News
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Du Quoin woman Lindsey Baker a candidate for Perry Co. coronerNov 24, 2015 10:00 pm - Du Quoin resident Lindsey Cadwell Baker is pleased to announce her candidacy for Perry County coroner in the upcoming 2016 election. Baker, who received her bachelor's d...
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Arrest made in Walsh Road incidentNov 23, 2015 10:00 pm - Randolph County Sheriff Shannon Wolff reported Tuesday that 32-year-old David L. Holder II, of Walsh, has been arrested in connection with the traffic crash that resulte...
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Randolph County Farm Bureau holds annual meetingNov 23, 2015 10:00 pm - The Randolph County Farm Bureau held its 99th annual meeting on Monday, with author Alan Guebert as the keynote speaker. President Kevin Luthy noted the departure of Rya...
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St. John Lutheran finishes fifth at tournamentNov 23, 2015 10:00 pm - St. John Lutheran's "A" boys team went 3-1 and took home fifth place in the Good Shepherd Lutheran-Collinsville Tournament last weekend. The Hornets' lone loss came to M...
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Community Christmas Tree Goes Up in Downtown Du QuoinNov 23, 2015 10:00 pm - Du Quoin Street Department staff members are pictured working alongside James Trogolo Enterprises employees Bill Harris and Austin Lee in erecting the new Du Quoin Commu...
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Van drives through garage, sparks fire that destroys trailerNov 22, 2015 10:00 pm - A Walsh man is lucky to be alive after a car versus trailer home collision sparked a fire that destroyed both on Sunday night. Eric DeRousse, who was renting the trailer...
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50 YEARS LATER - The riot of '65Nov 22, 2015 10:00 pm - Fifty years ago today, a dining hall stabbing inside then-Menard State Penitentiary (now Menard Correctional Center) spawned a four-hour uprising that claimed the lives ...
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Tamaroa wants lumber yard clean-up NOW; wall removal at village hall prompts studyNov 21, 2015 10:00 pm - Tamaroa village attorney Jordan Campanella told the Tamaroa Village Board last week that a certified letter to Clarance Kabat, who owns the old Tamaroa lumber yard prope...
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17 state employee contracts inkedNov 21, 2015 10:00 pm - Gov. Rauner's administration continues to work collaboratively with Illinois labor unions, with the administration announcing that another set of new collective bargaini...
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Marshall Browning signs new surgeonNov 21, 2015 10:00 pm - Marshall Browning Hospital in Du Quoin is pleased to welcome its new general surgeon, Dr. Malcolm A. Schulz, to Marshall Browning Hospital beginning November 30. Dr. Sc...