Opinion
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Rich Miller: 'It was the most difficult call I've ever made'Dec 08, 2020 12:00 am - Illinois House Democratic Caucus Chair Kathleen Willis (D-Addison) told me last week that her decision to oppose Speaker Michael Madigan's reelection was a process that ...
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Lillian Mae Rains of Du QuoinNov 30, 2020 12:00 am - Lillian Mae Rains, 79, of Du Quoin, passed away at 9:03 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Lillian was a school bus driver for Du...
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Thankful for those who help in times of needNov 24, 2020 10:00 pm - In recent times, a trend seems to have developed that assigns blame to certain years. Prior to 2020, the year 2016 took quite a beating in popular opinion. While each ye...
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Sharing what we know about Judge Sarah SmithOct 19, 2020 11:00 pm - Dear Editor: We would like to share what we know about Sarah Smith who is a candidate for the Appellate Court in Mt. Vernon, IL. We aren't lawyers or judges, but just or...
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Time to take a breather and enjoy southern IllinoisOct 19, 2020 11:00 pm - In case you didn't realize it, there's a presidential election in less than two weeks, we're still in a pandemic and there's generally a lot of unrest nationwide right n...
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National Teen Driver Safety Week is Oct. 18-24Oct 19, 2020 11:00 pm - Beginning drivers occasionally make behind-the-wheel mistakes. Some can be easily corrected. Others result in crashes with property damage, injury, even death. The Illin...
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Unitarians endorse proposed fair tax amendment on the Nov. 3 ballotOct 19, 2020 11:00 pm - Dear Editor: Both the Board of Trustees and the Social Action Committee of the Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship have endorsed the nonpartisan Fair Tax Amendment that will...
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Southern Illinois is losing to easily preventable diseaseOct 13, 2020 11:00 pm - Congratulations Saline County! Let's not forget Gallatin or White, nor our neighbors to the west like Williamson and Jackson counties. Actually, all of the counties in I...
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DeNeal: Harrisburg sales tax increase evidence of 'Illinois tax paradox'Sep 22, 2020 11:00 pm - You may have heard of the "birthday paradox," a concept in probability theory. In a nutshell, even though there are 366 possibilities (don't forget Feb. 29), if you have...
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Area health departments deserve praise for efforts against COVID-19Aug 25, 2020 11:00 pm - There are two basic reactions to threats to human life. A threat may be approached with panic and irrational fears, which usually does not bode well for anyone involved....