Opinion
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PENALTY SHOTS: Small and mighty on the big stageMar 30, 2017 11:00 pm - In a way, I'm still geeking out about it. Watching the St. John Lutheran Hornets last Saturday during their run through the SIJHSAA Class S state volleyball tournament w...
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PENALTY SHOTS: The Land of Strange QuestionsMar 23, 2017 11:00 pm - The Chester Bridge is back in the news again, as the 75-year-old icon of World War II-era workmanship and construction technique is finally on the path toward replacemen...
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PENALTY SHOTS: The white noise of politicsMar 16, 2017 11:00 pm - We are a deeply divided nation, and it's playing out at both the state and national level. I will admit that most days, I wake up to check the national headlines to see ...
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Drowsy driving an issue in recent crashesMar 15, 2017 5:00 am - To the editor:   I write this with a heavy heart and with sorrow to report that we have had three deaths on state highways here in Perry County in the last t...
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PENALTY SHOTS: Mournful sadness of a cloudless skyMar 09, 2017 10:00 pm - A 61-year-old cancelled Perryville check found in Du Quoin; a City of Perryville trash can lid recovered in Campbell Hill; an untouched china cabinet in Elkville while t...
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Letter: Citizens can join in the fight against crimeMar 08, 2017 4:00 am - Dear Editor, As Sheriff of Perry County, I would like to discuss an issue very close to each of us: crime prevention. My office is committed to making our neighborhoods ...
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Penalty shots: County board faces uphill battle with safety taxMar 02, 2017 10:00 pm - At this point, the Randolph County commissioners have had, thus far, three special meetings regarding the public safety tax. Based upon the results from the November ele...
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PENALTY SHOTS: The life and times of Mike CoffeyFeb 22, 2017 10:00 pm - It was late in the 2011 season when Mike Coffey made the announcement. The Chester High School athletic director and then-freshman football assistant coach announced it ...
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Our view: Make news literacy a staple in schoolsFeb 21, 2017 10:00 pm - There is plenty of fake news out there to consume, albeit much less of it in the principled press than some would have you believe. But how do you know it when you see i...
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OPINION: Don't sleep on the Chester Bridge projectDec 12, 2016 10:00 pm - To the powers that be, I am writing to you to make you aware of an initiative by the Missouri Department of Transportation to replace the 75-year-old Chester Bridge, the...