Opinion
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Our view: Just don't go Hollywood on us, MasonApr 13, 2018 1:00 am - Twenty-four hours before performing in the parking lot of the Harrisburg Walmart this week, the nation's newest YouTube star flew out to the West Coast for a taping of T...
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John Homan: Weather-related anxiety is no funApr 06, 2018 1:00 am - Southern Illinois took a few punches to the solar plexus Tuesday night, but survived a potential knockout blow when at least one reported tornado skipped in and around t...
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Letter: Legislature should move on Southwest Illinois Connection projectApr 06, 2018 1:00 am - This is an open letter to state Sens. James F. Clayborne Jr. and Martin A. Sandoval: We, the members of the Four County Highway Coalition, respectfully ask that the legi...
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Guest view: Marion educators missed a valuable opportunityApr 04, 2018 1:00 am - At a few minutes after 10 a.m. on March 14, Marion High School senior Avery Baldwin sat on a bench near the American flag that flew high in the clear blue sky, outside t...
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Charles William Francis III, formerly of Du QuoinMar 23, 2018 1:00 am - Charles William Francis, III, 55, of Johnston City, formerly of Du Quoin, passed away at 5:46 p.m. Sunday, March 18, 2018 at Herrin Hospital. Charles was born June 5, 19...
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Letters: Readers weigh in on primaries in the 115th and 118th districtsMar 14, 2018 1:00 am - Shame on the District 115 candidates for shunning forum To the editor: Last night (March 6), I attended the candidate forum for State Representative, District 115 sponso...
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Penalty Shots: This is a new era of activismFeb 22, 2018 12:00 am - I was in high school during the 1990s, a period of time of general rebellion among the U.S. teenage populace. We had Nirvana, Kris Kross (creators of the worldwide smash...
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Our view: Memo to candidate Jeanne Ives: Dump the adFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - It is one thing for political advertising to oversimplify issues and ridicule an adversary. It is something altogether more repugnant when such oversimplification and ri...
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John Homan: Where has our civility gone?Feb 02, 2018 12:00 am - I get that politics can bring out the worst in us. Many of us have strong opinions and we want to believe that the vast majority of Americans believe the way we do, or s...
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Letter to the Editor: Why ICC support for Baldwin power plant makes senseJan 25, 2018 12:00 am - I recently spoke at an Illinois Commerce Commission hearing, held to consider electric power issues in downstate Illinois and especially the market policies and conditio...