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Amphitheater?Feb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - CHESTER -- The closed Chester Municipal Pool took a step closer to possibly having its fate determined on Feb. 24. The Chester Pool Committee voted to send a recommendat...
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Chester District 139 BOE accepts Keefe resignationFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - CHESTER -- The Chester District 139 Board of Education accepted Chester High School Principal Tim Keefe's resignation in a unanimous vote at its rescheduled meeting on W...
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Extended Weather OutlookFeb 24, 2015 8:00 am - Tuesday Sunny, with a high near 31. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Tuesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 18. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph ...
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Du Quoin reaches new labor agreementFeb 24, 2015 8:00 am - Although Medicaid and pensions gained the majority of the attention from Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposed budget cuts last week, another aspect of the proposed cuts have rai...
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Luke Davison will fill Charles “Beaver” Rice vacancy on the Du Quoin board of educationFeb 24, 2015 8:00 am - In a decidedly partisan and political Democrat move Perry-Jackson County Regional Superintendent of Schools Donna Boros will name Du Quoin resident Luke Davison to fill ...
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Du Quoin artist to join Kuhnerts and Eatons on Kid Rock cruiseFeb 24, 2015 8:00 am - Rock music star Kid Rock can't wait to meet the man behind the talent. To that end artist Keith Bell of Du Quoin and wife Zebada of the Cellular Connection Verizon store...
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Pinckneyville to re-bid farm leasesFeb 24, 2015 8:00 am - The Pinckneyville City Council Monday authorized Commissioner David Stone to rebid the farm leases for the city, hoping to get a better price. City Attorney Roger Seiber...
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William R. GasselFeb 24, 2015 8:00 am - William R. 'Bill' Gassel, 55, of Du Quoin, passed away at 6:47 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015 at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Bill had been a farmer and a f...
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Roadtrip with a RaindropFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - In her 90-day journey along the Mississippi River, author/photographer/traveler Gayle Harper rediscovered what she calls the "basic goodness of people everywhere." Harpe...
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Cole Hopkins and Samantha Gross Crowned King & Queen of DHS Sweetheart CourtFeb 23, 2015 8:00 am - Cole Hopkins, son of David and Wendy Hopkins, and Samantha Gross, daughter of Clyde and Anita Gross, were crowned king and queen at Saturday's FFCLA Sweetheart Dance Cor...