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Grant to Carbondale Main Street will fund permanent seating downtownMar 26, 2021 1:00 am - Carbondale Main Street is one of nine such Main Street organizations across the country that will receive special funding through a grant program intended to help them n...
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Hospital Auxiliary raises $9,000 for patient care bagsMar 26, 2021 1:00 am - The Memorial Hospital Auxiliary has donated $9,000 to the hospital board, to buy 300 Patient Care Bags for chemo/infusion patients. The money was collected via the Auxil...
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Disc golf course meets the publicMar 26, 2021 1:00 am - About 20 people gathered at Cole Memorial Park in Chester on March 22 to cut the ribbon that celebrates Chester's certified disc golf course. Designed by Chester High Sc...
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CHS Dance Team finishes the year with Senior NightMar 26, 2021 1:00 am - The Chester High School Dance Team held a "Senior Night" event and competition routine performance for dance parents on March 8 at CHS Colbert Gymnasium. The event was f...
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Fourth graders win Principal Awards at DESMar 26, 2021 1:00 am - Two fourth graders are the 2020-21 recipients of the Du Quoin Elementary School Illinois Principal Awards recipients. Ashlyn Strode and Tucker Wright are "brilliant and ...
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Rehearsals have started for 'Shrek: The Musical'Mar 26, 2021 1:00 am - It's a year later than planned, but the Chester High School production of "Shrek: The Musical" is back on track and the curtain will open April 29 at CHS Juergens Gymnas...
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The COVID effect: Fewer students failing at end of 3rd quarter than at semesterMar 26, 2021 1:00 am - The number of Du Quoin students who are in danger of not graduating or being promotion this spring has gotten smaller since the semester break in January, school officia...
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DeNeal: Rock Bouncer event shows tourism is viableMar 24, 2021 1:00 am - Saline County is no stranger to economic decline. I previously worked for this publication a little more than 20 years ago, and at that time, the financial outlook for t...
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State nears 'bridge' phase with 64% of seniors receiving 1 vaccine doseMar 24, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - With 64 percent of the state's seniors having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, Illinois is nearing the "bridge" phase of reopening that wi...
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Shawneetown distributes CARES fundsMar 24, 2021 1:00 am - SHAWNEETOWN - The city of Shawneetown has been busy lately distributing CARES Act funds to local entities. "It's the city's job to get this money to the places it needs ...