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Chester's Schwartz has special night in CITJan 14, 2015 10:00 pm - CHESTER -- Fighting back tears, Chester point guard Jason Schwartz walked toward the new logo on the Colbert Gymnasium floor on Jan. 13. With members of his family aroun...
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Fire truck gets a good homeJan 14, 2015 8:00 am - I'm glad there's somebody out there as sappy as I am about memories that are worthless to most and priceless to me. Case-in-point is the city's vintage 1954 Ford F800 "B...
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Five names so far for Du Quoin school boardJan 14, 2015 8:00 am - As the Du Quoin Board of Education heads into its Thursday meeting to consider filling the vacancy of the late Charles "Beaver" Rice, five names have been placed in nomi...
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Carolyn Louise EvansJan 14, 2015 8:00 am - Carolyn Louise Evans, age 81, of Vergennes, Ill., passed away on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015 at 12:03 p.m. in Fairview Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Du Quoin, Ill. ...
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Future of First United Presbyterian Church of Du Quoin is uncertainJan 14, 2015 8:00 am - A congregational meeting after church services on Sunday will begin deciding the fate of a Du Quoin church that dates to the very beginning of the city itself. The once-...
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Donald R. PorterJan 14, 2015 8:00 am - Donald R. Porter, 83, of Du Quoin, passed away at 8:08 a.m. Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 at the Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. Don had been an electrician at Arch of Illinois...
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Joan Margaret WinterJan 14, 2015 8:00 am - Joan Margaret Winter, age 90, of Pinckneyville, Ill., passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015 at 6:55 a.m. in Pinckneyville Community Hospital Emergency Room, Pinckneyvill...
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Extended Weather OutlookJan 14, 2015 8:00 am - Wednesday Partly sunny, with a high near 27. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning. Wednesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature aro...
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New escrow tax service launches in countyJan 13, 2015 10:00 pm - CHESTER -- Taxpayers in Randolph County have a new option in how they pay their real estate taxes. Randolph County Treasurer Justin Jeffers said the county's new monthly...
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Sheriff's Office arrests three after discovery of meth labsJan 13, 2015 10:00 pm - In a Wednesday news release, the Randolph County Sheriff's office announced three arrests a day after questioning three "persons of interest" in connection to the discov...