New WSIU format stirs listener protest in Carbondale
Bonnie Marx reports WSIU FM's switch to a reduced schedule and broader cuts drawing anger from listeners who call it all classical or background. Station chief Jim Moore defends changes as part of across the board cut funded by shrinking CPB community service grants, with hours dropping from 24 to 18.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Wsiu-Fm
Jim Moore
Moore
WSIU
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Morning Edition
Film and Footlights
Radio Reader
Washington Week In Review
News Magazine
Prairie Home Companion
Water tap rule debated by Devil's Kitchen district board
Williamson County water board and residents weighing a remedy for multiple connections to a single tap. The district pursues enforcement while awaiting legal advice and Farmers Home Administration input. A higher rate for multi users was proposed to curb illegal usage. Decisions likely at the October 8 meeting.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinois and
Williamson County Water District
Devil’s Kitchen
Farmers Home Administration
William Patula
Carterville Fair Names Queen at 17
Seventeen-year-old Rhonda Runge of Carterville was named queen of the Carterville Free Fair Saturday night. First runner-up was Kathy Runge, 18, of Carterville. Eight contestants participated in the queen contest.
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Rhonda Runge
Carterville
Kathy Runge
Energy-cost subsidy bids due by Friday
Applications for heating and cooling cost assistance through the State energy assistance program will not be accepted after Friday. Federal rules require payment by Sept. 30, so applications will be cut off after Sept. 18 to allow time for review. About 200,000 applications have been filed this year, with over 160,000 households already aided. Call 800-252-8643 for local agency addresses and numbers.
When Local Banker Denies a Loan Hope Remains
A borrower faces a loan denial yet explores alternatives to obtain credit. Investors, microloans, and credit unions may offer pathways. The outcome depends on financial records, repayment plans, and lender criteria.
Cycle wreck kills youth Roger Jackson in Carbondale
Roger Jackson 18 of Route 1 Carbondale and formerly Whiteash died Friday night in a motorcycle car crash on U S 51 near Heritage Hills south of Carbondale. The Toyota Land Cruiser driver Marianne Bentley 16 was treated and released at Memorial Hospital. The coroner said Jackson apparently struck Bentley’s vehicle after speeding from a driveway. He was born November 20 1962 in Marion. Funeral services Monday at Murman and Wilson Funeral Home Johnston City with burial in Whiteash Cemetery.
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Roger Jackson
Route 1
Carbondale
Whiteash
U.S. 51
Heritage Hills
Jackson County
Jackson
Memorial Hospital of
Marianne A. Bentley
Don Ragsdale
Miss
Miss Bentley
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Jackson
Marion
Billie
Dorothy Hester Jackson
Dorothy Jackson
Pearl Bowman
Herrin
Mary Jackson
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Johnston City
Funeral Home
Whiteash Cemetery
Fire detectors save family at Marion mobile home
The McKinney family awoke to smoke alarms at 8:30 a.m. in their Kay-Lou Trailer Court home at 145 Christopher Lane Marion. They escaped but their pet dog died. the trailer was destroyed and deemed uninhabitable. Firefighters investigated the blaze as non suspicious with possible electrical clues. a later fire at Gene Ice Apartments involved a gas clothes dryer.
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Larry McKinney
Kay-Lou
Marion
Christopher Lane
McKinney
Linda
Anthony Rineila
Rinella
Gene Ice
S. Vickburg
Southern Illinoisan publication and contact details
Publication info for the Southern Illinoisan including office addresses Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and Marion subscription rates by carrier and mail, 18 county area rates, and classified advertising numbers. Postmaster address listed.
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Southern Illinoisan
USPS
N. Iinois
Carbondale
Ill
Herrin
Murphysboro
Illinois
Southern Isan
Carbondale Free Press
Herring Journal
Marion
Oil exploration costs soar in Overthrust Belt lands
Denver AP reports rising drilling costs across the United States with the Overthrust Belt spanning Montana Wyoming Colorado and New Mexico. Land manager Bill Coleman of Aminoil USA recalls 1975 rates at about one dollar an acre versus current estimates near two hundred dollars per acre.
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Denver
U.S
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Bill Coleman
Aminoil USA
Rocky Mountain District
Three cars collide in De Soto
At 12 53 am Friday on U S 51 in De Soto three vehicles were involved. Greg Zieba 17 of De Soto turned left in front of Jerry Taylor 25 of Galesburg causing the Taylor vehicle to strike the Zieba car and spin into Ronald Moore 36 of Du Quoin. The Taylor car plowed through a Hand ee Mart lot and hit a mobile home. Zieba and Taylor were treated and released. a Zieba passenger Douglas Teghethoff is in satisfactory condition. Zieba cited for failure to yield while turning left.
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U.S
de Soto
Vince Burns
Greg Zieba
Jerry Taylor
Galesburg
Burns
Taylor
Zieba
Ronald Moore
du Quoin
Sheriff's deputies arrest 16 in beer party raid near Anna
Union County deputies arrested 16 individuals after a raid two miles north of Anna on U S 51 following complaints of parties and underage drinking. Those charged include multiple Anna residents and a 15-year-old juvenile, with offenses ranging from unlawful delivery of liquor to minors to criminal damage to state supported property and cannabis possession.
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Union County Sheriff’s Department
Anna
U.S. 51
Union County
Larry. Tripp
Tripp
David B. Thompson
Rick G. Alsip
Vicki S. Ragsdale
Larry R. Hads
Cobden
David T. Wingate
Charles B. Bates
Tony V. Quick
Mitch G. Pribble
Mike G. Pribble
Mark A. Pribble
Lloyd E. McCann
Roger L. Eads
Debbie L. Johnson
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Stee
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Roa le
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