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Senate Education Committee votes to increase statewide teacher minimum wage Rauner legislation vetoed last year up for discussionFeb 06, 2019 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The minimum wage for Illinois teachers has been stagnant for nearly 40 years, but a bill which passed the state Senate's education committee Tuesday would ...
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Man who shot cop gets over 27 yearsFeb 06, 2019 10:00 pm - A Kansas man who shot a Carbondale Police officer two years ago was sentenced last week to serve 27 1/2 years in prison. Alex B. Karcher, 24, of Salina, Kan., previously...
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Omar's robber gets 23 years in prisonFeb 06, 2019 10:00 pm - A Carbondale man was sentenced to more than two decades in prison last week after he robbed a local market last fall. State's Attorney Mike Carr says Joseph Paden, 21, o...
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Three Times My LadyFeb 06, 2019 10:00 pm - Jake Stewart doesn't have a crystal ball or pretend to see into the future, but when the meeting was set earlier in the week that his Harrisburg girls' basketball team w...
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DHS Spanish teacher is Golden Apple Award for Excellence finalistFeb 06, 2019 10:00 pm - DU QUOIN - It was learned this week that a Du Quoin High School Spanish instructor - Rebecca McCrary - has been named one of 32 finalists statewide for the prestigious G...
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CCHS boys basketball Terriers play Cahokia tonightFeb 06, 2019 10:00 pm - The Carbondale Terriers boys basketball team will meet Cahokia tonight in one of the last four regular-season games of a great 2018-19 basketball season. The Terriers a...
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CHS Lady Jackets close out regular season 2-1; head for regionalsFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - The Chester High School Lady Jackets basketball team closed out its 2018-2019 regular season with a busy three game series. They closed the regular season at 17-14, and ...
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Check the ingredients before you buyFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - Greetings from Faith Lutheran Church in Eldorado. More and more people are checking the ingredients to various packaged foods. They want to know if what is in the appea...
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Letter to the editor: $15 minimum wage must take into account regional differencesFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - To the editor: Our leaders in Springfield are debating a change in the law that will likely have devastating consequences for all of downstate Illinois for years to come...
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12-0! Yellow Jackets make short work of Goreville, Vienna; Kiner hits 1,000th pointFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - The Chester High School Yellow Jackets continued to roll last week with two more wins, improving to 21-5 on the season and 8-0 in the Black Diamond Conference. One might...