Carbondale dedicates new train depot ceremony
The Shawnee Amtrak train highlighted the dedication of Carbondale s new 3 960 square foot rail and bus passenger facility on South Illinois Avenue marking the first segment of a 73 million relocation project. Officials praised federal state and local cooperation while noting the old depot remains in use pending deed transfer to ICG.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Amtrak
Shawnee
Carbondale
Washington
South Illinois Avenue
Elm
Cherry Streets
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Gulf Transport Bus Company
ICG
Kaletta
Illinois Department of Transportation
John Kramer
Kramer
Illinois
Southern Illinois
Perry road district faces shutdown over late taxes
Perry County Road District No. 1 commissioner Darrell George warns the district may close if no tax money arrives today. County Treasurer Frank Mangin says $40,000 has been sent, with the check in the mail and due to arrive. The delay is blamed on Midwestern Services Ltd. and a state reeval of farmland, with officials debating accountability and possible in-house computer options.
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Brad Berker
Southern Illinoisan
Perry County
Darrell George
George
Midwestern Services Ltd
Harrisburg
John Hammack
Hammack
Winton Bigham
Tom Moss
Board of Review
Kilquist Backs Deputies and Raises in Sheriff Race
Jackson County sheriff contenders Kilquist and Don White clash over manpower and pay. Kilquist, an investigator in the county attorney’s office, supports adding deputies and merit raises but criticizes White for not advancing the budget increases sooner. White says deputies haven’t increased since 1974 and faces a finance committee review on whether to reinstate five extra deputies and salary boosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Schottman Knol
William Kilquist
Don White
Jackson County
Kilquist
White
County Board
Finance Committee
Douglas Eriksen
Illinois coal eyes foreign markets via SIU hearing
In Carbondale, experts at a Southern Illinois University hearing on Illinois coal exports predicted growing foreign interest. Officials cited Taiwan, Jamaica, Japan, Europe, and ongoing studies on scrubber economics, with ICG planning a 15 million ton yearly coal terminal near Baton Rouge to blend coals for export.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinois
Taiwan
Jamaica
Germany
Chicago
Illinois
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Illinois Federal-State Coordinating Task Force On
Energy
U.S
Paul Simon
Gene Johns
Marion
Japan
Kenneth Buzbee
Carbondale
Illinois Energy Resources Commission
Buzbee
Commonwealth Edison Co
ComEd
John Castle
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Development
Europe
Castle
Asia
Robert J. Neubauer
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
ICG
Hunt International Resources
Baton Rouge
Mississippi River
Donald Simpson
Eabody Coal Co
Coal Exporters Association
Mississippi Channel
Kay Blackwell to quit Jackson County Board District 3
Jackson County District 3 representative Kay Blackwell will resign effective November 1 due to relocating to Flora. A Republican elected in 1980, she has served as nursing home administrator and now becomes Flora Nursing Home director. The board must fill the seat within 60 days with a Republican resident of the district.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Kay Blackwell
Jackson County
Blackwell
Murphysboro
Somerset Township
Flora Nursing Home
Flora
Sharon Kowalzik
Greene quits as Du Quoin State Fair public relations VP
Curt Greene announced his resignation as vice president in charge of public relations at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. Effective next Friday, he leaves to become general manager of Tattersalls Sales Co. in Lexington Kentucky, the oldest and largest standardbred company in the area. Greene, a Decatur native and 1971 Southern Illinois University Carbondale graduate, has worked in harness racing publicity since 1977 and may stay on as adviser to the World Trotting Derby.
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Alan Fredman
Southern Illinoisan
Curt Greene
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Greene
Tattersalls Sales Co
Lexington
du Quoin
Quad City Downs
East Moline
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Decatur
Addi
Illinois Horseman’s Association
Chicago
Red Mile
David Emerson
The
Fair Board
Emerson
Curt
Fee cut could wipe out SIUC football program
SIU Carbondale faces possible elimination of football and several minor sports if student athletics fees drop from $30 to $20. A referendum next week will not bind but could guide President Somit’s decision. The board also expanded the finance committee’s oversight on budgeting and planning.
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SIUC
Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIU Board of Trustees
Carbondale
Siu-C
Bruce Swinburne
Albert Somit
Arson charges dropped in mayor case after key statements barred
Prosecutor Ron Eckiss dismissed arson charges against Anna Mayor Robert Ferrell and Paul Coffman after Circuit Judge George Oros ruled statements to insurance investigators inadmissible. The charged building was Ferrell’s, damaged by a fire started when Coffman’s pickup hit an oil heater. Grand jury indicted them earlier, but admissible evidence was found insufficient once the ruling barred the testimony.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Ron Eckiss
Anna
Robert Ferrell
Ferrell
Paul Coffman
Cobden
Eckiss
George Oros
Defendents
Coffman
Union County
Watt
Oros
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D-Carbondale
Simon
Hans Fischer
Hal Smith
Charles Percy
Percy
United States
Anwar Sadat
City
IDOT
Jerry Lower
New Carbondale Depot
Perry Road
Sheriff's Office
Illinois Coal
John C. Marlin
Central States Resource Center
Marlin
Mississippi
Jackson Board
du Quoin State
Ivan Elliott
David Watt
R. Corydon Finch
Ferrell and Coffman
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