale. The diplomas were handed to students by their parents as Illinois law treats home schools as independent private schools.
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