News
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Unique Media Event Thursday on Use, Cost of Medical HelicoptersOct 30, 2012 11:00 pm - We've all wondered about how the decision is made to transport an accident victim or hospital patient by medical evacuation helicopter. On Thursday at 9 a.m. Pinckneyvil...
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Guido Joseph Vincent OgoliniOct 30, 2012 11:00 pm - Guido Joseph Vincent Ogolini, 97, of Dowell, passed away at 5:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Marion. Guido had worked as a truc...
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Plummer Cites Enyart Family Pension AbuseOct 30, 2012 11:00 pm - Republican 12th District congressional candidate Jason Plummer said Tuesday his opponent Bill Enyart's family is already enjoying seven taxpayer funded pensions and if e...
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Street NATS Come Roaring Back; Du Quoin Becomes Motorized Mecca June 26-30, 2013Oct 30, 2012 11:00 pm - Get ready motorheads, it is finally back....Gear up for the return of the Car Craft Street Machine Nationals coming June 28-30, 2013 to the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. I...
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Extended Weather OutlookOct 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Today Sunny, with a high near 56. Breezy, with a northwest wind 17 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around 34. Northwest wind 8 ...
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Crack Cocaine and Hand Gun Found during Arrest of Du Quoin Suspect Theodore JonesOct 29, 2012 11:00 pm - A Du Quoin man has been arrested for delivery of crack cocaine during an ongoing series of investigations that netted a supply of crack cocaine and a hand gun at his res...
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Pinckneyville Hospital Loan Application AdvancesOct 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Pinckneyville Community Hospital's application for a loan from USDA has been passed from the Illinois USDA office in Champaign to the national office in Washington, D.C....
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Karl E. KrugOct 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Karl E. Krug, age 78, of Pinckneyville, Ill., passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in his home. Karl was born on May 3, 1934 in Olive Branch, Ill., a so...
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New Du Quoin Administrator Meets the CommunityOct 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Brad Myers began his work on Monday as Du Quoin's new city clerk and administrator. Finance commissioner Rex Duncan took a vacation day from his work at SIU to tour the ...
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27-Year Du Quoin Postal Carrier Roger Jones Collapses while Carrying His West Side RouteOct 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Roger Jones loved two things--his job and the St. Louis Cardinals. Jones, 61, and a 27-year employee of the Du Quoin Post Office, collapsed on his route Monday morning--...