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Board grants special zoning permits for Knight Hawk minesFeb 10, 2014 8:00 am - The Perry County Board approved two 10-year special use zoning permits for Knight Hawk Coal LLC. Both permits were recommended by the zoning board since they met the req...
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Helen Roberta WallerFeb 10, 2014 8:00 am - Helen Roberta Waller, 83, of Du Quoin, passed away at 10:02 a.m. Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 at the Marshall Browning Hospital in Du Quoin. Roberta was a homemaker. She was of ...
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Extended Weather OutlookFeb 10, 2014 8:00 am - Monday Partly sunny, with a high near 17. Wind chill values as low as -1. North wind 8 to 10 mph. Monday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 4. Wind chill values as l...
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Costello, Enyart & Quinn cut ribbon on new Stan Musial Veterans BridgeFeb 08, 2014 10:00 pm - Officials cut the ribbon to dedicate the new Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. From left are former Congressman Jerry Costello, Congressman...
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'Gun School' at city hall in Du QuoinFeb 07, 2014 8:00 am - Assistant Perry County State's Attorney David Searby said Thursday Illinois' concealed carry gun law is a work in progress, with revisions and court tests likely. Some o...
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Start seeing eagles! Drive west of Du Quoin, then look up!Feb 07, 2014 8:00 am - Wildlife enthusiasts and bird watching aficionados from Carlyle to Cairo and from the Mississippi River to the Ohio River are experiencing a unique opportunity that, unt...
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Extended Weather OutlookFeb 07, 2014 8:00 am - Friday Partly sunny, with a high near 19. Wind chill values as low as zero. Light and variable wind. Friday Night A 40 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around ...
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50 years ago: At age 12, I carried a Magnavox home entertainment center up two flights of stairs for this album (and I could do it again)Feb 07, 2014 8:00 am - "You know, don't you, A.T. (Atwood) is going to kill you and me both if we drop this thing," the late, great Delmar Owens told me as we loaded a $1,100 provincial Magnav...
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Hoping for a new job in a new year: New Label Shopper district managers in Du Quoin WednesdayFeb 06, 2014 8:00 am - Bad weather resulted in the cancellation Monday of Terry Frair's flight from New York into St. Louis, the day before the planned start of interviews to fill a handful of...
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Extended Weather OutlookFeb 06, 2014 8:00 am - Thursday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 12. Wind chill values as low as -10. North northwest wind 7 to 9 mph. Thursday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 3. North n...