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Dist. 300 board to take up 2013-2014 school calendar, academic awards and school security Thursday nightFeb 18, 2013 10:00 pm - The Du Quoin Board of Education meet Thursday, Feb. 21 in regular session with the following agenda under consideration. The administration will recognize the achievemen...
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Teachers, substitutes face sweeping changes in state recertificationFeb 18, 2013 10:00 pm - The Perry County Retired Teachers' Association met at 11a.m. on Feb. 14 at Alongi's Restaurant in Du Quoin. Guest speaker at the meeting was Donna Borros, Regional Super...
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Steve Allen KingFeb 18, 2013 10:00 pm - Steve Allen King, 57, of Du Quoin, passed away at 12:35 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013 at the Marshall Browning Hospital in Du Quoin. Steve had first worked for Old Ben Co...
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4:39 a.m. storage building fire on East Park StreetFeb 18, 2013 10:00 pm - A 4:39 a.m. fire this morning destroyed a storage building at the Rebecca Ridgeway home at 655 East Park Street in Du Quoin (corner of East Park & Illinois Avenue). The ...
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Pinckneyville Community High School Sweetheart Dance CoronationFeb 17, 2013 10:00 pm - Pinckneyville Community High School held its 2013 Sweetheart Dance on Saturday, Feb 16 in the Auxiliary Gym and Cafetorium. The Sweetheart Court as voted on by classes i...
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Perry County coal miners to St. Louis to protest PeabodyFeb 17, 2013 10:00 pm - Ten people were arrested last week at a protest outside of Peabody Energy headquarters in St. Louis, the second time in two weeks that the United Mine Workers of America...
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Hospital auxiliary presents $20,000 'Tree of Life' giftFeb 17, 2013 10:00 pm - Marshall Browning Auxiliary Friday presented a check for $20,000 to the Hospital, raised through this year's Tree of Life program. The funds were used to purchase a new ...
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Shirley E. HamburgerFeb 17, 2013 10:00 pm - Shirley E. Hamburger, 76, of Du Quoin, passed away at 11:32 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013 at the Fairview Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center in Du Quoin. Shirley was a h...
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Cassidy Rice, co-kings Travis Chapman and Haeden Sweetin at Sweetheart DanceFeb 17, 2013 10:00 pm - Cassidy Rice was named queen of the 2013 Du Quoin High School FCCLA Sweetheart Dance coronation held Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Du Quoin. For the first time...
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Extended Weather OutlookFeb 17, 2013 10:00 pm - Today A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 55. Windy, with a south wind 20 to 25 mph increasing to 26 to 31 mph in the afte...