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Du Quoin Pool Opening SaturdayMay 23, 2016 11:00 pm - "I don't know what it is, but we fixed it," smiled Du Quoin Park Board member Joe Stephens as he and street department staff member Dean Knight were tightening up a floa...
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A bit of the bizarre in Peterson trialMay 23, 2016 11:00 pm - EDITOR'S NOTE: Follow the continuing coverage of the Drew Peterson trial on the Herald Tribune's Facebook page and website (www.randolphcountyheraldtribune.com). The fir...
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District 300 puts summer staff, coaches, others in placeMay 23, 2016 11:00 pm - The Du Quoin Board of Education on Thursday put in place its summer Arrow Academy staff, transferred one teacher and approved extra-curricular assignments including coac...
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Proposed Du Quoin “amusement tax” talks 'like a cake in the oven --it's not quite done'May 23, 2016 11:00 pm - At the Du Quoin City Council meeting Monday night, Mayor Guy Alongi asked the council to put the proposed amusement tax ordinance on public display indefinitely while he...
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Peterson trial brings media frenzyMay 22, 2016 11:00 pm - There's certainly been a lot to talk about in the murder-for-hire trial of Menard Correctional Center inmate Drew Peterson. On Monday's opening day, Federal Bureau of Pr...
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PDR asking for levee helpMay 21, 2016 11:00 pm - Although floodwaters from the Flood of '15 have long since receded, Prairie du Rocher is now facing a much bigger problem. Stephen Gonzalez, levee commissioner of the Pr...
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Chester BOE violated OMA - twiceMay 20, 2016 11:00 pm - Delayed by a switch in attorneys and a 21-day extension, the answer finally came for the Herald Tribune. In a five-page determination letter released Friday afternoon, t...
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Thanks a Million! 49-year Dist. 300 bus driver Lillian Rains retiresMay 20, 2016 11:00 pm - In over four decades as a newspaperman there isn't a lot that impresses you. Then, there's Lillian Rains. Lillian stepped down from her 73-passenger Du Quoin Community U...
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District 300 board inks new 2-year agreement with teachers and non-certified personnelMay 20, 2016 11:00 pm - The Du Quoin Board of Education Thursday approved a new two-year contract with the 98 certified teachers and 54 non-certified staff members in District 300. The Du Quoi...
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Jury picked for Peterson trialMay 19, 2016 11:00 pm - The upcoming murder-for-hire trial of Drew Peterson now has its jury. Both Randolph County State's Attorney Jeremy Walker and defense attorney Lucas Liefer have confirme...