Two Men Arrested as MEG Seizes Drugs Worth Over 100000
MEG officials report the arrest of Ronald Edmonson, 26, of Williamson County, and John Wagner, 28, of Carbondale after Edmonson sold about 38 ounces of MDA to an undercover agent at University Mall. DEA and local agencies joined a nine month probe resulting in 14 drug purchases and estimated street value around 127,680 dollars. Edmonson faces federal charges. Wagner faces multiple drug sale counts.
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Southern Illinois Enforcement Group
MEG
Richard Pariser
Ronald Edmonson
Williamson County
John Wagner
West Pecan Street
Carbondale
Marion
Edmondson
University Mall
Pariser
Edmonson
Shawnee Productions
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Wagner
MDA
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
Williamson County Sheriff’s Department
Williamson County Detective Unit
Carbondale Police
Benton
Marion landfill dispute with EPA erupts in Illinois
Marion and the Illinois EPA have clashed for nearly two years over a new Spillertown landfill on unused strip mine land. Neighbors complain of odors and dangers while the city argues sludge is covered daily and operations lack a permit. Hearings set for Oct 16 and 30 will hear residents and officials testify.
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Marion
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Spillertown
EPA
Illinois Pollution Control Board
William Cagle
Robert Butler
Butler
Virginia
Whiteside
Leroy Link
Bill Foster
EPA Land Pollution Control Board
Homer Askew
North
Russell Street
Askew
William Novick
Novick
Kenneth Mensing
Mensing
Ron McKinney
McKinney
Stephen Grossmark
Springfield
Williamson County
Grossmark
EPA Pollution Control Board
Area drug unit chief Pariser to be honored
Richard Pariser 30 director of the Southern Illinois Enforcement Group will receive a commendation at the International Narcotics Enforcement Association convention in Houston for outstanding narcotics enforcement. The MEG, formed in 1974, spans Perry Union Jackson and Williamson counties with officials from Murphysboro and Carbondale. Lingle and Dillon of Anna police earned awards for help in recent MEG raids in Union County.
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Southern Illinois Drug Investigation Unit
Houston
Texas
Richard Pariser
Southern Illinois Enforcement Group
MEG
International Narcotics Enforcement Association
Murphysboro
Michael Bowers
Bowers
Association
Pariser
United States
Metropolitan Enforcement Group
Praiser
International Drug Association
Southern Illinois
Perry, Union
Jackson and Williamson
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Security Police
Richard Lingle
Robin Dillon
Anna
Union County
Lawrence Boyer
Lingle
Dillon
Two area men added to state organizations
Larry J. Bailey of Murphysboro and Cleveland Matthews of Carbondale were appointed to state bodies. Bailey, SIU Carbondale professor, joined 11 others on the Illinois Advisory Council on Adult, Vocational and Technical Education for a term expiring June 30, 1981. Matthews was named to the nominating committee of the Statewide Health Coordinating Council, which will meet September 14 in Chicago to select a slate of candidates. officers will be chosen at the November 30 meeting. Matthews leads Comprehensive Health Planning in Southern Illinois and serves as Carbondale's equal opportunity officer.
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Larry J. Bailey
Murphysboro
Cleveland Matthews
Carbondale
Bailey
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Illinois Advisory Council On
James R. Thompson
Matthews
Health Coordinating Council
Eugenia Handler
Chicago
Comprehensive Health Planning In
Southern Illinois
CHPSI
City of
Wright book wins 1978 prize from Illinois groups
Ben Gelman reports John W. D. Wright’s History of Early Carbondale 1852 1905 won a first prize in the Illinois historical societies publications competition. Wright, past Jackson County Historical Society president, attends awards Sept. 22 in Springfield. The column also notes Hindman family ties, a 1903 Hindman obituary, Wayman Presley interview plans, and Illinois Arts Council fellowships offering two 5000 awards for qualified creative writers with Illinois residency.
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Ben Gelman
Southern
Springfield
Wright
Albert H. Hindman
Kansas City
Silas Gratton Hindman
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Hindman
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O.R. Walley
DEA
ED Greer
Joanne Wood
The
Southern Illinoisan
Area Drug Unit
Russ Mitchell
Williamson County Fair
School of
H G Impaired
Son of Carbondale
Byline
B.G
Carbondale Free Press
Murphysboro Independent
Herrin Daily Journal
Silas G. Hindman
Topeka
Kan
Williamson
Franklin Counties
Self
Illinois
D. H. Brush
Aigil Conner
William Richart
Horace Bowyer
Bowyer
D.A.S. Gent
James W. Spiller
Vilage Board of Trustees
Silas Hindman
Augusta
Albert Hindman
Don Hindman
Neta H.clark
Riverside
Calif
Emma Louise Barber
Silas ‘Hindman
Tamaroa
McGee Street
Wayman Presley
Makanda
Fortune Magazine
Presley
Mexico
Fortune
Illinois Arts Council
Council
Jennifer Moyer
N. Wabash
Ill
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