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Carol Ann CookJan 12, 2015 8:00 am - Carol Ann Cook, 65, of Raleigh, North Carolina, formerly of Du Quoin, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2014 at the Johnston Medical Center in Smithfield, North Carolina. ...
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Monroe County wreck kills twoJan 11, 2015 10:00 pm - A Jan. 10 two-vehicle accident on Route 159 south of Hecker fatally injured two women, while two others were seriously injured. Three of the individuals involved are fro...
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Good samaritans look after kindergartner after bus stop incidentJan 11, 2015 10:00 pm - Two Chester Grade School students are being hailed as heroes after coming to the aid of a kindergartner following a bus stop incident on Thursday. Paige Favier, a fifth ...
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Randolph County State's Attorney Case UpdatesJan 09, 2015 10:00 pm - Felony resolutions from January 2 to January 9. People v. Lawrence C. Tyson: On January 2, 36-year-old Lawrence C. Tyson, of Sparta, pled guilty before Judge Richar...
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Hazzard found not guilty by reason of insanityJan 09, 2015 10:00 pm - On January 7, 24-year-old Donald M. Hazzard, formerly of Bloomington and a former inmate at the Menard Correctional Center, was found not guilty by reason of insanity on...
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Dorothy Marie PickJan 09, 2015 8:00 am - Dorothy Marie Pick, age 92, of Pinckneyville, Ill., passed away on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 at 1:20 a.m. in Friendship Manor Nursing Home, Nashville, Ill. Dorothy was bo...
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Russell E. KeeneJan 09, 2015 8:00 am - Russell E. Keene, age 69, of Collinsville, Ill., born Sept. 12, 1945 in Du Quoin, Ill., passed away at 4:12 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015 at his residence. Russ gradua...
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Winter's cold has its beautiful 'flowers', too, in Perry CountyJan 09, 2015 8:00 am - With old man winter eyeing us up in his crosshairs and preparing to level a devastating blow, most of us here in southern Illinois are hunkering down in our cozy abodes ...
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Extended Weather OutlookJan 09, 2015 8:00 am - Friday Sunny, with a high near 19. Wind chill values as low as zero. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Friday Night Clear, with a low around 7. ...
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Guy Alongi: The other sideJan 09, 2015 8:00 am - Mayoral candidate Guy Alongi describes Du Quoin as a great community, certainly big enough to have a vision. But, that vision has to be tempered by a strict fiscal disci...