Pope County is planning pageantry, plays, potlucks and promenades as it preps for its July 1-10 Bicentennial celebration with a wide variety of cultural, historical and recreational events for all ages.
To aid recovery from traumatic events, Ginger Meyer, who helps child abuse victims as clinical director of an Southern Illinois University (SIU) medical school program, recently hosted a mental health conference at John A. Logan College in Carterville..
Illinois’ General State Aid (GSA) funds K-12 education and was originally intended to financially support school districts with the most need. Through the years, however, the formulas used to calculate the amount of state funding school districts receive has sparked outrage over the funding system providing large subsidies to a few select districts, namely, Chicago Public Schools.
The campaign committee of state representative 102nd district candidate Jim Acklin, Citizens for Jim Acklin, returned a $425.80 contribution from Cynthia Acklin on June 28
The campaign committee of state representative 102nd district candidate Jim Acklin, Citizens for Jim Acklin, returned a $500 contribution from Terry Hill on June 28