Carbondale braces for federal cuts with cushion plan
Carbondale officials reallocate 238 329 in savings from previous CDBG grants to fund East Chestnut Street reconstruction 180 418 and health care and child care programs 57 911. The move, praised by Mayor Hans Fischer as brilliant, aims to insure street work and social services if federal grants shrink. Monty notes bids and revenues shaped the savings and warns multi year commitments may be uncertain amid HUD and OMB disputes. City eyes further action as grant futures remain unsettled.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois An
Carbondale
East Chestnut Street
Donald Monty
CDBG
Hans Fischer
Monty
Chestnut Street
Congress
Federal Office of Management and Budget
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Alan Dixon
Illinois
HUD
Conference Committee
OMB
Watkins resigns from Carbondale City Council
Rev. Charles Watkins, longtime Carbondale council member and pastor of the First Christian Church, resigns effective Oct 31 to accept a senior minister post in Owensboro Ky. He moves mid November, becoming senior minister there. The exit follows the prior resignation of Susan Mitchell in June.
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Tom Woolf
Charles Watkins
Carbondale
Watkins
First Christian Church
Owensboro
Susan Mitchell
Sammye Aikman
Hans Fischer
Helen Westberg
Archie Jones
Aikman
Fischer
Carbondale to Implement Halloween Strategy Again
Carbondale officials plan to again tighten Halloween controls after last year’s measures reduced the crowd. An ordinance will curb parking on South Illinois Avenue and ban beer and glass wine sales in specific windows, with liquor in small glass containers restricted. The plan followed input from Towne Central, the Chamber of Commerce, liquor dealers, and SIU Carbondale, and aims to keep a similar approach to 1980.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
South Illinois Avenue
Illinois Avenue
Grand Avenue
Walnut Street
Scott Ratter
Towne Central
Chamber of Commerce
Liquor Dealers
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Ratter
Royalton motocross: From gob piles to national races
Fourteen year old Jon Humphrey of Royalton progressed from riding on gob piles behind the Franklin County coal town to National Bicycle League events near St Louis. He placed fifth in the novice main at a Grand National, races Kuwahara bikes, and trains with sponsor Carbondale Cycle as his family travels long weekends for competitions.
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Brad Betker
Southern Illinoisan
Jon Humphrey
Royalton
Franklin Councoal
Barbara
Jon
Humphrey
St. Louis
West Frankfort
Rene deGroof
Florida
Southern Illinois
Humphreys
Guy
Consolidation Coal Co
Stu Thompson
Thompson
Kuwahara
Terence
Calif
Carbondale Cycle
Rene
Herrin Votes to Stay in Detective Unit for Another Year
The Herrin City Council, by a 6-2 vote, agreed to remain part of the Williamson County Detective Unit pending continued participation by Williamson County Johnston City and Carterville. Herrin will pay about 24,600 toward the unit’s costs, within budget, and contingent on other units’ continued involvement.
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Ron Poppenhagen
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin
Williamson County
Donald Swinford
Johnston City
Carterville
Marion
Southern Illinois Cablevision
Wddd-Tv
Federal Communications Commission
Bruce Cranston
St. Louis
Cranston
West Frankfort
Crainville
Energy
Marion considers own in house detectives plan
Marion City Council discussed establishing a city led detective force after withdrawing from the Williamson County Detective Unit. Commissioner George Williams proposed assigning two active officers to detective work while noting ongoing undercover operations and the potential purchase of two unmarked vehicles.
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Crompton
Bruce Townsend
Herrin
Townsend
Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois
Marion
Williamson County
Commissioner of Public Safety
George Williams
Williams
H. L. Pulley
Les Snyder
Johnston City
Carterville
Marion set to resume sidewalk program and fix rail crossing
Marion Street Department plans to restart its sidewalk replacement program and may address the rough Market Street grade crossing near the Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad. City officials aim to catch up on fall work, with council discussing railroad talks and safety fixes.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois
Marion Street Department
Market Street
Henry Burress
Burress
Marion Housing Authority
Denny Corbell
Corbell Electronics
Carterville
Security Alarm Company of
Salem
Corbell
Public Safety
George Williams
Jackson's Shufflebarger Seeks Jackson County Sheriff Nod
William Shufflebarger a Jackson County board member since 1979 announced his run for the 1982 Republican nomination for sheriff. He cited a long law enforcement background including police work in Lilbourn New Madrid and Gorham, plus four years as a Jackson County deputy and training in criminal investigation and fingerprinting. He and his wife operate a Gorham grocery and tire shop and he works as a park attendant at Lake Murphysboro State Park. age 71 he pledges a nonpolitical, working sheriff focused on equal service and higher crime-fighting value for residents.
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William Shufflebarger
Jackson County
Shufflebarger
Lilbourn
New Madrid
Gorham
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