Carterville to get senior citizen housing complex
Carterville gains a 24 unit senior housing complex funded by a $1.4 million HUD grant. Williamson County Housing Authority will seek bids in 60 to 90 days and relocate the project to the 100 block of Hickory Street near the current senior housing.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinois
Carterville
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Williamson County Housing Authority
Jacob Rendleman
Housing Authority
HUD
Williamson County
Clinton Electric of
Inn
Herrin
Marion
Winchester and Rea Named to State Study Groups
State Rep Robert Winchester Rosiclare Republican and Rep James Rea Democrat Christopher have been named to legislative study groups. Winchester serves on the Commission to visit and Examine State Institutions and on the Election Laws Commission. Rea sits on a House Democratic task force to study how state budget cuts affect social services and community programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Winchester
Rrosiclare
James Rea
D-Christopher
Winchester
Election Laws Commission
Rea
House
Murphysboro workers reach second tentative pact this year
Murphysboro police and firefighters approve a contract by a 16 to 4 vote after months of bargaining. The agreement includes a $60 monthly raise and fringe benefit increases, with supervisors’ pay issue dropped to clear the settlement. City and employee negotiators will draft a final contract early next week before city council approval and broader talks with street and water department workers begin.
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Murphysboro
Frank Eovaldi
Classic Coal TVA contracts cancelled amid sale hopes
TVA cancelled its contracts with Classic Coal Co of Williamson County affecting the Pittsburg mine near sale negotiations. Classic says the action may not impact long-idled operations. About 210 United Mine Workers remain on layoff as potential buyers study the prospect, with sale price pegged at 20 to 30 million dollars and 30 million tons of coal in reserve.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinois
Tennessee Valley Authority
Classic Coal Co
Williamson County
Classic
Pittsburg
Morris Coal
United Mine Workers
TVA
John Bevenage
Ada Mining
Adams Resources
UMW
Mike Fisher
Brushy Creek
Western Fuels
Fisher
Bevenage
Bruce Cabott
Chemist Helen Free urges colleges to teach world-facing skills
Miles Laboratories executive Helen Free, visiting Southern Illinois University Carbondale, argues chemists talk to peers but not the public. She stresses communication, management training, and outreach to inspire more students, including women, to pursue chemistry and broader industry roles.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Helen Free
Free
SIUC
Carbondale Herrin hospital computer plans win approval
Southern Illinois Hospital Services won unanimous CHPSI backing Thursday for a 400000 computer system project linking Memorial Hospital of Carbondale and Herrin Hospital with a clinic pre admission unit. The plan, to be reviewed by CHPSI's executive committee on Oct 8, aims to modernize financial and management reporting and allow future growth.
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Bella Lewitzky
Carbondale
Glendale
Loretta Livingston
Southern Illinois
Shryock Auditorium
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois Hospital Services
Comprehensive Health Planning In Southern Illinois
CHPSI
Rend Lake College
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
Herrin Hospital
Pat Cullinane
Jerry Hickam
Carbonate Clinic
Mount Vernon
Cullinane
State Health Planning Board
Washington County Hospital
Nashville
Murphysboro taxi service fate debated by city commission
Amos Nelson, a retired mill worker who runs a free transport service for Murphysboro’s elderly, paused operations after Mayor Sydney Appleton and the three taxi firms objected to bootleg cabbies. The city council will discuss Nelson’s service as the taxi commission adds new members. Nelson plans to drop the city branding from his van and defends his volunteer work aiding seniors and checking on the sick, recounting a saved life when a stroke victim was found.
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H.B. Koplowitz
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Nelson
Taxi Commission
Appleton
City of
Farm festival teaches kids about barn life at Du Quoin
Kids Day at the Du Quoin Folk Festival featured a farm animal zoo set up by the Frank Bigham family and Millie Kaiser. Nine-year-old Tibretta Bigham milked a cow, while mothers and teachers quiz children on animals’ sounds. The display runs through Sunday with free admission and a $1 parking fee later. the Bigham family travels fairs, teaching farm life and permitting close animal contact.
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Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan
Farm Animal Zoo
Frank Bigham
Pinckneyville
University of Illinois
Millie Kaiser
Bigham
Tibretta Bigham
Jeannette
Tibretta
Bighams
Lillian
Buddy
Patches
Jeanette
the Farm Zoo
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Don Quaglia
Yer Kane Sixth Street
Paschal Electric
Herrin and
Classic Coal
Carbondale-Herrin Hospital
Southern Illinois Health
Murphysboro Taxi Commission
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