Metropolis Planet
Safety concerns raised by city council
With the school’s out increase of children playing outdoors and the surging use of scooters by the disabled, safety concerns took up several minutes of the end of May’s last Metropolis City Council...
Jun 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Ordinances have first reading
Five ordinances came before the Metropolis City Council Monday night for their first readings. Three represent issues discussed generally by the council or concerned citizens but never reviewed by ...
Jun 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Bomb threat leads to arrest
Staff Report According to Massac County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 11:30 a.m. Friday, security personnel from Honeywell called the Massac County Sheriff Office advising there was a man at ...
Jun 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Layoff notices sent to 160 USEC employees
Press Release The United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) notified its employees at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant on Friday of layoffs beginning in August. The notifications are provide...
Jun 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Security measures will begin next week
Next week Massac County’s courthouse security, ‘security on a shoestring,’ as Massac County Sheriff Ted Holder described it, will begin. Holder told Commissioners Jeff Weber and Jerel Childers at ...
May 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
USEC to cease enrichment
USEC Inc., who has employees in southern Illinois, announced Friday that it had not been able to conclude a deal for the short-term extension of uranium enrichment at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion ...
May 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Sewer separation work begins
Work began Monday on the first of many projects to separate the City of Metropolis’ remaining combined sewer lines. The project was bid out on Dec. 21, 2012 to Amerent Contracting Inc. and is sche...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
City pursues IEPA loan for sewer projects
During its May 13 meeting, the Metropolis City Council voted unanimously authorizing HMG Engineers Inc. to proceed with a low-interest loan application from the Illinois Environmental Protection Ag...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Cancer survivors lead the first lap of this year’s 2013 Relay For Life, led by Ambassador Lindsey Stoner, left. Teams of various sizes participated in this year’s Massac County American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life event, held Friday night and Saturday at Fort Massac State Park . — Linda Kennedy | Metropolis Planet
Massac Relay raises more than $127,000
Press Release Saving lives faster and celebrating more birthdays is what Relay For Life is all about. Many volunteers and residents, including local cancer survivors, are now celebrating the ou...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Sitting on Greg Rednour’s desk is the lump of coal with 6-year-old Shelly’s photo attached to it. The coal and picture sit on top of his copy of Experiencing God daily devotional, all of which are a reminder to Rednour to pray every day for Shelly and her family in eastern Kentucky. — Michele Longworth | Metropolis Planet
Rednour delivers a mission of hope to the hollers
Editor’s Note: Over the past year or so, the Planet has received various phone calls or e-mails about people in our community that have stepped outside their comfort zone, packed their bags and ven...
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Weather
Find more about Weather in Metropolis, IL
Sponsored By:
Beaus Blog Logo
Read Beau's Daily Analysis
METROPOLIS PLANET GOOGLE ANALYTICS CODE - SINGLE DOMAIN