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Artsy or safe? Dann Gire predicts 'Roma' will beat 'Green Book' for Best Picture OscarFeb 18, 2019 12:00 am - Only one movie can possibly stop Alfonso Cuarón's "Roma" from making history by winning both the Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film Academy Awards Sunday night....
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Kevin Purcell featured in 'Prairie Voices' at The VarsityFeb 17, 2019 10:00 pm - CARBONDALE - "To contemplate the prairie is to fathom time. To guess at infinite space. To find the earth spirit in a dreaming mood ... in Illinois the prairies are a so...
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'This whole thing is crazy' Former Harrisburg resident files suit to get his dog backFeb 14, 2019 10:00 pm - KINGSVILLE, TEXAS - A former Harrisburg man who now lives in Texas filed suit on Tuesday for the return of his dog, which, according to Texas law, is being held illegall...
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New theater company hopes to spell successFeb 14, 2019 10:00 pm - MARION - While there's no shortage of theatrical opportunities in the area, Marion's Granger Odum and Zach Stout of Lick Creek, decided to add to the list. The pair has ...
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Reading Baseball Black History Month: Drafting Mean Joe GreeneFeb 13, 2019 10:00 pm - A little over 50 years ago, in late January, 1969, I was sitting in Union Station, waiting for a train that would take me from St. Louis to Carbondale for my job intervi...
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'HEY, THERE'S ME... AND MY COOKIE!'Feb 13, 2019 10:00 pm -
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First Baptist Church provides Valentine's Day treats for workersFeb 13, 2019 10:00 pm - DU QUOIN - A ministry project of the First Baptist Church in Du Quoin involves the making and donating of cookies by church members to first responders, hospital staffer...
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Safe Sitter course now offered at PCHFeb 13, 2019 10:00 pm - PINCKNEYVILLE - Pinckneyville Community Hospital will offer two Safe Sitter courses for young teens, grade 6-8, on Saturday, March 16, and Saturday, April 27. The cours...
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Free dental care, vision screenings at 'Give Kids a Smile Day' March 1Feb 13, 2019 10:00 pm - CARBONDALE - The annual "Give Kids A Smile Day" at Southern Illinois University has an additional purpose this year - free vision screenings. The March 1 event is provid...
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Man charged with making 11 bomb threatsFeb 13, 2019 10:00 pm - An Elkville man now faces 11 felony charges after he allegedly made a series of bomb threats to locations in Canada over the weekend. An Information was filed in Jackson...