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Flex-Line buys Chester SkatelandJun 20, 2016 11:00 pm - The fate of one building has been saved, while the other may have been sealed. During Monday's meeting of the Chester City Council, Mayor Tom Page opened the bids for th...
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Chester BOE gets OMA lectureJun 19, 2016 11:00 pm - Nearly a month after being informed by the Public Access Bureau of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office that it violated the Open Meetings Act during its Janu...
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The Gift: New Keyes Park Fountain; Walter & Lucretia Burroughs rememberedJun 15, 2016 11:00 pm - The late Walter and Lucretia Burroughs of Du Quoin were hallmarks of lives well lived--a tremendous marriage and caring for this community and the people in it. Walter p...
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WEEKEND: Things to DoJun 15, 2016 11:00 pm - BIKERS ON THE SQUARE The fourth annual Bikers on the Square takes place in Perryville on Friday and Saturday. Events include a Veterans' tribute, parade led by Korean W...
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Randolph County State's Attorney court updatesJun 15, 2016 11:00 pm - People v. Bradley L. Sronce On June 2, 53-year-old Bradley L. Sronce, of Oakdale, pleaded guilty to the offense of possession of a stolen motor vehicle and was sentence...
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Law enforcement conducts sex offender checkJun 15, 2016 11:00 pm - Law enforcement officers from the Randolph County Sheriff's Office, United States Marshals Service and Chester, Percy, and Sparta Police Departments conducted a combined...
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Lake roads & tall grass take council into OTJun 15, 2016 11:00 pm - What city commissioner Chuck Genesio calls the "personal responsibility" of property maintenance and finding a solution to the decades-old problem of maintaining the roa...
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Display your pride on your ride to help Future Indian Football ProgramJun 15, 2016 11:00 pm - With the upcoming Du Quoin Indian football season only weeks away, you have the chance to "display your pride on your ride," according to Jason VanZandt who alongside St...
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Largest of Du Quoin water meters costing cityJun 15, 2016 11:00 pm - It was said following Monday's city council meeting that a town's water meters are its underground cash registers, and money is being lost in the largest of the city's ...
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Chester softball gets three on all-state teamsJun 13, 2016 11:00 pm - The postseason accolades continue for the Chester High School Lady Yellow Jackets softball team. Sophomore Miah Mitchell was recently selected to the Class 2A All-State ...