News
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Monday incident results in Menard lockdownMar 04, 2015 10:00 pm - A Monday morning incident involving roughly 25 inmates resulted in Menard Correctional Center in Chester being placed on lockdown. Ty Peterson, staff representative at A...
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Extended Weather OutlookMar 04, 2015 8:00 am - Wednesday Freezing rain and sleet before 9am, then snow and sleet between 9am and 3pm, then snow after 3pm. Temperature falling to around 23 by 4pm. North wind 8 to 10 m...
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Elverado 3-on-3 basketball tourney to fund scholarships in memory of Darren Coffel and Leroy LightMar 04, 2015 8:00 am - The Elverado Booster Club and the Elverado High School are having a 3-on-3 memorial basketball tournament in memory of Darren Coffel and Leroy Light. " They were both bi...
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A season to rememberMar 04, 2015 8:00 am - Cassidy Rice's softball team at Georgia College has created a locker for her late, great father, Beaver Rice. The Du Quoin Board of Education member passed away last Dec...
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Nellie Jane McKnightMar 04, 2015 8:00 am - Nellie Jane (Gossett) McKnight, 63, of Galveston, Tex., formerly of Elkville, passed away at 12:43 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 at the University of Texas Medical Branch...
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Hester C. HagelMar 04, 2015 8:00 am - Hester C. Hagel, age 92, of Pinckneyville, Ill., passed away on Monday, March 2, 2015 at 8:08 p.m. in Du Quoin Nursing and Rehabilitation, Du Quoin, Ill. Hester was born...
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25 absentee ballots being sent out againMar 04, 2015 8:00 am - Newspapers deal with typographical errors all the time. Okay, we admit it. The Perry County Clerk's office? Not so much. Perry County Clerk Josh Gross felt a newspaperma...
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Camrynn Howie finishes 8th in state Elks Hoop ShootMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - CHESTER -- Camrynn Howie, daughter of Josh and Christa Howie of Chester, recently completed four months of competing in the Elks National Hoop Shoot free-throw competit...
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Downed wire on bus found to not be electricMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - What could have been a dangerous situation on Tuesday turned out not to be as Sparta emergency responders were initially paged out to respond to the report of a downed p...
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Chester Sewer Treatment plant gets awardMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - CHESTER -- In a semi-formal presentation on Monday, Chester Sewer Treatment Plant Superintendent Kenny Surman was officially presented the Illinois Rural Water Associati...