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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 2007
Page
3
New Mount Vernon project requires 427000 cubic yards of borrow excavation 23500 tons of asphalt 27000 square yards of concrete pavement 18000 square feet of concrete sidewalk 276000 pounds of reinforcement bars 2800 feet of 54 plate girders 260-foot span for back to back abutments 74-foot bridge width with 10-foot wide bike trail 1387 square yards of bridge deck.
Amtrak publicized rising Illinois ridership with close to 3.6 million station users statewide and calls to expand capacity or frequency. Routes like Chicago to Carbondale and connections to Rockford, Quad Cities, and Peoria are under study as funding and new lines move forward.
Police surrounded a residence after a Wednesday 8 30 a m tip led to two suspects surrendering within 25 minutes. A handgun found at the scene led to questions about its use in Slaughter s murder. Three children were in the home during the arrest while an adult left before police arrived. Authorities have not released the suspects relationship to the residence or motive. Trevis S Thompson 21 of Carbondale faces unlawful restraint and battery charges and Vinson and Michael Thompson have $1 million bonds awaiting transfer to Illinois.
Assistant superintendent Roger Hines says a couple million dollars are needed for elevator upgrades across SIUC buildings. He notes state roof maintenance funding dried up a decade ago, after about $800,000 yearly in support. He calls the bond a win win and urgent.
A three member panel of the U S Court of Appeals denied Ryan’s motion to stay free pending Supreme Court review. The majority found the record shows guilt and unlikely Supreme Court reversal. Judge Kanne dissented calling the trial in Chicago unfair and broken and predicting potential relief if reviewed.
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