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Carter & Co. continue to give Perry County-area 700 jobs in a half-hearted national coal economyAug 15, 2013 11:00 pm - "We are trying to maintain continuity," said Knight Hawk Coal Co. president Steve Carter this week after the reserves at the south portal of the Prairie Eagle mine were ...
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Choose Hope: After 13 years and seven surgeries Lybrand Beard is getting his life backAug 14, 2013 11:00 pm - We find happiness in achieving, in loving someone and in having something to hope for. A progressive and almost total debilitation from a 1974 injury as a Du Quoin High ...
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Board approves new ball field for Tamaroa summer leagueAug 14, 2013 11:00 pm - The Tamaroa Village Board told representatives of the Tamaroa Summer Baseball and Softball League that they could build a third field west of the two existing fields at ...
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Extended Weather OutlookAug 14, 2013 11:00 pm - Today Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Northeast wind around 6 mph. Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. North wind 3 to 5 mph. Friday Mostly sunny, with a hig...
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Nita H. WesterhouseAug 14, 2013 11:00 pm - Nita H. Westerhouse, 83, of Du Quoin, passed away at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013 at her residence. Nita was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Christian C...
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Four teachers near retirement Du QuoinAug 13, 2013 11:00 pm - The Du Quoin Board of Education has received letters of intent from four District 300 teachers who plan to retire within the next three years. Their letters will be acce...
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Harold A. PundsackAug 13, 2013 11:00 pm - Harold A. 'Happy Harold' Pundsack, 83, of Du Quoin, passed away at 12:35 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013 at his residence. Harold had worked at the wash house and had been a...
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Extended Weather OutlookAug 13, 2013 11:00 pm - Today Sunny, with a high near 76. Northeast wind around 10 mph. Tonight Clear, with a low around 53. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening. Thursday Sun...
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Good luck Pat Benton, and thanks...Aug 13, 2013 11:00 pm - The Du Quoin Evening Call today adds its congratulations to those of Southern Illinois for 44-year radio talk show host Pat Benton on his retirement. Benton has hosted t...
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Insurance claims agents, cleanup crews hit neighborhood; engineers arrive FridayAug 13, 2013 11:00 pm - There remain more questions than answers in the Sunday morning explosion that rocked South Lake Drive on Sunday. Neighbors say they have been told victim Harold Pundsack...