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Arbitrator puts city employee Drew Porter back on Du Quoin payrollOct 24, 2014 9:00 am - A City of Du Quoin Water Department employee who was fired on July 8, 2013 for allegedly being intoxicated when he came to work overnight while on-call Tuesday, July 2, ...
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Supt. Bob Trover's wall of fame at Tamaroa Grade SchoolOct 23, 2014 9:00 am - In Tamaroa Grade School Superintendent Bob Trover's world, students shouldn't be sent to the principal's office to be punished. They should come there to be encouraged a...
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Extended Weather OutlookOct 23, 2014 9:00 am - Thursday Areas of frost before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Thursday Night Mostly...
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Final Report: Pinckneyville summer food program nearly quadrupledOct 23, 2014 9:00 am - The Summer Lunch Program in Pinckneyville ran from June 9 to Aug. 14 this year, feeding an average of 115 children each day for a total of 5,640 meals. Last year saw an ...
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William Richard DempsayOct 23, 2014 9:00 am - William "Bill" Richard Dempsay, age 74, of Rice, Ill., passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014 at 12:05 p.m. in his home peacefully with his family by his side. Bill was b...
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The great food just keeps coming, courtesy of Du Quoin's churches; St. John's United Church of Christ sausage supper is Saturday, Nov. 1Oct 23, 2014 9:00 am - Hungry for some good old fashioned pork sausage and kraut? St John's United Church of Christ will once again be holding a sausage supper on Nov. 1. The Sausage supper wa...
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Frieda K. EmlingOct 23, 2014 9:00 am - Frieda K. Emling, 99, of Du Quoin, passed away at 6:32 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014 at the Marshall Browning Hospital in Du Quoin. Frieda was born Jan. 7, 1915 at Du Quoi...
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Nettie Belle LemmonOct 22, 2014 9:00 am - Nettie Belle Lemmon, 98, of Tamaroa, passed away at 3:36 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014 at the Coulterville Care Center in Coulterville. Nettie had been a homemaker. She was...
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Donna BeckhamOct 22, 2014 9:00 am - Donna Beckham, age 67, of Du Quoin, Ill., passed away on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 at 6:45 p.m. in Herrin Hospital, Herrin, Ill. Donna was born on Jan. 26, 1947 in Du Quoi...
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New three-year contract for Street Machine Nationals only the beginningOct 22, 2014 9:00 am - The signing of a new three-year contract that keeps the Street Machine Nationals in Du Quoin through 2017 was only the beginning of a feel-good morning on Tuesday for st...