While the audience of some 55 people had dwindled during an almost two-hour closed session, several were still present when the Metropolis Public Library board of trustees voted to terminate director Rosemary Baxter's employment during a special-called meeting Wednesday, Feb. 28.
State Rep. Patrick Windhorst, State Sen. Dale Fowler, and State Rep. Paul Jacobs announced a $10 million donation to Southern Illinois University's law school. The donation is thought to be the largest ever one-time donation to the law school.
Raises were also approved for SIU System Offices and the university's School of Medicine.
The case involving a controversial expansion project of a local library will go to circuit court.
Randy Dunn will remain president of the Southern Illinois University system.
Southern Illinois University’s Board of Trustees has set a special meeting to consider placing the SIU system president on administrative leave.
A special called meeting involving the future of a university president is drawing opposition. Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees Members J. Phil Gilbert and Joel Sambursky scheduled the meeting for Friday.
