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Ellis Grove resident involved in rolloverFeb 15, 2016 10:00 pm - A 20-year-old Ellis Grove man was involved in a single-vehicle rollover on Kaskaskia Street at Shawneetown Trail near the Warden's Home on Feb. 11. According to the Rand...
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Snowy road conditions lead to rash of accidentsFeb 15, 2016 10:00 pm - A 70-year-old Ava resident was involved in a winter weather-related rollover on Rockcastle Road in Steeleville on Feb. 10. According to Chief Deputy Jarrod Peters of the...
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Amelia doing very well in L.A.Feb 15, 2016 10:00 pm - Longtime friend and performer Keenan Rice of the "We Got It Covered" band was in Los Angeles last Wednesday and Thursday to spend time with Amelia Eisenhauer and her fam...
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Du Quoin to pass along 3.28% Rend water hikeFeb 15, 2016 10:00 pm - The City of Du Quoin this spring will forego the once-necessary, but politically disastrous 18 percent water rate increase of two years ago, and instead in 2016 will onl...
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Steeleville BOE approves science lab renovationFeb 15, 2016 10:00 pm - Baysinger Architects is planning to "touch every surface" in the Steeleville High School science lab renovation. The $380,000 project, which includes improvements to nat...
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Forgotten 'Wereth 11': Du Quoin man, Brad Daffron, remembersFeb 15, 2016 10:00 pm - Black History Month is upon us again and I was wondering if any of you know the following names of these fallen: Pvt. Curtis Adams, Cpl. Mager Bradley, PFC George Davis,...
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SIU Business Center Closure Would Hit Du Quoin HardFeb 14, 2016 10:00 pm - Weekend newspaper reports pointed to the possible closure of the Small Business Development Center at SIU by March 31 in the absence of a state budget agreement. For Du ...
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Conway wins first place in Patriot's Pen contestFeb 14, 2016 10:00 pm - VFW Post 3553 and Auxiliary in Chester has announced that Shealyn Conway has won first place in the VFW Department of Illinois Patriot's Pen Contest. Conway is a seventh...
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New Physicians Assistant at Marshall BrowningFeb 14, 2016 10:00 pm - Marshall Browning Hospital is pleased to welcome Heather Rice, to its Medical Clinic, located across from the hospital at 900 North Washington Street, Du Quoin. Rice wi...
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County Board approves bond refinancingFeb 14, 2016 10:00 pm - In a short meeting last Friday, the Randolph County Board of Commissioners approved an ordinance to refinance some bonds it took out to renovate the Randolph County Heal...