Renee Trappe
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ELECTION 2020 Sheriff Bareis asking voters to 'back the blue' with public safety taxFeb 12, 2020 7:52 am - Perry County Sheriff Steve Bareis knows he has a job ahead of him to convince Perry County residents to support a hike in the county sales tax. Voters soundly defeated t...
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Du Quoin mobile market distributes more than 7,000 pounds of foodJan 17, 2020 8:01 am - The line of cars stretched nearly out of the parking lot and onto Washington Street Monday, as people patiently waited for the basic food supplies being offered by the W...
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Tracy Fenton: 'A pillar of our community'Jan 17, 2020 7:59 am - Tracy Fenton has had a lot of identities in his 48 years - business owner, paramedic, truck driver, dad, husband, big time community supporter and barbecue genius. On Ja...
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After 30+ year absence, Miss Du Quoin pageant is backJan 17, 2020 8:53 am - Rachel Marks has been appearing in scholarship pageants since she was 16, but on Wednesday she had maybe one of her proudest moments yet - and she wasn't competing. Mark...
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Mayhem in Du Quoin Shooting suspect charged with 3 counts of attempted murder; house burns to groundNov 04, 2019 1:15 pm - A swath of muddy ground at 752 N. Division St. in Du Quoin is all that's left of the place where police engaged in a wild shootout early Wednesday morning, and where the...
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Democratic governor candidates make pitches to southern Illinois votersJan 31, 2018 12:48 pm - President Donald Trump may be a racist and a bigot, said the six Democratic candidates for Illinois governor Tuesday night, but the people who voted for him did so in sp...
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Images: Icons of Fox LakeMar 07, 2016 4:24 am - Even before it was incorporated in 1907, Fox Lake was a party town. Since the 1800s, city dwellers had been flocking to the Chain O' Lakes for the resort life and for th...
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Vernon Hills man secures Air Force medal for his dad, 70 years after warNov 11, 2015 12:15 pm - Vernon Hills man secures award for his late father who served in WWII
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Husky named Diesel, NIU's 'mascot emeritus,' has cancerSep 05, 2015 7:11 am - Northern Illinois University's beloved "mascot emeritus," Diesel, is being treated for Type B lymphoma. According to his longtime handler, Tom Bonnevier, the husky was d...
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Duchossois: Nixon was gifted, honest and 'brilliant'Aug 10, 2014 8:29 pm - Forty years after Richard Nixon resigned the presidency and 20 years after he died, history still has not caught up to the real man, believes Richard Duchossois, chairma...