DU QUOIN, IL – (Fred Huff – DuQuoin Call. Please click on the link above for the full story. Here is an excerpt below.)
Unless you grew up in Du Quoin, you probably don’t fully understand how much the Du Quoin State Fair is part of the life of this city — and one of the most exciting happenings each year.
Those of us who have lived in Du Quoin for more than 80 years remember well how years ago the carnival arrived by rail, unloading at night while most of Du Quoin was asleep.
Tractors would pull the huge rides and wagons through Du Quoin’s Main Street, down Rt. 51 and onto the fairgrounds, which until 1945 were just inside the main gate and adjacent to the half-mile track.
The huge trucks still arrive at night, with a relatively small group of workers who assemble the rides. They must pass safety inspections prior to the fair’s opening, which this year is Friday, Aug. 25.
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O’FALLON IL – Representative Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro) met with his opioid task force at the Katy Cavins Community Center in O’Fallon on Thursday to examine existing data and develop recommendations to create and implement policies at the federal, state, and local levels to curtail the opioid epidemic. Rep. Bost received input from law enforcement officers, first responders, educators, and treatment specialists on current efforts to fight the opioid epidemic and ways that these efforts can be improved.
