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AFSCME Retirees chapter donates to food pantryApr 22, 2020 1:00 am - The AFSCME Retirees Chapter 31 has donated food supplies to the Chester Area Christian Food Pantry once again. Twice each year the group collects and donates food items ...
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Chester city council mourns loss of Don WelgeApr 22, 2020 1:00 am - The Chester city council, like the rest of us, is adapting to the COVID-19 quarantine. On Monday, all the aldermen, City Clerk Bethany Berner, City Treasurer Nancy Eggem...
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Pinckneyville All-Stater Picks VolsApr 21, 2020 11:00 pm - For the past four years Dawson Yates was part of one of the proudest basketball traditions in southern Illinois, hooping for Pinckneyville High School. Now the outgoing ...
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Schools will end 2019-2020 year remotelyApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - With the news that Illinois students will continue to remote-learn the rest of the school year, Du Quoin Unit District 300 has decisions to make. Among them: How will su...
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Perry County holds at one COVID-19 case; regional numbers grow overallApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday state efforts to mitigate the novel coronavirus' impact on Illinoisans, and residents' efforts to protect their communities, are working. ...
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Shelter pet van destroyed in crash; prayers asked for injured Pinckneyville driverApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - Animal rescues and humane societies throughout Illinois are urging prayers this week for a 68-year-old Pinckneyville man who was seriously injured returning from transpo...
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SIU delivers first batch of key COVID-19 test substanceApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - A team at Southern Illinois University Carbondale this week delivered its first round of a key substance needed for COVID-19 tests to health authorities in Springfield. ...
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SIU alumni pony up to help current students hurt by pandemicApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - More than $240,000 has been collected by the SIU Foundation to help SIU students who are in financial crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many college students are curr...
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Gilster Mary-Lee closes Chester cake-mix plant for 2 weeksApr 19, 2020 1:00 am - Gilster Mary-Lee Corp. voluntarily closed the Chester cake-mix plant on Saturday, and it will remain closed for two weeks due to reported positive COVID-19 cases in the ...
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Shelter Insurance makes donation to help southern Illinois foster familiesApr 17, 2020 1:00 am - Southern Illinois Shelter Insurance Agent Merissa Madden has announced a $1,000 donation to the Foster Family Resource Center of Southern Illinois in an effort to assist...