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Reading baseball: When Ron Shelton met Ron SheltonAug 24, 2022 1:00 am - In his recently published "The Church of Baseball," Ron Shelton gives an account of his early days in baseball before he wrote and directed "Bull Durham." In 1967, after...
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John Shaw: Inviting Illinois college students to help Renew IllinoisAug 24, 2022 1:00 am - As summer winds down and fall approaches, the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University is eagerly gearing up for one of our signature events: t...
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Woodpeckers do peck woodAug 24, 2022 1:00 am - One of the first columns I wrote was on woodpeckers. These handsome, charismatic, industrious birds are a favorite of mine. There are 20 species throughout the United St...
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Carbondale Terriers, Murphy Red Devils open football season in cross-county matchupAug 24, 2022 1:00 am - Will this year's Carbondale Terriers have football playoff mojo - or even intra-county mojo? Both questions may be answered Friday night at Bleyer Field when the Terrie...
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Carbondale council debates rules for taxis and ride-sharesAug 24, 2022 1:00 am - The Carbondale City Council has opened discussions on relaxing rules for taxi licenses and drivers for Uber and Lyft, with an aim to improve the availability of public t...
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Robert De Filippis: We are the jury in the trial of AmericaAug 24, 2022 1:00 am - The United States is on trial. Our society is the jury for the most critical trial we've faced so far. Our future depends on how we handle this current crisis. On the s...
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Tour de Seven 5K run/walk is Oct. 1 in RosiclareAug 24, 2022 1:00 am - The Southern 7 Health Department will hold its seventh "Tour de Seven" - Fall into Fitness 5K Run/Walk in Rosiclare on Oct. 1, as part of the town's annual Fluorspar Fes...
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Two SIU profs named among Illinois' top innovatorsAug 24, 2022 1:00 am - Two faculty members from SIU Carbondale have received statewide awards for innovation at the 2022 STEAM Expo at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. SIU nominated Sco...
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Geoff Ritter: A cool drink of pessimismAug 24, 2022 1:00 am - The glass is half-empty or half-full. Or, there's just water and broken glass at our feet. It turns out many of us are trending toward the extreme latter. Facing unprece...
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Rich Miller/On Springfield: Bailey nails state fair speech, but where's the money for TV?Aug 24, 2022 1:00 am - The two days of partisan political events during the Illinois State Fair are like miniature, stripped-down, informal versions of national political conventions. They ser...