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Extended Weather OutlookJan 24, 2014 8:00 am - Friday Sunny, with a high near 27. Wind chill values as low as -11. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Winds co...
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Sheriff Kellerman to make 'Concealed Carry Prohibited' signs available to businessesJan 24, 2014 8:00 am - Perry County Sheriff Keith Kellerman will make available to Perry County businesses "Concealed Carry Prohibited" compliant signs. The signage is required for businesses ...
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Lewis Allen LynchJan 24, 2014 8:00 am - Lewis A. Lynch, 100 years, six months and 24 days old, of Murphysboro, formerly of Dowell, passed away at 10:20 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 at the Memorial Hospital in ...
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Gary Dale RowanJan 23, 2014 8:00 am - Gary Dale Rowan, 71, of Du Quoin, passed away at 11:27 a.m. Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 at the Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. Gary was a retired heavy equipment operator fro...
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Extended Weather OutlookJan 23, 2014 8:00 am - Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 12. Wind chill values as low as -14. Northwest wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Thursday Night Mostly clear, with...
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Ice cold: Repairing frozen and broken water lines like performing surgery with a backhoeJan 23, 2014 8:00 am - As the teeth on the backhoe bucket cut deep into the boulevard in the 300 block of East Park Street Wednesday assistant water superintendent Rocky Anders was watching th...
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Sheriff's department makes three methamphetamine drug arrests in TamaroaJan 23, 2014 8:00 am - Perry County Sheriff Keith Kellerman announced Wednesday that on Tuesday Jan. 22, 2014 at approximately 8:30 p.m., Perry County sheriff's deputies and members of the Per...
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Josephine M. VercellinoJan 22, 2014 8:00 am - Josephine "Jo" M. Vercellino, age 88, of Du Quoin, Ill., passed away Monday, Jan. 20 2014 at 8:00 p.m. in Fair Acres Nursing Home, Du Quoin, Ill. after a lengthy illness...
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Du Quoin police have heightened presence around Casey's, other stores following hold-ups in areaJan 22, 2014 8:00 am - Du Quoin Chief of Police Jamie Ellermeyer said late Tuesday his staff is heightening patrols around the two Du Quoin Casey's stores, the Marathon station on Rt. 51 south...
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Former Murray Center employee signs on as budget, cash manager at the Du Quoin State FairJan 22, 2014 8:00 am - Completely unrelated to the resignation of John Rednour as manager of the Du Quoin State Fair comes an announcement that a former employee of the financially troubled Wa...