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District 95 faces possible $1.7 million deficitAug 20, 2020 1:00 am - With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to rage as the school year opens, the financial picture is hazy at Carbondale Elementary School District 95, the board of education...
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One killed in Monday shootingAug 20, 2020 1:00 am - Police continue to seek a suspect or suspects in a shooting death that took place Monday evening on the city's Northeast Side. Police say a shooting around 6:22 p.m. Aug...
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Terrier football ready for spring campaignAug 20, 2020 1:00 am - Carbondale Terriers head football coach Bryan Lee probably did not dig the idea of there being no fall football kick-off with rival Murphysboro this season. But as the R...
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Shattering a baseball dreamAug 20, 2020 1:00 am - In the summer of 1955, going into my junior year in high school, I had life figured out. As a junior, I would become the starting center fielder for my high school baseb...
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State funds improvements at Evergreen ParkAug 20, 2020 1:00 am - The city of Carbondale has received a state grant to make improvements at Evergreen Park. The $1,245,541 grant comes from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportu...
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Pleasant surprise: May sales tax numbers better than expectedAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - Du Quoin's sales tax receipts continued to hold steady in May, despite it being the second full month of business shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the first mo...
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Emily Millburg joins CHS as new agriculture teacherAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - There is a new agriculture teacher at Chester High School, and she's rarin' to begin. Emily Millburg is originally from Virden, a small town south of Springfield. Her pa...
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Du Quoin briefsAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - Class of 2021 will graduate on May 21 The Du Quoin Unit District 300 school board has set May 21, 2021 as the date for the Class of 2021 high school commencement - wheth...
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Pinckneyville schools will resume all in-school on MondayAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - Unlike Du Quoin, which is approaching the start of the 2020-21 school year with a blended approach of both in-school and remote learning, Pinckneyville Community High Sc...
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Chester City Council says major work expected at Cole ParkAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - The city of Chester is working to fix the ball diamond at Cole Park, which suffered the most erosion from the excessive rain this past spring and last fall - including l...