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Local Ebola relief efforts expandingOct 23, 2014 11:00 pm - With nearly 4,900 people having died because of the Ebola outbreak, a Marion-based effort to combat the virus is gaining strength, one effort leader announced Thursday. ...
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Friday's Shawnee Marathon Expo kicks off Saturday runOct 23, 2014 11:00 pm - The party is Friday; the race is Saturday. Today the Shawnee Marathon Race Expo kicks off at 1 p.m. at the Rebecca Wyatt-Nevitt Fitness Gym, 540 N. Commercial St. in Har...
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Jim Brock: Should government legalize gay marriage?Oct 23, 2014 11:00 pm - Should same-sex marriage be legal in all 50 states? No, because we don't need the government's help in choosing our partners. Legalizing same-sex marriage only lends cre...
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Dry spell helps harvestOct 23, 2014 11:00 pm - A week of dry skies has given farmers a open window to get the year's harvest wrapped up. Many cornfields in the area were already harvested prior to the recent wet weat...
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Frank Talk: A little Halloween humor circa 1970Oct 23, 2014 11:00 pm - I know. I know. It's Halloween season, not Christmas. Yet here once again is a gift in the guise of that passively interactive test of reader acumen: "Did this conversat...
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Dr. Murray Feingold: Choose a diet best for youOct 23, 2014 11:00 pm - Because so many people are on a diet or thinking about going on a diet, dieting is a very popular subject. Recently, two studies have been reported that add to the alrea...
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Barry Lewis: The idiot lightOct 23, 2014 11:00 pm - Few things can make me feel more like an idiot than trying to figure out the idiot light. You know, that little diagram that suddenly lights up on your dashboard. Offici...
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Supt. Bob Trover's wall of fame at Tamaroa Grade SchoolOct 23, 2014 9:00 am - In Tamaroa Grade School Superintendent Bob Trover's world, students shouldn't be sent to the principal's office to be punished. They should come there to be encouraged a...
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Extended Weather OutlookOct 23, 2014 9:00 am - Thursday Areas of frost before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Thursday Night Mostly...
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Final Report: Pinckneyville summer food program nearly quadrupledOct 23, 2014 9:00 am - The Summer Lunch Program in Pinckneyville ran from June 9 to Aug. 14 this year, feeding an average of 115 children each day for a total of 5,640 meals. Last year saw an ...