April, 2018 Stories | Carbondale Reporter

Top 2 Grand Tower home sales for 2017

By Local Labs News Service | Apr 17, 2018

A home buyer who paid $15,000 to purchase a home on June 1 paid the top home sale price for Grand Tower in 2017.

Top 2 Dowell home sales for 2017

By Local Labs News Service | Apr 17, 2018

A home buyer who paid $40,000 to purchase a home on March 1 paid the top home sale price for Dowell in 2017.

17 offenders paroled in zip code 62966 in October

By Local Labs News Service | Apr 17, 2018

Seventeen offenders released on parole in October live in Illinois zip code 62966, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Carbondale Reporter.

Report: 44% of Carterville Firefighter's Pension Fund is funded

By Local Labs News Service | Apr 17, 2018

With the amount it's obligated to pay pensioners outpacing the funds it has on hand, 44 percent of the Carterville Firefighter's Pension Fund fund is funded, according to the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

From Prairie State Wire

Public employee tally: Top 100 townships in Illinois

By LGIS Newsfeed | 7 years ago

Venedy, Rector and Newmansville employ the most government workers per capita among townships in Illinois, according to 2017 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.

From SW Illinois News

Agricultural Legislative Day in Springfield brings out the state's future leaders in farming

By Angela Underwood | 7 years ago

Sen. Paul Schimpf (R-Waterloo) and Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) had the finest future homegrown farming leaders before them on Agricultural Legislative Day April 11.

5 offenders paroled in zip code 62948 in October

By Local Labs News Service | Apr 16, 2018

Five offenders released on parole in October live in Illinois zip code 62948, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Carbondale Reporter.

Report: 134% of Carbondale Township Firefighters Pension Fund is funded

By Local Labs News Service | Apr 16, 2018

With the funds it has on hand outpacing the amount it's obligated to pay pensioners, 134 percent of the Carbondale Township Firefighters Pension Fund fund is funded, according to the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Div

Most frugal park districts in Greater Carbondale

By Local Labs News Service | Apr 16, 2018

Park Districts for Herrin, Black Hawk and Marion top the list in Greater Carbondale with the lowest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

From Prairie State Wire

Rauner attempts conservative 'purge' of Illinois GOP leadership

By LGIS News Service | 7 years ago

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is publicly preaching party unity on the campaign trail. But behind the scenes, Rauner is quietly leading an effort to purge conservatives from the Illinois Republican State Central Committee, which governs the party and has elections this month.