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Margaret BrockMay 28, 2014 9:00 am - Margaret (Mannino) Brock, died peacefully on April 28, 2014. She was born to Salvatore and Francesca (Mangiapane) Mannino on July 19, 1932 in Du Quoin, Ill. She and her ...
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Extended Weather OutlookMay 27, 2014 9:00 am - Tuesday A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon...
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Carolyn S. WheatleyMay 27, 2014 9:00 am - Carolyn S. Wheatley, 72, of Du Quoin, passed away at 4:55 a.m. Sunday, May 25, 2014 at the Kindred Hospital at St. Anthony's in St. Louis, Mo. Carolyn was a homemaker an...
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Ernestine C. SchaferMay 27, 2014 9:00 am - Ernestine C. "Ernie" Schafer, age 89, of Du Quoin, Ill., passed away on Saturday, May 24, 2014 in Heartland Regional Medical Center, Marion, Ill. Ernie was born on Oct. ...
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Class entered kindergarten only days before the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on AmericaMay 27, 2014 9:00 am - The ninety-eight members of the graduating class of 2014 at the Du Quoin High School entered kindergarten only days before the 9-11 attack on the World Trade Center. The...
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Jennifer Lynn BullinerMay 23, 2014 9:00 am - Jennifer Lynn Bulliner, 30, of Du Quoin, passed away at 4:05 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at the Marshall Browning Hospital in Du Quoin. Jennifer had worked in food serv...
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Extended Weather OutlookMay 23, 2014 9:00 am - Friday Partly sunny, with a high near 79. East northeast wind around 8 mph. Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. East northeast wind around 7 mph. Saturday ...
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Nine valedictorians to share DHS commencement stage SaturdayMay 23, 2014 9:00 am - Nine Du Quoin High School graduating seniors will take the stage at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds Saturday as class valedictorians with perfect 4.0 grade point averages...
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Consensus: Higgins building cannot be savedMay 23, 2014 9:00 am - It's a bad 1870s vintage building in a bad spot and there's nothing easy about trying to save it. That's the consensus of an engineer for an insurance company representi...
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Old bricks & hidden dangers in Du QuoinMay 22, 2014 9:00 am - The J.J. Higgins building at 112 East Main Street in downtown Du Quoin changed ownership only seven weeks before the interior west wall of the building fell in Tuesday. ...