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Audrey Merseal: For three decades she has stepped in when you couldn't pay your light billJul 22, 2014 9:00 am - For 33 years Audrey Merseal, 71, has been the face of service and compassion in the Du Quoin office of the Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council energy assistanc...
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Carl William FegielJul 22, 2014 9:00 am - Carl William Fegiel, age 91, of Pinckneyville, Ill., passed away on Monday, July 21, 2014 at 4:35 a.m. in his home. Carl was born on June 1, 1923 in Pinckneyville, Ill...
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Extended Weather OutlookJul 22, 2014 9:00 am - Tuesday Areas of fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 90. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. Tuesday Night Isolated showers and thunde...
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Lorene Fay DavisonJul 22, 2014 9:00 am - Lorene Fay Davison, 77, of Dowell, passed away at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, July 20, 2014 at the home of her daughter in Elkville. Lorene had been a factory worker at Tums/MCA. ...
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Bill T. BernhardJul 22, 2014 9:00 am - Bill T. Bernhard, 91, of Du Quoin, passed away at 2:09 a.m. Saturday, July 19, 2014 at the Westside Rehabilitation and Care Center in West Frankfort, Ill. Bill had worke...
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Chester Pool report to be released in AugustJul 21, 2014 11:00 pm - Chester residents and city leaders got another step closer toward a decision on the closed Chester Municipal Pool last week with the news that a written inspection repor...
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Chester City Council debates asbestos abatementJul 21, 2014 11:00 pm - CHESTER -- It took roughly 40 minutes for the Chester City Council to work through its agenda on Monday, the majority of which was spent discussing an asbestos abatement...
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Extended Weather OutlookJul 21, 2014 9:00 am - Monday Sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Monday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 65. Light south southea...
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George J. HestandJul 21, 2014 9:00 am - George J. Hestand, 84, of Tamaroa, passed away at 3:55 p.m. Friday, July 18, 2014 at the Fair Acres Rehab and Care Center in Du Quoin. George had worked as a coal miner ...
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A COMMUNITY MOURNSJul 20, 2014 11:00 pm - A Saturday night traffic accident on Route T in Missouri claimed the lives of 38-year-old Bret Chandler and 33-year-old Toree Chandler, both of Chester. But it also clai...