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Native son Jamey Garner brings High South band to ChesterJan 18, 2017 10:00 pm - The international recording group High South will bring its music to Benson’s Wine Bar next weekend. The shows take place at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday night, Jan....
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Du Quoin tree-trimming just about done, for nowJan 18, 2017 10:00 pm - The latest episode of tree trimming around the electrical lines in Du Quoin, which has been going on since November, will wrap up in the next few days. Brian Bretsch, Am...
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Du Quoin artists get high profile gallery - City HallJan 18, 2017 10:00 pm - City Hall by day, art gallery at night. If you drove past Du Quoin City Hall after dark Tuesday or Wednesday night, you will have seen the windows lit up like Christmas,...
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County Board expresses support for transportation initiativeJan 17, 2017 10:00 pm - As the budget fervor continues in Springfield, a “transportation legislative initiative” has begun to encourage a new statewide transportation bill. In a wea...
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Ask Lisa: What are fruit spreads?Jan 17, 2017 10:00 pm - Q: I am seeing on the jam, jelly, preserves counter in the store, the word “spread” on jars. How is that different from the others? — Genie Craven, Columb...
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Chester mayor proclaims 'School Choice Week'Jan 17, 2017 10:00 pm - In a short meeting on Tuesday, Chester Mayor Tom Page signed a proclamation commemorating “City of Chester School Choice Week” in the city from Jan. 22 throu...
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Lost in Suburbia: Connecting the dotsJan 17, 2017 10:00 pm - One morning I got up, looked in the mirror, and saw a constellation on my face. There it was, the Big Dipper of zits: One on my nose, two on my chin and two on my cheek....
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Book Notes: Maine meets ‘Deliverance’ in ‘The River at Night’Jan 17, 2017 10:00 pm - “The River at Night” By Erica Ferencik. Scout/Simon & Schuster, 2017. 320 pages. $26 Winifred Allen should have trusted her gut instincts and stayed home. Inst...
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Chester falls in CIT championshipJan 16, 2017 10:00 pm - The title drought is now at 40 years for Chester. Back in the championship game of the Chester Invitational Tournament for the first time in three seasons, the Yellow Ja...
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Evening Call editor recovering from stroke; visitors welcomeJan 16, 2017 10:00 pm - John Croessman, the longtime editor of the Du Quoin Evening Call, has improved greatly since suffering a stroke a week ago Monday – to the point where friends are ...