News
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Caring surrounds Du Quoin's Special Olympics AthletesMay 01, 2014 9:00 am - There will be 15 student athletes from Du Quoin High School and 18 from the Du Quoin Elementary School and Du Quoin Middle School competing this Friday at the Special Ol...
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Extended Weather OutlookMay 01, 2014 9:00 am - Thursday Increasing clouds, with a high near 60. West wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Thursday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. West wind 6 to ...
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PCHS won't renew contracts with two Title I aides and Macbook computer technicianMay 01, 2014 9:00 am - The PCHS Board of Education spent more than two hours in executive session to discuss employment before laying off three employees and extending the contract for two adm...
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Extended Weather OutlookApr 30, 2014 9:00 am - Wednesday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. West wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Wednesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. West southwest wi...
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Fair manager hires attorney; may have been, in part, the victim in last week's incidentApr 30, 2014 9:00 am - Du Quoin State Fair manager Shannon Woodworth may be the victim in last week's telephone altercation with Steve McCurdy, father of Du Quoin State Fair administrative sta...
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Du Quoin council parks mayor's no-nonsense hiring policy for second time; can't hire family member and still sit on councilApr 29, 2014 9:00 am - "It needs to be tough," said Mayor Rex Duncan who for the second time in two years broached the subject of a no-nonsense city hiring policy that would allow the city to ...
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City adopts deficit budget, hears advice from former MayorApr 29, 2014 9:00 am - The Pinckneyville City Council passed a resolution adopting the budget for the year ending April 30, 2015 following a public hearing immediately prior to the regular mee...
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Extended Weather OutlookApr 29, 2014 9:00 am - Tuesday A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. South southwest wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 m...
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Robert G. RitterApr 28, 2014 9:00 am - Robert G. Ritter, 73, of Du Quoin, passed away at 7:37 a.m. Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at the Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. Robert was a retired mechanic at Abbott Lab...
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Eleanor Pyatt KastinApr 28, 2014 9:00 am - Eleanor Pyatt Kastin, age 91, of Glen Carbon, Ill., passed away on Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. in Meridian Village Assisted Living, Glen Carbon, Ill. Eleanor...