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Mayor Duncan asks local candidates to take down signs until after the Christmas holidaySep 18, 2013 11:00 pm - "I don't think that I can order them down," said Mayor Rex Duncan at last week's Du Quoin City Council meeting, but he appealed to candidates in the November 2014 genera...
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Cherry Lake resident Vanessa Fleming takes her life at lake homeSep 18, 2013 11:00 pm - On Wednesday Sept. 18, 2013 at approximately 12:54 p.m., the Perry County Sheriff's Office received a call reference a possible gun shot on Steven Lane in St. John's. De...
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Extended Weather OutlookSep 17, 2013 11:00 pm - Today Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Tonight Isolated showers and thunder...
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Adding to the county's transparencySep 17, 2013 11:00 pm - In recent months, various government watchdog groups have scored counties on how much information and how much transparency is available on their websites. County Clerk ...
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Dist. 300 school budget hearing Thursday nightSep 17, 2013 11:00 pm - The Du Quoin Board of Education will take public comment during a budget hearing which will be part of its regular monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the middle sc...
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Pinckneyville takes top honors at Apple FestivalSep 17, 2013 11:00 pm - The Pinckneyville Marching Jr. Panthers and Marching Panthers competed in the Murphysboro Apple Festival this past Saturday. The Marching Jr. Panthers won first place in...
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Many happy returns as Tudy Hall's family comes back for 100th birthdaySep 17, 2013 11:00 pm - Marie "Tudy" Hall is one of the First Ladies of medicine in Du Quoin whose husband, the late Dr. Byford Hall, still made house calls in the 1950s and 60s from his North ...
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Sheriff and staff sued by jailed federal inmateSep 16, 2013 11:00 pm - A federal inmate housed in the Perry County Jail from October 2012 to February 2013 says he was beaten by another prisoner on Feb. 5, 2013 in the jail's rec room and tha...
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Those shopping Du Quoin's south end will be paying a half-cent more sales tax Jan. 1Sep 16, 2013 11:00 pm - Anyone shopping from Franklin Street south in Du Quoin will be paying a half-cent more on sales tax beginning Jan. 1, 2014. Mr. Gene Norber of EDR & Associates, the city...
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Blackwood Legacy Quartet in concert Sept. 29Sep 16, 2013 11:00 pm - The Blackwood Legacy Quartet, direct from Nashville, will present a special concert event at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 29 at First United Methodist Church in Du Quoin. ...