http://www.theclintonjournal.com Top Stories RSS Feed Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:20:04 -0600 http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2855 CLINTON-Seniors may now qualify for a $1 discount on trash pickup from Area Disposal, spokesman Joe Roberts said Monday. Those over the age of 65 who have at least two residents in the household and live in the city limits of Clinton, may pay $12.85 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:59:38 -0600 http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2854 CLINTON-A Clinton man in Judge Garry Bryan's DeWitt County courtroom Monday agreed to a negotiated plea on a felony charge of sexual abuse and two misdemeanor charges of violating a court order of protection. Charles D. "Chuckie" Lawson, Junior, 31, 819 E. Webster St., was Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:59:04 -0600 http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2853 CHICAGO - It has been more than a month since the primary-election polls closed, but Illinois Republicans finally have a candidate in the governor's race. The state Board of Elections on Friday certified Bloomington Sen. Bill Brady as the winner in one of the closest elections Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:58:15 -0600 http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2852 CLINTON-Randy Workman, a former John Warner Hospital Board member and president and a former City Council member, was reappointed to the board by Mayor Ed Wollet Monday. Workman resigned because he and his wife intended to buy or build outside the city limits, but Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:00:53 -0600 http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2851 CLINTON-It must be, what, maybe 22 degrees outside. At 6:30 p.m. Lenchner. I did dress warmly with at least three layers everywhere, including silk underwear, and mountain boots. I reason, "Hey, if they can fight fires in weather like this, then I can tough Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:59:28 -0600 http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2850 CLINTON-Maurice LaGrone's petition to obtain a new trial was denied Friday by Judge Garry Bryan, who heard arguments in the case in February. LaGrone, who was convicted of murder in the Clinton Lake drowning deaths of his then girlfriend's three children in 2003, sought a Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:58:38 -0600 http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2836 CLINTON-Pending word of a grant application, DeWitt County may soon have a drug court. The Illinois Legislature has authorized specialty courts, and drug courts are the most frequently created, Judge Garry Bryan said in an interview. Each circuit must have a drug Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:40:26 -0600 http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2832 CLINTON-Sally Waite, new acting CEO of Dr. John Warner Hospital, didn't have a report for the hospital's board of directors, given she jumped into the position just last week. "There's not much to say," she said. "I can give you something next month." The finance Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:20:50 -0600 http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2831 CLINTON - Bid documents for all three building projects were approved unanimously at the Clinton Unit 15 School Board meeting Feb. 16 at the junior high library. The bid for a new high school roof includes 34,000 square feel being completely replaced with Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:19:07 -0600 http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2828 CLINTON - The Dr. John Warner Hospital board of directors on Tuesday hired Sally Waite, a former DJWH nursing supervisor and two-time acting CEO, to once again act as CEO while a search firm continues its work. The board also elected Julie North as board Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:43:29 -0600 http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php http://www.theclintonjournal.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2827 CLINTON - "We needed to get this money allocated to where we felt it could best be utilized," said county finance chairman Ed Young on Thursday. Young referred to the county's farm fund. "We no longer have any land; we're out of the farm Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:42:31 -0600