CIPS Offers Utility Bill Payment Plan for Seniors
Central Illinois Public Service officials urged senior citizens facing high bills to visit local offices to arrange payment plans. Director William Voisin said summer differential rates and higher coal costs have increased bills, with energy prices rising nationwide. He defended the policy and explained the ICC approved a higher rate than proposed, while noting concerns over public reaction in Marion and West Frankfort.
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Central Illinois Public Service Co
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William Voisin
Voisin
Marion
West Frankfort
Illinois Commerce Commission
ICC
Cosby Headlining Du Quoin Fair Through Saturday
The Du Quoin State Fair hosts Bill Cosby as the Thursday show headliner with support from Kids from Wisconsin dance and musical group. Cosby’s performance drew a standing ovation and continues through Saturday night at the fair grounds.
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du Quoin State Fair
Bill Cosby
Rabid bat bites man near Lake of Egypt sparks alert
A bat captured near Lake of Egypt in Williamson County tested rabid after biting a man who was cleaning shelves. Health officials urge vaccination of domestic animals and prompt medical care for bites, noting bats can carry rabies without dying. A vaccination clinic may be organized in Creal Springs or near Lake of Egypt if demand exists.
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Joanne Wood
Southern Illinoisan
Lake of Egypt
Williamson County
Charles Elder
Franklin-Williamson Bi- County
Elder
Jackson County Health Department
Murphysboro
Gordon Rhine
Central Hospital For Animals
Herrin
Health Department
Creal Springs
Marion
July unemployment up in Southern Illinois counties
Unemployment rose in July across Franklin Williamson Johnson and Saline counties, with about 5,800 unemployed and a labor force of 56,000. The statewide July rate was 10.3 percent, up from 10.1 percent in June, per Mike Wessel and David Koch of state offices. Union Alexander Pulaski Jackson Perry counties reported missing data. Union and Alexander showed high rates while Pulaski declined from June to July.
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Illinois
Mike Wessel
Harrisburg
Franklin
Williamson
Johnson
Saline
Wessel
David Koch
Murphysboro
Pulaski County
Jackson County
Perry County
Alexander County
Union County
Randolph
Massac
Union
Alexander
Pulaski
Jackson
Perry
Thompson to sign mine subsidence relief bill
Gov. James R. Thompson announced he will sign bills to aid victims of mine subsidence in Southern Illinois. The measure requires fire insurers to offer subsidence coverage to pay for land sinking above abandoned shafts. Officials note after-the-fact help is hard, and local leaders say Belleville is undermined.
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Belleville
Ill
James R. Thompson
Illinois
Illinois Abandoned Mined Lands Reclamation Council
al Grosbell
Charles Davis
Stockey Township
Federal mediator to join Trico school contract talks
Federal mediator from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service will assist in contract talks between the Trico Community Unit School District 176 faculty and administrators. About 57 faculty teach kindergarten through high school in Campbell Hill, serving parts of Randolph Perry and Jackson counties. Meetings timing is pending, with both sides agreeing not to disclose specific terms of proposals.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinois
Trico Community Unit
Trico
Campbell Hill
Randolph
Perry
Jackson
Trico Education Association
Kaye Carr
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Carr
James Davis
Career Day aims to link SIUC students with employers
Career Day at Southern Illinois University Carbondale seeks participants from business industry and government for September 21 at the Student Center. The event helps students and faculty explore career opportunities while employers identify potential hires. On campus interviews begin October 2. last year drew over 3,000 students and 42 employers.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Lee Wohlwend
SIUC
Woody Hall
Wohlwend
Probationary accreditation for Flatts Grade School District
Flatts Grade School District in Southern Illinois gains probationary accreditation from the Illinois Office of Education, the first step toward full status since 1969. The district, with nine K–8 students taught in a single room by Adrian Walker, receives commendations for finances and life safety while being urged to expand extracurriculars and to support the teacher through workshops and visits to similar programs.
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Jean Ness
Southern Illinoisan Flatts
Southern Illinois
Elvis Nolen
Franklin County
Illinois Office of Education
IOE
Flatts
Nolen
Eric Lietz
Lietz
Adrian Walker
Walker
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