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Shawnee National Forest offers Family TrekkersJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - HARRISBURG - With summer here, it's time to head outside and join Shawnee National Forest naturalists in a series of family hikes called "Family Trekkers." Discover natu...
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Online deal was more than local mom bargained forJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - One local mom's online shopping adventure was more than she bargained for. Twenty-three-year-old Kelsey Williamson of Benton is mom to 3-year-old Salem. "I love to shop ...
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Illinois lawmakers' salaries increase by about $1,600 House declines action on bill to halt legislator pay raises; they started June 1Jun 05, 2019 1:00 am - Illinois lawmakers have gotten their first pay raises since 2008 after the House chose not to concur with a Senate action that would have prevented the salary increases....
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Historic WWII B-17 bomber makes stop at Veterans AirportJun 04, 2019 11:00 pm - MARION - Southern Illinoisans had the opportunity to witness some history earlier this week at Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois when Carbondale Chapter 277 of the ...
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Online deal was more that local mom bargained forJun 04, 2019 11:00 pm - One local mom's online shopping adventure was more than she bargained for. Twenty-three-year-old Kelsey Williamson of Benton is mom to 3-year-old Salem. "I love to shop ...
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CNA program holds first-ever pinning ceremonyJun 04, 2019 1:00 am - More than 60 students completed the basic nursing assistant program at Rend Lake College during the fall and spring semesters. The graduates received their pins during l...
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'Memories you can't erase' Army vet recalls D-Day 75 years after invasionJun 03, 2019 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGDALE - Walter Trojan has never been particularly nostalgic for the war. He had no interest in making the pilgrimage back to Normandy even when his friends in com...
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Casino coming to Southern IllinoisJun 03, 2019 11:00 pm - WILLIAMSON COUNTY - Call her tenacious, determined, persevering, unrelenting or just downright stubborn, but Cynde Bunch's dogged pursuit of legislation that would enabl...
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Du Quoin's Rachel Marks, mother of 2 and X-ray technician, wins Mrs. IllinoisJun 03, 2019 11:00 pm - DU QUOIN - Admitting that she was "super shocked" to hear her name called as the state's new Mrs. Illinois at a pageant held in Elgin last weekend, Rachel (Brock) Marks ...
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Pritzker: 'Illinois is back' Bipartisan support puts final stamp on governor's sweeping legislative agendaJun 03, 2019 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Minutes after the Senate put the final touches on first-term Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker's sweeping legislative agenda Sunday, the governor addressed med...