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House rejects 'ban-the-box' law for college admissions Bill would have barred college, university admissions offices from asking about applicants' criminal recordsApr 13, 2019 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House on Friday rejected a bill that would have blocked public colleges and universities from asking about a prospective student's criminal hi...
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Police found mayor and wife in bloody disputeApr 12, 2019 1:00 am - Dramatic new details paint a different picture of what might have transpired at Carbondale Mayor Mike Henry's home just a few days before he comfortably won a second ter...
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Banking on longevity: The Bank of Carbondale celebrates 100 years in southern IllinoisApr 11, 2019 11:00 pm - A southern Illinois financial mainstay has hit the century mark, and its leaders are banking on plenty of more years to come. Late last week, employees at The Bank of Ca...
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Du Quoin High seniors assist in citywide cleanupApr 11, 2019 1:00 am -
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CCHS music students earn distinctionsApr 10, 2019 11:00 pm - This has been an outstanding spring for Carbondale Terriers music. Several of Carbondale Community High School's musicians have achieved high success and recognition fo...
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Concerns over cops consume budget discussionApr 10, 2019 11:00 pm - A routine city budget hearing Tuesday evening quickly morphed into an occasionally tense discussion about the size of the city's police department, which at least one gr...
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Du Quoin man sentenced on drug chargeApr 10, 2019 11:00 pm - MURPHYSBORO - Jackson County State's Attorney Michael C. Carr announced Wednesday that Tyler G. Weis, 36, of Du Quoin, was sentenced to the Illinois Department of Correc...
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Graduated tax amendment clears state Senate committeeApr 10, 2019 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A constitutional amendment which would allow the state to adopt a graduated income tax is on its way to the full state Senate after clearing committee on p...
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Could salary minimum help address teacher shortages?Apr 10, 2019 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD – More than 60 percent of Illinois public school districts have a starting annual salary for teachers of less than $40,000. That could change as both chamber...
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It's a money (and spaghetti) gameApr 10, 2019 1:00 am - When I told my wife, Anita, that baseball free agent Bryce Harper had signed a 13-year, $330 million contract with the Phillies and Mike Trout had agreed to a 12-year, $...