Activists push to reverse state budget cuts in Springfield
In Springfield Brandi Brown joined a Capitol rally urging restoration of funds cut from CeaseFire Decatur. Lawmakers debate Gov Blagojevich cuts as Senate leadership hints at possible veto overrides amid calls to preserve health care for chronically ill children and cancer screenings.
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Decatur
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Blagojevich
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Emil Jones
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Brad Burzynski
R-Clare
Burzynski
Mike Jacobs
Deast Moline
Jacobs
Capitol
Perry County backs Second Amendment as Illinois counties rally
Perry County joined about 40 Illinois counties in voicing support for the Second Amendment. County Clerk Kevin Kern said Pike County seeks 101 of 102 counties to pass a resolution urging no new gun laws. The Perry County board amended the 2006-2007 budget to cover a vehicle purchase and unforeseen costs, and set an Oct 12 meeting with officials to discuss 2007-2008 budget proposals beginning Dec 1.
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Perry County
Illinois
Kevin Kern
Pike County
Kern
Former cop convicted of sexual abuse in Illinois
An eight member jury in Vermilion County found former part time police officer David L. Lewis guilty of criminal sexual abuse and official misconduct for an incident in March 2006 in Belgium Illinois. The victim testified he pulled her over after she left a strip bar and assaulted her in a parked SUV while in uniform. Lewis faces six more trials on 41 similar charges involving six other women. He will be sentenced this fall.
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Danville
Illinois
David L. Lewis
Belgium
Champaign
Lewis
Vermilion County
Claudia Smith Anderson
County board approves local board appointments
The county board approved three appointments to local agency boards on Tuesday. Fred Kelly was named to the Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission, while Jim Engelhardt and Jane Chapman were reappointed to the county University of Illinois extension board. Jim Epplin was also appointed to the extension board after Dan Wildermuth resigned.
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Perry County
Fred Kelly
Greater Egypt
Jim Engelhardt
Jane Chapman
University of Illinois Extension Board
Jim Epplin
Dan Wildermuth
West Frankfort fire damages kitchen. no injuries reported
Firefighters arrived at 1912 E Charles St after housekeepers found smoke filling the residence. Call at 10:37 a.m. mostly contained to the kitchen and extinguished by noon. No occupants were home and no injuries. Sheriff’s department investigates. tickets pending.
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West Frankfort
E. Charles St
Rob Williams
Williams
Mount Vernon men convicted on drug conspiracy charges
Two Mount Vernon men Damian Y. James and Robert M. Harris were convicted last month of conspiracy to distribute 50 or more grams of crack cocaine, with sentencing set for January. The case spans February 2003 to March 2007 across Jefferson County, St. Louis, and Memphis. James also faces firearm and smaller crack counts. They await U.S. Marshals custody.
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Benton
Mount Vernon
Office of the
United States Attorney For the
Southern District
Damian Y. James
Robert M. Harris
Jefferson County
St. Louis
Memphis
James
Crash sends 29 students to the hospital
Twenty nine students were transported to Harrisburg Medical Center after a collision between a 1992 Oldsmobile driven by Felicia D Johnson of Elizabethtown and a 2001 Freightliner school bus at the U S 45 and Feazer Road intersection in Harrisburg. Three others received minor injuries.
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Harrisburg
U.S. 45
Felicia D. Johnson
Elizabethtown
Feazer Road
Saline County
Keith Brown
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