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Yellow Jacket football begins contact practiceSep 19, 2020 1:00 am - Chester football is joining the rest of prep players in Illinois high schools in holding "contact" practices for 20 days over the next six weeks. Prep football has been ...
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Woman rescued after taking plunge off Oak Street dead endSep 19, 2020 1:00 am - A 30-year-old Chester woman was rescued by first responders after she walked around a barricade at the dead end of Oak Street in Chester last week and fell down a steep ...
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CHS boys golf Jackets are 20-5 after latest week of competitionSep 19, 2020 1:00 am - The Chester High School boys golf team improved to 20-5 after week No. 4 of competition, following two matches last week. The team won the match at the Chester Country C...
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Bost honors Sparta woman for getting masks where neededSep 19, 2020 1:00 am - When the COVID-19 shutdown began, Jo-Nita Gordon of Sparta discovered that many local businesses had extra N95 masks that they weren't using. Working with these business...
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CHS girls golf Lady Jackets improve to 9-4 with win over Sparta Camryn Luthy earns 5th low medalist award of seasonSep 19, 2020 1:00 am - The Lady Jacket golf team picked up a win over Sparta last week to improve to 9-4 for the season. In the process, freshman Camryn Luthy shot a 46 (10 over par) to win he...
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New pumper tanker makes debut Chester proudly shows off important new addition to fire departmentSep 19, 2020 1:00 am - Chester Fire Chief Marty Bert proudly presented the fire department's new 2020 pumper/tanker for all to see at the open house held on Sept. 13. The pumper/tanker holds 3...
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Du Quoin council debates what price food trucks should paySep 18, 2020 1:00 am - A three-person committee has been appointed by Du Quoin Mayor Guy Alongi to look at the effect of making food truck operators buy city business licenses. Commissioners J...
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Perry County clerk gears up for opening of voting next weekSep 18, 2020 1:00 am - Voting for the Nov. 3 presidential election begins in earnest next week, and Perry County Clerk Beth Lipe and her staff are busy, but ready. Early voting starts on Sept....
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State unemployment rate at 11%; small decrease from month prior Kankakee, Will counties see another positivity rate decrease as statewide number remains levelSep 18, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The unemployment rate in Illinois fell to 11 percent for the month of August, a decrease of a half of a percentage point from the previous month as the sta...
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Illinois won't take part in Trump's payroll tax deferral program 62,000 state employees will see no change in paychecksSep 18, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois plans to continue withholding federal payroll taxes on behalf of its 62,000 employees despite a program President Donald Trump launched in August ...