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Pleasant surprise: May sales tax numbers better than expectedAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - Du Quoin's sales tax receipts continued to hold steady in May, despite it being the second full month of business shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the first mo...
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Emily Millburg joins CHS as new agriculture teacherAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - There is a new agriculture teacher at Chester High School, and she's rarin' to begin. Emily Millburg is originally from Virden, a small town south of Springfield. Her pa...
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Du Quoin briefsAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - Class of 2021 will graduate on May 21 The Du Quoin Unit District 300 school board has set May 21, 2021 as the date for the Class of 2021 high school commencement - wheth...
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Pinckneyville schools will resume all in-school on MondayAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - Unlike Du Quoin, which is approaching the start of the 2020-21 school year with a blended approach of both in-school and remote learning, Pinckneyville Community High Sc...
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Chester City Council says major work expected at Cole ParkAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - The city of Chester is working to fix the ball diamond at Cole Park, which suffered the most erosion from the excessive rain this past spring and last fall - including l...
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Involuntary manslaughter charges filed in death of Du Quoin manAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - A Carterville man accused of pushing a Du Quoin man to his death in Carbondale last month now faces charges that include involuntary manslaughter. Jackson County State's...
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The 20,000-year-old man: 'Toar' is coming to the Popeye Character TrailAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - Elzie Segar was truly a man with an amazing imagination. We know that many of his characters were inspired by people in his hometown of Chester. He also was fascinated w...
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So far, so good: Classes open Monday for roughly half the Du Quoin student bodyAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - Du Quoin Unit District 300 opened for classes on Monday with few problems, Superintendent Matt Hickam said. "It went better than I thought," Hickam said Monday afternoon...
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48 new cases of COVID in Perry County since late last weekAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - Forty-eight new cases of coronavirus and one additional death have been reported in the last seven days in Perry County - including 20 cases that were identified in one ...
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Bob Welker given Rotary's highest honorAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - Chester Rotarian Bob Welker, the owner of Rozier's Country Market, has been named a Paul Harris Fellow, the highest honor given by Rotary International. Welker was honor...