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Saluki football picked fourth in MVFC preseason pollAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - SIU football was picked to finish fourth this fall during last week's Missouri Conference virtual media day. A select gaggle of sports information professionals, member...
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Casey Parker joins Chester chamber boardAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Casey Parker, who has insurance agencies in Chester and Sparta, has been named to the board of directors of the Chester Chamber of Commerce. Parker, owner of the Partner...
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Miles from 2019 Aurora shooting, Pritzker signs gun law overhaulAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Within five miles of the scene of a 2019 workplace mass shooting that left six people dead and five law enforcement officers injured, Gov. JB Pritzker sign...
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Du Quoin's Brian Winters figures in All-Star game winAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - The Southern Illinois Baseball Coaches Association hosted its annual All-Star games on Saturday at Abe Martin Field on the campus of Southern Illinois University. This...
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New athletic director, Bryce Bainter, takes over at CHSAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Chester High School is welcoming Bryce Bainter, formerly the Steeleville High School athletic director and varsity boys basketball coach, as the Yellow Jackets new athle...
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Wrought iron ordered for fence to surround vets memorialAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - The city of Du Quoin is putting in the order for the wrought iron fencing that will surround the veterans memorial in Keyes City Park, a project being done jointly by th...
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COVID numbers click upward in Randolph St. Louis city, county reinstate mask mandatesAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - An uptick in concern over the Delta variant of COVID-19 is resonating across southern Illinois, as more cases are discovered both here and in Missouri, just right across...
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Pet of the week Meet our second member of the trio, SnowflakeAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - The only thing better than one cat is two cats, and the only thing better than two cats is three cats! Meet Samantha, Lucy and Snowflake! These ladies came to us when th...
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Our view: Personal health is more important than public judgmentAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - None of us can know what internal doubts are tearing at Simone Biles in Tokyo. None of us can know what struggles beset Naomi Osaka earlier this year at the French Open....
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Ben Hunter heads for homeAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - A popular history teacher and coach at Chester High School will not be returning this fall. Instead, Ben Hunter has accepted a position teaching and coaching at Kewanee ...