Reflecting on farming paths both past and future, Southern Illinois University staffers are preparing for the 50th annual Carbondale College agricultural science event — Belleville Field Day — on July 14 at its Belleville Research Center.
With seven Illinois public universities suffering setbacks in the wake of Moody’s Investors Service state bond rating downgrade, Republican candidate Mike Babcock, running for House District 111, expressed deep disquiet over the implications.
The four bedroom, 1.5 bathroom home at 6012 Timberwolfe Drive, Glen Carbon was sold on June 30, 2016 by Schag Michael and Schag Kelcey D. for $315,000. The buyers were Miller Andrew K. and Miller Heidi W..
Illinois’ General State Aid (GSA) funds K-12 education and was originally intended to financially support school districts with the most need. Through the years, however, the formulas used to calculate the amount of state funding school districts receive has sparked outrage over the funding system providing large subsidies to a few select districts, namely, Chicago Public Schools.