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Illinois Lawmaker Wants Healthier SNAP Options
Alton Daily News
Welfare recipients could soon be banned from buying junk foods with their SNAP benefits. Illinois State Senator Kyle McCarter has filed a resolution in Springfield, calling on Congress to review the food stamp program and improve its nutritional quality.

Granite City car wash allows fundraisers
SuburbanJournals
Rain Tunnel Express Car Wash is teaming up with the Granite City Cheerleading team to help with their fundraising. On Saturday, June 29, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m., members of the cheerleading team will be at Rain Tunnel Express Car Wash, 1511 Niedringhaus.

Granite City Knights award scholarships, post honor guard
SuburbanJournals
The Granite City Knights of Columbus Council 1098 recently awarded $1,000 college scholarships to James Becherer, Nathaniel Griffin, Drew Haugen, Camilla Herring, Marisa Kromraj, Kimberly Kwiatkowski, Taylor Mulhall, Kurtis Niemeyer, Brianna Polach, ...

Collinsville resident competes for Miss Illinois
SuburbanJournals
Miss Southern Sweetheart Stephanie McGovern, 24, a Collinsville native, will be a participant in the Miss Illinois event in Marion. At the pageant, 32 contestants will compete for the title of Miss Illinois 2013. The winner will go on to participate in ...

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CS8 Notebook: Basketball Lions make strong impression
The State Journal-Register
Whitehaven beat Maryville 36-35 in overtime in the Class 6A Tennessee state championship last fall. Taylorville is swapping Princeton for Macomb on its schedule for Week 5. Macomb went 9-2 last fall, losing to Peoria Notre Dame in the second round of ...

Black Widows Softball
thejournal-news.net
The '98 Black Widows 14U fastpitch softball team recently won the USSA 14U Central Illinois State Tournament in Mattoon over Father's Day weekend. In front ... The team is coached by Will Law and Kyle Frerichs of Litchfield and Doug Durant of O'Fallon.

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In Photos: Celebrity Real Estate
ABC News
In Photos: Celebrity Real Estate. Previous · Next. Liberace Home Listed. The mansion that once belonged to Liberace is listed by a bank for $529,900, cash-only, by a bank, the Las Vegas Sun reported. The home spans 14,939-square-foot and was built in ...

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A Granite City man has been jailed on charges that he struck a female household member in the head with a toaster and also hit her in the arm with an ashtray.

5-Million Sockeye Harvested in Bristol Bay
KDLG
Naknek River escapement was counted at 10.4-thousand fish to push the season total to 157-thousand. In the Nushagak District sockeye escapement continues to be strong. 57.2-thousand sockeye were counted as escapement to the Wood River on Tuesday ...

(Neb.)- City Of Sidney Names New Police Chief
KCSR
(AP) - The city of Sidney in the Nebraska Panhandle has named a police chief from Illinois as its new leader. Byron "B.J." Wilkinson ... Wilkinson was police chief of Litchfield, Ill., for 10 years and has been in law enforcement for more than 20 years ...

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Illinois Man Injured by Toppled Tree at Scout Camp Settles
CBS Local
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A man who sued the Boy Scouts after his legs were crushed by a toppling tree at a southwestern Illinois camp has reached a settlement. The (Alton) Telegraph reports that John Gremli of Alton reached the deal with the Boy ...

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Police arrest woman in St. Louis County AT&T store robbery; two men at large
SuburbanJournals
No one was injured in the robbery. Later in the morning, Illinois State Police spotted a vehicle near Collinsville that appeared to match the one used in the AT&T robbery, according to Master Sergeant Craig Campbell of the Illinois State Police. When a ...

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Belleville News Democrat
Ennis allegedly drove a silver 1999 Honda CRV n Illinois Route 15 in Belleville while the defendant was under the influence of alcohol. ... Cynthia E. Berry, 48, of Collinsville, arrested on suspicion of all other disorderly conduct by St. Clair County ...

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SunCoke settles air pollution claims in Granite City, Ohio
SuburbanJournals
... pollution levels and improve overall air quality in the communities surrounding these facilities,” Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said in a statement. In addition to installing equipment, SunCoke Energy's Granite City plant will have to ...
Granite City coke plant included in $2 million pollution settlementBelleville News Democrat
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SunCoke Energy Announces Agreement on Operations in Franklin Furnace ...
Benzinga
The agreement resolves allegations of excess venting from bypass vent stacks beyond permit limits at the company's Haverhill facility in Franklin Furnace, Ohio and Granite City facility in Granite City, Illinois. As part of the settlement, SunCoke will ...
SunCoke settles air pollution claims in Granite City, OhioSTLtoday.com
Granite City coke plant included in $2 million pollution settlementBelleville News Democrat
EPA, SunCoke reach agreement over air violationscbs4qc.com
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SunCoke Granite City plant settles air pollution claims
STLtoday.com
Madison County already doesn't meet federal health-based standards for sulfur dioxide, or soot, and Granite City doesn't meet federal air pollution standard for lead. The EPA estimates the additional pollution controls required at the Illinois and Ohio ...

City of Sidney names new police chief - KHGI-TV/KWNB-TV/KHGI-CD-Grand ...
NTV
(AP) - The city of Sidney in the Nebraska Panhandle has named a police chief from Illinois as its new leader. Byron "B.J." Wilkinson was chosen as the city's new police chief after several months of searching to replace Mike Brown. Brown resigned to ...

Sidney fills vacant police chief position
Sidney Sun Telegraph
Byron R. "B.J." Wilkinson of Litchfield, Illinois accepted the position as Sidney's new chief of police yesterday. City manager, Gary Person announced the appointment at last night's city council meeting. This hire followed the city's three month ...