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A season to rememberMar 04, 2015 8:00 am - Cassidy Rice's softball team at Georgia College has created a locker for her late, great father, Beaver Rice. The Du Quoin Board of Education member passed away last Dec...
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Nellie Jane McKnightMar 04, 2015 8:00 am - Nellie Jane (Gossett) McKnight, 63, of Galveston, Tex., formerly of Elkville, passed away at 12:43 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 at the University of Texas Medical Branch...
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Hester C. HagelMar 04, 2015 8:00 am - Hester C. Hagel, age 92, of Pinckneyville, Ill., passed away on Monday, March 2, 2015 at 8:08 p.m. in Du Quoin Nursing and Rehabilitation, Du Quoin, Ill. Hester was born...
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25 absentee ballots being sent out againMar 04, 2015 8:00 am - Newspapers deal with typographical errors all the time. Okay, we admit it. The Perry County Clerk's office? Not so much. Perry County Clerk Josh Gross felt a newspaperma...
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Camrynn Howie finishes 8th in state Elks Hoop ShootMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - CHESTER -- Camrynn Howie, daughter of Josh and Christa Howie of Chester, recently completed four months of competing in the Elks National Hoop Shoot free-throw competit...
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Downed wire on bus found to not be electricMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - What could have been a dangerous situation on Tuesday turned out not to be as Sparta emergency responders were initially paged out to respond to the report of a downed p...
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Chester Sewer Treatment plant gets awardMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - CHESTER -- In a semi-formal presentation on Monday, Chester Sewer Treatment Plant Superintendent Kenny Surman was officially presented the Illinois Rural Water Associati...
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Dale Edward ShurtzMar 03, 2015 8:00 am - Dale Edward "Bo" Shurtz, passed away Saturday, February 28, 2015. He was the beloved husband of June E. Shurtz (nee Smith) and loving foster father of the late John Mart...
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Du Quoin Middle School Band Members See Success at ContestMar 03, 2015 8:00 am - On Saturday, Feb. 28, Du Quoin Middle School band students participated in the Illinois Grade School Music Association's (IGSMA) solo and ensemble contest. Hundreds of s...
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Extended Weather OutlookMar 03, 2015 8:00 am - Tuesday Showers. High near 48. South southwest wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Tuesday Night Rain showers before midnigh...