Murphysboro moves toward 1 mile zoning area plan
Murphysboro officials vote to form a planning and zoning committee to study extending zoning into a 1 2 mile perimeter. Mayor Appleton casts tie breaking vote, saying growth requires thoughtful zoning while residents in affected areas will decide. The meeting also heard a bid on the Louis Siefert subdivision and approved a used animal control pickup with one bid.
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H. B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinois
Murphysboro
Sydney Appleton
Robert Fenwick
Fenwick
Tom Jones
Leonard Pullis
Jones
Appleton
Carbondale
Country Club Road
William Ryan
James Scuras
Patrick McCann
Leonard Williams
Pullis
Mark Kennedy
David McDowell
Bill Daum
Donald Morgan
Farmers Home Administration District
Sheldon Keyser
Fmha
Keyser
Southern Ford
McDowell
Williams
Morgan
Murphysboro burro as mascot proposal delayed plan
Lois Holst of Murphysboro suggests adopting a burro as the city mascot. She notes burros in American history and cites a tale of a burro belonging to Mr Murphy. The idea includes penning the animal in a park and riding the burro in the Apple Festival parade for top community service contributor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Lyndey Appleton
Lois Holst
Murphy
Derailment disrupts ICG yard near Carbondale
Illinois Central Gulf workers Tyler January C E Nelson and D Smith pulled up rail after a 1 30 a m freight derailment in ICGs north yard near Carbondale Six cars derailed and jacknixed into a stationary train damaging four cars Trainmaster Lonnie Burch reported no injuries and no mainline delays on the St Louis to Memphis run grain and other merchandise were aboard the 51 car train
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Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Tyler
C.E. Nelson
D. Smith
ICG
North Yard
Carbondale
Lonnie Burch
St. Louis
Burch
Frankfort liquor licenses spark controversy in West Frankfort
West Frankfort Mayor Mike McClatchey issued liquor licenses to Huck's Convenience Food Store and K-Mart at West Frankfort Plaza. City officials questioned lack of notice and legality while Ministerial Association sought a meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.R. Walley
West Frankfort
Ministerial Association
Mike McClatchey
Huck
K-Mart
West Frankfort Plaza
Donald Lucas
John Simmons
McClatchey
Simmons
Huck’s
Lucas
Main Street
Public Safety
James Bernhard
Council
Bernhard
George Miller
Miller
Northern Baptist Church and Association
Association
Former alderman suggests Murphysboro donate site for jail
Former Alderman Harry Brawdy urged Murphysboro to donate city land to Jackson County for a new jail site. The county picked a city parking lot south of the Post Office. Mayor Appleton said a decision would come before March referendum. council took no action.
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Murphysboro
Harry Brawdy
Jackson County Board
Brawdy
Browdy
Sydney Appleton
Gener
Court upholds warnings on divorce ads against lawyer suit
A federal judge in Benton dismissed a $1 million suit by attorney Jona Goldschmidt challenging Williamson County State’s Attorney Randy Patchett’s warnings that divorce service ads may violate Illinois law. Judge James L. Foreman called the case frivolous, noting Goldschmidt continues advertising while Patchett will not prosecute.
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U.S
Randy Patchett
Patchett
Benton
James L. Foreman
Jona Goldschmidt
Carbondale
Goldschmidt
Southern Illinoisan
Foreman
First Play Wins Prize for Pam Billingsley at SIU-C
Pam Billingsley, a Murphysboro native and SIU Carbondale home economics graduate, won 500 prize money for her first play A Silver Lining and is set to have it staged with Kenneth Robbins at SIU-C Laboratory Theater from November 4 to 8. Her other work Rummaging and Robbins Soapy will also be performed, with tickets $2 at the department box office.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinois
Pam Billingsley
Christian Moe
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Ney
Goreville
Murphysboro
SIU C
Siu-C
Kenneth Robbins
Newberry
S.C
Christina Crawford Foundation
Robbins
Laboratory Theater
Theater Department
Glar
Paraplegic's killer again seeks clemency in Illinois
Cynthia Barnes, 26, convicted of the 1973 murder of Martha Damico in Marion, has filed a second clemency petition. She was 17 at the time and tried to strangle Damico, then stabbed her and used a television card in the crime. Barnes remains at Dwight Correctional Center after a 20 to 100 year sentence and was unable to attend the hearing before the Illinois Prison Review Board.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois
Marion
Illinois Prison Review Board
Cynthia
Cindy’’ Barnes
Martha Damico
Miss Barnes
Dwight Correctional Center
State Office
Chicago
Williamson County
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Greg Drezdzon
Frankfort
Water Department
George Culley
Culley
South Marion Road
Fred Harkins
Robert McCrement
Jackson County Housing Authority
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Southern Illinois An
Byline
B.G
Nashville
Tenn
Academy Theater
Alfred Leland Crabb
Belmont
Western Illinois University
Macomb
Molly
New York
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