FBI may join probe into East St. Louis women murders
East St. Louis police open to FBI help in investigating nine killings since 1999, despite a prior rebuff. FBI agent Reginald Joseph plans to extend an invitation. The nine deaths, including two Missouri victims this week, remain unsolved with possible separate cases.
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Granite City boards set vote on tentative strike deal
Granite City school board and teachers prepared to vote on a tentative agreement to end a 20 day strike over salaries and benefits. Details were not disclosed before the board vote Friday and teachers vote Sunday as 7000 students remained out of class. In Carthage teachers delivered their latest compensation offer Friday to end a seven day strike.
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School bus driver quits after drunken driving charge
Alan L. Cline, 54, resigned after being charged with two counts of aggravated driving under the influence at twice the legal limit. He transported a 22 member El Paso girls basketball team and two coaches from El Paso to Eureka on Oct 2. Governor George Ryan canceled a public schedule due to a cold and fever while sick.
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George Ryan
Ryan
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More oversight urged for coal waste storage
A National Research Council report urges stronger federal oversight of about 600 coal waste impoundments after Kentucky sludge disaster. It calls for clear authority to review basin design, better mine surveying standards, and careful siting away from old mines to prevent catastrophes like Buffalo Creek and the Inez incident.
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Witness recalls rapid gunfire and police response
A witness named Joan Hullings described hearing sudden semi automatic rifle fire followed by a large police response including about 45 to 50 patrol cars and a helicopter.
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Fort Dix gunman shoots four before police kill him
A military police reservist wounded two soldiers at Fort Dix then fled taking a gun and car, shooting two Chesterfield officers and a Mansfield officer, before police killed him. He had been slated for duty relief and a psy eval this week.
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Chesterfield
Allendale adobe house to be auctioned in Virginia Illinois
The 150 year old Allendale adobe farmhouse near Virginia Illinois on the Cass County prairie, built 1852 by Andrew Cunningham, is on the National Register. Co-administrators Shirley Cloyd and Mike Dirksen oversee the estate of George and Marie Dirreen as bidders consider turning the 3074 square foot home into a bed and breakfast.
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Cass County
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Marie Dirreen
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Iowa
Mike Dirksen
Springfield
Andrew Cunningham
Scotland
Dirreens
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