Saturday, May 25 2013 5:22 PM EDT2013-05-25 21:22:18 GMT
Chicago's Memorial Day parade is under way after a wreath-laying ceremony in which former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta praised the devotion of American service members.
Chicago's Memorial Day parade is under way after a wreath-laying ceremony in which former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta praised the devotion of American service members.
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Southern Illinois' largest employer is preparing for the possibility of layoffs.
A letter from Brett Patton, SIU's director of labor and employee relations sent a certified letter to the president of the SIUC Non-Tenure Track Faculty Association this week alerting the union of the possibility of a layoff.
The letter sights significant cuts to state funding and a possible decline in enrollment as the cause.
But the layoff is by no means certain. The letter only went to union leaders, not the employees themselves.
"If there is a layoff, those specific notices would go out next month. That's if there would be layoffs," said SIU Spokesman Rod Sievers. "It's just a warning, a heads-up that this is a possibility."
Illinois Education Association spokesman Jim Clark tells Heartland News the letter is no cause for concern.
By contract, the university is required to notify the union of a possible layoff 60 days prior to a new academic term.
Saturday, May 25 2013 10:18 AM EDT2013-05-25 14:18:36 GMT
Jason Ellis (Source: Bardstown Police)
K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was shot and killed on the ramp of Exit 34 from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County early Saturday morning.
K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was shot and killed on the ramp of Exit 34 from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County early Saturday morning.
Authorities say they have found a child's body believed to be that of an 18-month-old girl as they continue to investigate a series of Kansas farm deaths.
A body recovered amid an intensive search is believed to be that of a missing 18-month-old girl whose mother was found dead along with two men on a Kansas farm days ago, authorities said Sunday.
Saturday, May 25 2013 11:00 AM EDT2013-05-25 15:00:12 GMT
DALLAS (WFSS/CNN) – There's a new trend in the bar scene that involves your favorite hard liquor and dry ice. Breathing in the alcohol vapors gets you buzzed fast and some say you don't ingest any empty
There's a new trend in the bar scene that involves your favorite hard liquor and dry ice. But doctors say it's dangerous.
Southern Illinois' largest employer is preparing for the possibility of layoffs.
The letter sights significant cuts to state funding and a possible decline in enrollment as a cause.
By contract, the university is required to notify the union of a possible layoff 60 days prior to a new academic term.
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