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CHS coaches, players teach key football skills at campJul 25, 2018 1:00 am - Chester High School Head Football Coach Billy Belton, his assistants and high school players had a great two-day youth football camp Thursday and Friday July 19 and 20 a...
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Youths gain volleyball skills at CHS campJul 25, 2018 1:00 am - Sarah Norman had hoped for a few more young volleyball enthusiasts to attend her first summer volleyball camp as head coach of the Chester High School Lady YellowJacket'...
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Voters can't fight this feeling: REO Speedwagon No. 1 Champaign band heads list of top Illinois musicians, followed by Alison Krauss, Nat King ColeJul 24, 2018 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - They started as a University of Illinois garage band and reached the heights of arena rock. Now the members of REO Speedwagon have been voted the top music...
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Eldorado elementary to save money with efficient heating, coolingJul 24, 2018 1:00 am - ELDORADO - The installation of a money-saving heating and air conditioning system is underway at the Eldorado elementary school. Eric Cantrell, the maintenance director ...
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Saline 4-H dog and cat show winners announcedJul 24, 2018 1:00 am - SALINE COUNTY - The Saline County 4-H Dog and Cat Show was held on July 17 and July 19. The location for the Dog Agility Show on Tuesday, July 17, was instructor Cheri W...
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Cahokia Mounds in Collinsville: 'America's first city'Jul 24, 2018 1:00 am - Editor's note: The weekly Illinois Bicentennial series is brought to you by the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors and Illinois Press Association. More than 20 news...
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Illinois State Museum hosts Bicentennial exhibitionJul 24, 2018 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois State Museum will present a major new exhibition in celebration of the state's 200th birthday, which will feature rare and rarely-seen artifac...
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Learning about lavender Garden Study Club enjoys presentation on plant's many usesJul 24, 2018 1:00 am - ELDORADO - On July 19, the Eldorado Garden Study Club enjoyed a presentation on the many uses of lavender by Brenda Clanton of Wildwood Manor in Elizabethtown. She share...
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Harrisburg man found guilty of fleeing and eluding policeJul 24, 2018 1:00 am - A Saline County jury has found Jerry D. Leach, age 47, of Harrisburg, guilty July 19 of a Class 4 felony charge of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a police off...
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Chester school board OKs teachers pactJul 24, 2018 1:00 am - School begins in less than a month and the Chester Board of Education took an important step in preparation for it by approving the 2018-19 agreement with the Chester E...