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Hot cars got warm welcomeJun 30, 2014 9:00 am - "It's getting there," said Gary Wines of Effingham, whose friends had gathered on a motel parking lot north of the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds Sunday morning just before ...
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Du Quoin fireworks will be held Thursday, July 3 at the Du Quoin State FairgroundsJun 30, 2014 9:00 am - Readers are reminded that the annual Du Quoin fireworks display will be held this year on Thursday, July 3 at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. The City of Du Quoin will s...
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Joe Franklin WatsonJun 27, 2014 9:00 am - Joe Franklin Watson, 82, of Carbondale, left this life to enter Heaven at 12:26 a.m. Thursday, June 26, 2014 at the Memorial Hospital of Carbondale following a brief ill...
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Summer concert series inâKeyes Park starts on Tuesday, July 1Jun 27, 2014 9:00 am - The summer concert series in Keyes City Park starts Tuesday, July 1, according to concert series organizer Dane Mason. The concerts are every Tuesday in July. Dates are ...
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Betty Jean Davis GrossJun 27, 2014 9:00 am - Betty Jean Davis Gross, 90, of Ottawa, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at her home surrounded by her family. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. on Monday J...
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Extended Weather OutlookJun 27, 2014 9:00 am - Friday A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9am. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the morning. Frida...
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Du Quoin car builders Welcome Wagon for the NATsJun 27, 2014 9:00 am - Car builder Ed Pursell of Du Quoin was part of the chrome-plated sub-culture of an earlier Street Machine Nationals that ended its first run in Du Quoin in 1998. Sixteen...
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New Du Quoin Brew Pub within a month of openingJun 27, 2014 9:00 am - It was a leap of faith for the Gene Gross family to purchase the St. Nicholas Hotel building on Oak Street in 2009 for $777 in back taxes. It was an Historic Preservatio...
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Extended Weather OutlookJun 26, 2014 9:00 am - Thursday A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Light southeast wind. Thursday Night A 30 percent chance of showers and thu...
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Mary Ann RednourJun 26, 2014 9:00 am - Mary Ann Rednour, 82, of Du Quoin, passed away at 12:20 p.m. Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at the home of her daughter in Colp, Ill. Mary Ann had been a homemaker. She was a me...