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Baby Bytes: Pinckneyville hospital plugs into a new era of women's health through two-year-old Heartland Women's Healthcare affiliationFeb 12, 2014 8:00 am - A password-protected USB flash drive an expectant mother can wear on her wrist that contains her entire medical history and the sonograms of her unborn child is only par...
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Extended Weather OutlookFeb 11, 2014 8:00 am - Tuesday Sunny, with a high near 20. Wind chill values as low as -7. Northeast wind around 6 mph. Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 7. Northeast wind around 5...
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Walter F. RidgewayFeb 11, 2014 8:00 am - Walter F. 'Junior' Ridgeway, 67, of Du Quoin, passed away at 9:55 a.m. Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 at his residence. Junior was a lineman and tree trimmer for IBEW. He was of ...
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Nobue PurcellFeb 11, 2014 8:00 am - Nobue "Yo Yo" Purcell, age 77, of Du Quoin, Ill., passed away on Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 in her home. Yo Yo was born on Oct. 30, 1936 in Fuji Nomiya, Japan, a daughter t...
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Du Quoin teacher and medic go the distance to keep students safeFeb 11, 2014 8:00 am - Du Quoin Middle School social studies instructor Nathan Crain has always gone above and beyond when it comes to students. It's like middle school science teacher Bob Joh...
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Josephine Mary RestoffFeb 11, 2014 8:00 am - Josephine Mary 'Josie' Restoff, 93, of Scheller, passed away at 12:15 a.m. Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 at the Fair Acres Rehab and Care Center in Du Quoin. Josie had been a ho...
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Steve Priebe's leukemia at age 16 inspired him to begin St. Jude's benefits; 9th benefit is this Saturday, Feb. 15 at the K of C Hall in PinckneyvilleFeb 11, 2014 8:00 am - Steve Priebe's leukemia at the age of 16 --and surviving it--inspired the string of nine annual benefits in Pinckneyville that have raised over $150,000 for St. Jude's C...
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Gym-sized Valentine for beloved Pinckneyville math teacherFeb 10, 2014 10:00 pm - All of Pinckneyville Community High School-- faculty, staff and students-- worked together to send a very special valentine to a valued math instructor Tuesday morning. ...
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County out of road salt; beet juice & pickle brine unlikely substitutesFeb 10, 2014 8:00 am - County Engineer Brian Otten reported that Perry County has used 500 tons of salt since the beginning of winter. There is a state-wide salt shortage. Last fall, the count...
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Robert Gerald ClarkFeb 10, 2014 8:00 am - Robert Gerald "Jerry" Clark, 69, of Belleville, Illinois, entered into the loving arms of Jesus Christ on Thursday, Fe. 6, 2014 after a courageous six-year journey with ...