Carbondale City Hall probe over stolen police gun report
Internal city documents reveal a FOIA release of a theft report for Chief Jody OGuinn’s off duty gun triggered an investigation. City Clerk Rachael Moore asked for the report by email while at a Chicago conference. Beasley opposed sending the report without review by Deputy Chief Jeff Grubbs.
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Southern Illinoisan
Freedom of Information Act
Jody O’guinn
Allen Gill
Rachael Moore
Police Department
Landon Beasley
Chicago
Beasley
Chie
Jeff Grubbs
IYC Chester hearings address Murphysboro center closure
An opinion piece from DW Norris in The Southern notes plans to close the Illinois Youth Center in Murphysboro are short-sighted, as hearings proceed in Chester. The column argues for reconsideration and futures planning for youth confinement facilities.
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Illinois Youth Center
Murphysboro
Hearings Weigh Closure of Illinois Centers in Murphysboro and Chester
Public hearings today address Gov Quinn budget plans to close the Illinois Youth Center in Murphysboro and the Chester Mental Health Center. The Murphysboro session starts at 10 30 a.m. at the Davis McCann Civic Center. Chester High School hosts a 4 p.m. hearing on the Chester Center closure.
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Chester Mental Health Center
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Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission
Commission On Government Forecasting and Accountability
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Davis-McCann Civic Center
N. 14Th St
Chester High School
Swanwick St
Jackson County Board approves draft budget in flat plan
MURPHYSBORO The Jackson County Board's finance committee approved a rough draft of the 2011-12 fiscal year budget at the Jackson County Courthouse. The plan keeps spending essentially flat at current levels, with increases only for collectively bargained employee pay raises. The current year budget stands at $38.9 million.
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Jackson County
Budget Proposal Draft Available in County Clerk Office
A final draft of the budget proposal will be viewable in the Jackson County clerk's office on October 21.
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Jackson County Clerk's Office
Real firefighters wear pink by Stephen Rickers
The Marion Fire Department joins the community to support Marilyn Eiceman a Washington Elementary School kindergarten teacher fighting breast cancer. Firefighters wear pink shirts during October to raise funds and awareness following her 2008 diagnosis and a 2010 cancer recurrence in spine liver and lymph nodes.
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Southern Washington
Marilyn Eiceman
Marion
Jim Escue
Marion Fire Department
Washington
Eiceman
Steve Jaanke
Illinois GOP straw poll goes online this month
Illinois Republicans aim to raise at least 85000 through a first-ever online straw poll modeled on other states. Online voting starts October 29 at illinoisstrawpoll.com, with in-person ballots on November 5 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Cost is 5 dollars at voting sites or online by credit card.
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Springfield
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