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Chester District 139 seats new board memberJul 19, 2015 11:00 pm - CHESTER -- The Chester District 139 Board of Education took significant steps in getting its house back in order on Thursday. Former Chester High School Assistant Princi...
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SWIMMING: Indians sink Herrin, 396-316Jul 18, 2015 11:00 pm - For the second time this season, the Swimming Indians took down the Herrin Tigersharks, this time doing it in their home pool at Du Quoin by the score of 396-316 on Tues...
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BASEBALL: Du Quoin beats Pinckneyville, gets back in win columnJul 18, 2015 11:00 pm - With a 14-9 win at Pinckneyville over Post 2504, Du Quoin ended a two-game slide and finished up their Junior American Legion baseball regular season with an overall rec...
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BASEBALL: Late lead slips away from Pinckneyville Jr. LegionJul 18, 2015 11:00 pm - Seven stranded base runners and a pair of double plays late in the ball game burned Pinckneyville in Thursday's 25th District Tournament contest against Campbell Hill, a...
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Smoke alarms, quick response save Chester residenceJul 18, 2015 11:00 pm - Smoke alarms and a quick response from first responders saved a Chester residence from extensive damage on Saturday. Firefighters with the Chester Fire Department were c...
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Court turns down James Glazier appealJul 18, 2015 11:00 pm - The 5th District Court of Appeals in Mount Vernon has upheld the 2012 conviction of James Glazier in the 2010 murder of a 15-year-old Pinckneyville teen, Sidnee Stepehen...
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County Board commissions noise ordinanceJul 17, 2015 11:00 pm - CHESTER -- The Randolph County Board took the first serious step toward a county noise ordinance during Friday's meeting at the Randolph County Courthouse. After hearing...
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Movie review: ‘Mr. Holmes' is a Sherlock Holmes for the agesJul 17, 2015 1:01 am - Adapted from Mitch Cullin's 2005 novel "A Slight Trick of the Mind," "Mr. Holmes" joins the pantheon of books about the great detective Sherlock Holmes that weren't writ...
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Movie review: ‘Trainwreck' is a funny and sad hookup on the Apatow-Schumer expressJul 17, 2015 1:01 am - Since the first time he wrote and directed a feature film, "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," Judd Apatow has mostly kept to a formula. Start funny, stay funny, get serious, then...
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Matthew T. Mangino: Criminal justice reform will take more than rhetoricJul 16, 2015 11:00 pm - This week, at the NAACP convention in Philadelphia, President Barack Obama told an enthusiastic audience "all of us need redemption — justice and redemption go hand...