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Enrollment continues to drop at southern Illinois community collegesJul 27, 2018 1:00 am - Community colleges in Southern Illinois are experiencing a significant long-term enrollment decline, not unlike colleges across the nation. Numbers from the Illinois Boa...
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Up & Coming - Weekend editionJul 27, 2018 1:00 am - Friday, July 27 Food Truck Friday: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. at Kremer Plumbing, 301 S. Washington St., Du Quoin. This week's food truck is M & P Concessions. Friday Story Time & ...
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District 95's new superintendent pledges to attack academic concernsJul 27, 2018 1:00 am - Carbondale Elementary District 95 Superintendent Daniel Booth said tackling the serious problems faced by his school will require a long-term plan, one that will include...
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Du Quoin finances still on target despite downturn in sales tax revenueJul 27, 2018 1:00 am - DU QUOIN - Mayor Guy Alongi attributes a downturn in the city's sales tax revenue to the fact that more Americans are spending their hard-earned money online as opposed ...
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Carbondale patrol sergeant receives FOP Valor AwardJul 27, 2018 1:00 am - Carbondale Police Patrol Sgt. Guy Draper been recognized by the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police State Lodge with a Valor Award for actions last year that prevented an...
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Chester teen, 90-year-old grandmother, killed in Missouri crashJul 26, 2018 1:00 am - A Chester High School senior and her 90-year-old grandmother were killed July 24 when their car collided head-on with a truck in Perry County, Missouri, according to pol...
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Miners knock off first-place Rascals twiceJul 25, 2018 11:00 pm - MARION - The good news for the Southern Illinois Miners is that nobody else in the Frontier League's West Division is doing fantastic either. The Miners have had their u...
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CHS coaches, players teach key football skills at campJul 25, 2018 1:00 am - Chester High School Head Football Coach Billy Belton, his assistants and high school players had a great two-day youth football camp Thursday and Friday July 19 and 20 a...
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Youths gain volleyball skills at CHS campJul 25, 2018 1:00 am - Sarah Norman had hoped for a few more young volleyball enthusiasts to attend her first summer volleyball camp as head coach of the Chester High School Lady YellowJacket'...
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Voters can't fight this feeling: REO Speedwagon No. 1 Champaign band heads list of top Illinois musicians, followed by Alison Krauss, Nat King ColeJul 24, 2018 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - They started as a University of Illinois garage band and reached the heights of arena rock. Now the members of REO Speedwagon have been voted the top music...