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Tamaroa gets tough on derelict vehiclesFeb 12, 2017 10:00 pm - The Tamaroa Board of Trustees was called to order by Mayor Curtis Stube at 7 p.m. Feb. 8. The board learned that Southern Engineering has been working with the Water Dep...
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Indians pick up pair of weekend conference wins, improve to 14-13Feb 12, 2017 10:00 pm - Du Quoin brought its record above .500 over the weekend, earning a pa pair of SIRR Mississippi division wins over Sparta and Anna-Jonesboro, both on the road. The Indian...
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Tree of Life gives againFeb 12, 2017 10:00 pm - The Marshall Browning Hospital capped off another successful Tree of Life campaign last week with the presentation of a $20,000 check. Auxiliary members and hospital off...
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Chester's Landon and Wingerter help SIU men's track win Don DeNoon InvitationalFeb 12, 2017 10:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- The SIU Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Teams both won the team titles at the recent Don DeNoon Invitational Track and Field meet. The event ...
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Randolph County Society honors MullinsFeb 12, 2017 10:00 pm - The Randolph Society Foundation Board has announced that W.E. “Bill” Mullins, founder and president of a local coal mining corporation and pioneer in the fie...
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Rash of field fires strikes regionFeb 11, 2017 10:00 pm - Exceedingly dry conditions and blustery winds have been blamed for a recent rash of field fires, including a particularly busy day for area fire departments on Sunday. F...
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One dead in motorcycle accidentFeb 10, 2017 10:00 pm - Randolph County Sheriff Shannon Wolff has confirmed that one man is deceased in Saturday's accident at the intersection of Shawneetown Trail and Chester Road involving a...
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Fire damages Buena Vista RabbitryFeb 09, 2017 10:00 pm - BREMEN -- A mid-morning fire on Friday at Buena Vista Rabbitry resulted in the loss of roughly 250 rabbits, but no human casualties were reported. “We lost between...
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Obituary for Cleo Mae ApplegateFeb 09, 2017 10:00 pm - CLEO MAE APPLEGATE, 95, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 1:35 a.m., Sunday, February 5, 2017 at her daughter’s home in Chester, Illinois. She was born to the l...
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'Humbled' Huff joins Hall of FameFeb 08, 2017 10:00 pm - Fred Huff, the former Evening Call sports reporter and linotype machine operator, was inducted into the first-ever Illinois class of the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame la...