Greg Schack News Today

CARBONDALE — Lisa Harach carefully carried a flower-clad scarecrow outside her salon on South Main Street, placing it in an autumnal arrangement in preparation for the city’s inaugural Scarecrow Festival

Ten Manhattan residents have applied to fill the vacant seat of Mayor Glen Clements, who suddenly resigned the day after the March 9 meeting, after a raucous monthly council meeting

This fall there will be a lot of familiar faces at Manhattan Town Council meetings – and all without the muss and fuss of an election.

For the second time in as many months, the Jackpot Casino Group is asking officials in Manhattan for permission to establish a restaurant, casino and bar at 110 S. Broadway. This project has been in development for three years but was dealt a major blow in December, when the Town Council upheld a city staff recommendation to deny Jackpot a conditional use permit (CUP) at that location. In denying the permit, the council cited Town Code 10-11-9, which prohibits a casino from being located within...