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Illinois State Police combats vehicle hijacking and theft

Ill State News, News /

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police (ISP) continues to target vehicle theft, hijacking, and related violent crimes using grant funding from the Illinois Secretary of State Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council. ​ ISP was awarded a $10 million grant for the first fiscal year, and another $677,000 grant announced […]

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SIU earns $77.8M in external awards in 2023-24

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by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Funding from outside sources remained strong at Southern Illinois University Carbondale during the last fiscal year, according to records from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. Jia Liu, foreground, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, works with students in her lab at SIU. Liu’s work investigating

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United Airlines-SIU Aviation Career Day helps students chart flight paths for their future

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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — More than 130 Chicago-area high school students will be introduced to Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s nationally recognized aviation program when United Airlines brings them to Southern Illinois Airport near Murphysboro on Saturday, Oct. 19.   One of many high school students arrives for the 2023 United Airlines-SIU Aviation Career

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Where rubber meets the road

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COLUMBIA – Mizzou researchers are devising a way to demonstrate how rubber-based asphalt reduces greenhouse emissions.   Roads made with rubber-based asphalt mixtures are proving to be more durable than traditional asphalt, and they’re better for the environment by providing an effective way to recycle discarded tires. But do they also help reduce greenhouse gas

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Leola Rose Bock

Obituaries, Perryville Obits /

A funeral will be held Monday, October 21, 2024 for 80-year-old Leola Rose Bock of Perryville, Mo., who passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at Independence Care Center.   She was born February 25, 1944 in Longtown, Mo. a daughter of Christian and Frieda (Leible) Renner who both preceded her in death.   Leola married

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