News
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Quack attack More than $50,000 raised for Special OlympicsSep 02, 2018 11:00 pm - DU QUOIN - Ten thousand rubber ducks were dumped into the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds lake Sunday afternoon, where they floated their way across the water under the watch...
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Steeleville High School notesSep 01, 2018 1:00 am - TRIVIA NIGHT Mark your calendars for the annual Life Savers/History Club Trivia Night! This year it will be held in the high school cafeteria on Friday, Sept. 28. The do...
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Funeral homes consolidate under family ownershipAug 31, 2018 1:00 am - Longtime Randolph County businesses Welge-Pechacek Funeral Homes and Pechacek-McClure Funeral Home have consolidated into one business under the name Pechacek Funeral Ho...
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Senior Prom held at the fairAug 31, 2018 1:00 am - About an hour before its scheduled start last Wednesday, guests began filling the Heartland Coca-Cola Exhibition Hall at the Du Quoin State Fair, staking a claim to a se...
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Preparedness Month time to get ready for disastersAug 31, 2018 1:00 am - September is National Preparedness Month. according to Aaron Drake, owner of SERVPRO of Monroe, Randolph and Washington Counties. The annual event, sponsored by the Fede...
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Aug 31, 2018 1:00 am - Rucker-Ferber Stacy Rucker and Jason Ferber have announced their engagement. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Dale Rucker of Chester, Il and Dee and Rick Terry of Sain...
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Senior Center activitiesAug 30, 2018 1:00 am - Unless otherwise noted, all events are at the Steeleville Senior Center, 107 W. Broadway, Steeleville Sept. 5: Bingo 10 a.m. Sept. 6: Wii Bowling 9:30 a.m. Sept. 7: Bing...
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Local schools undergo active shooter response trainingAug 29, 2018 1:00 am - TAMAROA - The Tamaroa Grade School and District 204 School staff recently went through Active Shooter Response Training. Perry County Sheriff Steve Bareis and Sgt. Rusti...
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City council approves grant for youth computer classes at libraryAug 29, 2018 1:00 am - MARION - The spending of funds from a $19,875 grant from Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White to Marion Carnegie Library was approved in a 5-0 vote on Mond...
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DHS Class of '88 to host reunion SaturdayAug 29, 2018 1:00 am - DU QUOIN - The Du Quoin High School Class of '88 will gather for a reunion Saturday at the American Legion hall (900 S. Jefferson Ave.). The party will run from 5 p.m. t...