Carbondale to crack down on parties and rentals
Carbondale officials plan a crackdown on loud parties and poor upkeep of student rentals in residential areas. The council backs holding landlords and tenants accountable for trash and parking, and will hear a proposed city code change to ban loud noise from amplifiers heard beyond property lines. A public hearing is set for December 14.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Carroll Fry
Northwest Side
Donald Monty
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Normal
Illinois State University
Student Association Party Patrol
Planning Commission
Illinois
Swinford
IMRF
Norge Inc
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Radio Tabernacle School
13Th St
City Hall
Herrin moves ambulance service to new $105,880 station
Herrin will move the ambulance service into a remodeled former gas station at 301 S Park St. The Public Building Commission funded the purchase for 105880 and the move will be ready for occupancy next Monday after a Wednesday closing.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinois
Herrin Ambulance Service
S. Park St
Donald Swinford
Robb
Phillips 66
Herrin Public Building Commission
Gene Dinguid
Public Building Commission
Swinford
City Hall
Marion zoning changes pave way for subsidized housing project
Marion City Council approved six zoning changes requested by Bob Cooper Construction to create multiple high density R-3 zones for a 49 unit scattered site housing project. The plan includes 16 duplexes across streets including Midway Court Carter Boulevard North Reeves and North Cash. Construction targets this fall with a mix of duplexes and single units.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinoisan
Marion Housing Authority
Marion
W. Cherry St
Midway Court
Carter and Boulevard
North Reeves Street
Washington Street
Bentley Street
West Goodall Street
North Cash Street
North Garfield
North Logan Streets
Henry Burress
North Market Street
Burress
Bur
Marion to sue over sewage problems in Marion plant
Marion plans to sue Hormel Co of Austin Minnesota for nearly 1 million dollars over a failed bio disc system at the city’s three year old wastewater plant. Mayor Robert Butler says only 5 to 8 discs ever worked and replacement options are uncertain. The city bought the disc under low bid terms tied to a 3 million EPA grant and may seek state assistance to restart the plant.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois
Marion
Robert Butler
Garrison & Garrison
Hormel Co
Austin
Minn
Butler
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Williamson County
Benton teachers near $1100 raise agreement
Federal mediation led Benton Grade School District to a tentative $1100 raise for this school year. Teachers to vote on ratification. board to act at next meeting. Impasse ended after board member Ronald House helped bridge talks with no deficit spending or use of building funds.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Benton
Ray Wood
Ronald House
House
Kenneth J. Gray Former Congressman Quoted on Milk Demand
A fragment notes Kenneth J. Gray, a former congressman, remarking that the cow will not yield milk unless she is milked. The snippet provides no further context or event details.
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Kenneth J. Gray
Regional lawmakers traded favors to win Southern Illinois funds
The piece traces decades of state and federal investment in Southern Illinois from the postwar era to the 1970s. It highlights cross party cooperation, logrolling, and pork-barrel tactics that helped fund SIU Carbondale, the Veterans Hospital in Marion, prisons near Marion and Vienna, and the Chester Mental Health Center. Key figures include William C. Harris, Paul Powell, R.G. Crisenberry, Delyte W. Morris, Kenny Gray, and Rep. Paul Simon, with Johnson County residents pushing for Vienna and other projects.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Menard Correctional Center
Anna
Chester
Marion
Vienna
SIUC
Southern Illinois
Little
Egypt
Southern Illinois Money
William C. Harris
Pontiac
Harris
Powell and Associates
Springfield
Kenny Gray
Washington D.C
Gray
Rend Lake
Interstate 24
Washington
24Th
Paul Simon
Simon
Bruce Richmond
D-Murphysboro
Robert Winchester
North
Choate
Johnson County
Vienna Correctional Center
Gene Johns
Dmar
Ralph Dunn
R-Du Quoin
Chicago
Dunn
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New
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Harry Crompton
Illinois Department of Labor
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
Ress
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Crab Orchard Lake
Robert
Connell
Charlie Adams
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