Christopher Behan News Today

The Southern Illinois chapter of the United Nations Association’s Human Rights Day celebration on Sunday, Dec. 10th at 5:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church.

Here are the five changes to the Newport city charter residents will vote on in November.

Instead of a homestead exemption, the city looks to create two different tax rates depending on full-time occupancy in a given property.

“We need to be able to make landlords understand their responsibilities when it comes to the dangers of lead."

The team building the new Rogers High School will now be able to use the premiums to combat the rising construction costs associated with the project.

Newport Daily News NEWPORT – The City Council wants the power to prohibit recreational marijuana sales in the city if the General Assembly passes legislation this year that allows such sales in the state. City and town councils would not have that power under Gov. Dan McKee’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2022, which begins on July 1. Any community wishing to prohibit marijuana establishment licenses within the city or town’s jurisdiction would be required to hold a local referendum on...

SIU law school professor named Fulbright Specialist Tactical Navigation (Photo by Russell Bailey) by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale has been long known for its global reach, including welcoming its first international student in 1947. Christopher Behan, a professor with the SIU School of Law, is continuing the relationship with his recent selection as a Fulbright Specialist. Behan learned in February that he was selected for the specialist program, ...

By Illinois Supreme Court issued the following announcement on Feb. 17. Justice David K. Overstreet and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Steven M.J. Bost as an At-Large Circuit Judge in the First Judicial Circuit.  Mr. Bost is being appointed to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Brad K. Bleyer effective August 3, 2020. The appointment takes effect on March 1, 2021, and will conclude on December 5, 2022, when the vacancy will be filled by the...

Newport Daily News NEWPORT – A letter from the Newport Health Equity Zone about the North End Urban Plan to the City Council caused a flare-up on the council over whether two council members should recuse themselves on matters involving HEZ and the plan. Ward 1 Councilwoman Angela McCalla said during the council meeting on Wednesday, “I received an email from the City Clerk suggesting that I should consider seeking an advisory opinion from the Rhode Island Ethics Commission because of my af...