Carbondale schools weigh cutbacks amid enrollment drop
District 95 faces 9.4 percent decline this year and a 20.8 percent three year drop, risking teacher layoffs and possible school closings. Superintendent Edwards warns of a $220,000 loss in state aid and urges board action with a public committee to study solutions and minimize tax increases.
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Carbondale
George Edwards
Board of Education
Edwards
Illinois Office of Education
IOE
Mike Altekruse
Altekruse
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Florida
Michigan
Arizona
Colorado
Mobile University
Apple Peeling Champs Crown Murphysboro Festival Winners
National Apple Peeling Championship at Murphysboro Apple Festival honors Helen Pierson and Debbie Stower for longest peels and top adult and junior crowns. Pierson bound 35 inch longest peel. Stower headlines junior division with five straight titles. Included are siblings and relatives in a lively stage heat with rivals, family cheers, and a single Army winner in a quiet, unopposed division.
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Murphysboro
Helen Pierson
Debbie Stower
Sharon Maynor
Elkville
Judy Bitner
Miss Stower
Chad Maynor
Miss Stoner
Chad
Troy
Patti Bitner
Patti
Pierson
Bitner
Brenda Harrison
Helen Tippy
Emma Lou Allen
Tippy
Gram
Bailey
Jackson County seeks architect for courthouse space study
The Jackson County Board’s building and grounds committee will interview architects to study courthouse space needs in Murphysboro. Discussion covered available downtown real estate, potential uses for the sheriff’s third-floor quarters, and the open courthouse foyer for offices. The board aims to consider all space needs, not just courtroom space, amid broader building options.
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Jackson County Board
Murphysboro
Kelley
Jackson County Circuit Court
Richard Richman
Jackson County Bar Association
Carl Runge
Belleville
Jackson County
Lawrence Rippe
Peyton Kunce
Rippe
Andrew Green
Green
Second-place pie tops auction as winner at Murphysboro Apple Festival
Mary Clutts won first with a $24 pie at the Murphysboro Apple Festival auction but Mary Boudet’s second place pie sold for $26 after rival bidder Pat Sheldon drove up the price to block neighbor Dave Johnson. Johnson, a familiar buyer, gave up at $26 and took the first place pie for $24. Winer list names Clutts Boudet Moniger Boly Wagstaff Hendricks Boyle Alms Brendon Kilby all Murphysboro. Apple butter contest results list Webb Gillmore Kilby, with all recipients from Murphysboro.
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Mary Clutts
Mary Boudet
Murphysboro
Johnson
Diane Moniger
Jean Boly
Lila Wagstaff
Barbara Hendricks
Mabel Boyle
Janet Alms
Debbie Brendon
Pam Kilby
Lila Webb
Gayle Gillmore
Murphysboro limits yard sales to two per year
Murphysboro City Council approved an ordinance restricting yard sales to two per household annually to curb nuisances. Each sale may last up to three days and organizers must register with the police department at no fee. The measure passed 8 to 2 with Aldermen Mark Kennedy and Charles Moore opposed.
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Murphysboro
Police Department
Mark Kennedy
Charles Moore
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