Carbondale City Council narrows to five for aldermanic seat
Five candidates vie for the Carbondale aldermanic seat left by Susan Mitchell with applications due noon Monday and interviews set for mid June. Finalists will be chosen June 15 after council reviews quartets, with a 30 day replacement deadline under the new election consolidation law.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Susan Mitchell
Mitchell
Board of Ethics
Aikman
Northwest Side
Northwest
Webb
Du Quoin Board Rejects Teachers Grievance Over Summer Jobs
The Du Quoin Unit 300 school board unanimously rejected a grievance filed by the Du Quoin Education Association on behalf of teachers affected by cuts to summer employment and extra duty. The decision ends the contractual grievance process though union leaders consider next steps for those directly impacted.
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du Quoin
du Qoin Education Association
DEA
Don Calvert
Calvert
Education Fund
Posi
Murphysboro Lifts Rabies Quarantine
Murphysboro lifts rabies quarantine as Jackson County Animal Control notes unvaccinated pets may still be taken. Warden Vicky Ashley reports a skunk found at Charles Huth’s Route 1 home in Ava after being killed by his vaccinated dog. The dog will be revaccinated and quarantined for 30 days.
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Murphysboro
Jackson County Animal Control
Vicky Ashley
Herrin School rejects bids and rebids coal contract
The Herrin Unit School District Board rejected two coal supply bids and will rebid next week, requiring a performance bond for a year’s coal supply. The board also approved Equitable Insurance for employees, renewed an audit contract, set building repairs priorities, and reassigned teachers including several Title 1 staff.
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Herrin Unit
IEA Employees Trust
Murphy
Swinford and Palmer Cpa
Herrin
Sharon Walker
Chuck Koerner
Gary Dooley
Bill Bonali
Bruce Jilek
Ron McLain
Koerner
Arma Raski
Betty Bennett
Lincoln
Northside
Jenna Vickery
Chittyville
Westside
Joy Rowell
Hurst Bush School
Linda Goeb
Cass Evans
Nancy Kirby
Southwide
Hurst-Bush
Shirley Simpson
Hurst- Bush
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Sammye Aikman
B.C. (Blanchard) Boone
Paul Matalonis
Benjamin Shepherd
Joyce Webb
Roger Street
Matalonis
Shepherd
Boone
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
Attucks Community Services Board
Citizens Advisory Com
Women’s Center Board of Directors
Memorialospital
Eee
Council
League of Women Voters
Citizens Committee
Street
Air Illinois
Jacob Whitecotton
Herrin School
Duvaldo
Sparta
MON
WED
FBI
Terre Haute
Danville
Mattoon
Marion
Eiko
Seiko
Zales
Diamond State University
Sat
Sale
Helene Curtis
Uniperma
Jcpenney
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