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Lauren E. Lemm earned $77,402 in the last year with Fenton Community High School District 100. In that time, they contributed $30,237 to their pension, which will come into effect after they retire. A study published in the Education Next Journal found higher salaries can have significant ramifications on the quality of teachers within a school district. It found increasing the skills of a teacher through continued higher education resulted in improved student performance. Rotherham said a si...

Mayor says staying the course key to Murphysboro economy Sign In ISAAC SMITH, The Southern Illinoisan May 8, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) — Though beset with a laundry list of COVID-19 problems, Murphysboro has managed to stay true to its chosen course. Mayor Will Stephens said that’s been the key to the city’s weathering the unprecedented storm of a global pandemic. The economic fallout from the COVID-19 is undeniable — unemployment lines grew to historic levels an...

Mike Mitchell earned $154,545 in the last year with Fenton Community High School District 100. In that time, they contributed $198,139 to their pension, which will come into effect after they retire. A study published in the Education Next Journal found higher salaries can have significant ramifications on the quality of teachers within a school district. It found increasing the skills of a teacher through continued higher education resulted in improved student performance. Rotherham said a s...

Nicole M. Hendricks earned $131,702 in the last year with Fenton Community High School District 100. In that time, they contributed $119,617 to their pension, which will come into effect after they retire. A study published in the Education Next Journal found higher salaries can have significant ramifications on the quality of teachers within a school district. It found increasing the skills of a teacher through continued higher education resulted in improved student performance. Rotherham sa...

File Southern Illinois Congressman Mike Bost is inviting his constituents to a telephone town hall. The Murphysboro republican says he wants to hear from people in the 12th district about issues before the United States Congress and the federal government. The telephone town hall will be Tuesday starting at 6:45 p.m. To sign up for the call, click here. Tags: 

The Lincoln Developmental Center, first called the Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children, had a sordid history before former Gov. George Ryan closed it in 2002. Founded in 1877, it was an institution for developmentally challenged children and became the largest employer in Logan County. Ryan was pressured to shut it down by those advocating for the developmentally disabled after abuse and neglect, including preventable deaths, were reported. The state now has plan...

The plan is for Murphysboro Main Street to raise money to restore and renovate the building.

How much did Illinois teacher Heather B. Kotula make with Community Unit School District 200 before retiring, according to contribution data accumulated from FOIA requests?

A full reopening of Chicago by 4th of July? That’s Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan: ‘We are too close to accomplishing this mission to give up now’ Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune © Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune Gov. J.B. Pritzker chats with people after a news conference at McCormick Place on May 4, 2021. It was announced that the Auto show would return to McCormick Place this summer. After more than a year of living under coronavirus pandemic restrictions, Chicago is on...

BUSTOS’ EXIT AND THE REMAP — DUCKWORTH’S DUCKS IN A ROW — SCHOOL BOARD HEAD-TURNER Presented by Illini for Affordable Rx Happy Monday, Illinois. That Food and Wine magazine would rank New Jerseys pizza No. 1 is a complete abomination. TOP TALKER Rep. Cheri Bustos’ surprise announcement Friday that she won’t seek re-election in 2022 further endangers Democrats’ chances of holding on to the House, and it creates new intrigue into how Illinois lawmakers will redraw congressional maps...