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Baseball Game Preview: Benton on Home-Turf
Benton is 5-0 against Pinckneyville since April of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Benton Rangers will look to defend their home field against the Pinckneyville Panthers at 4:30 p.m. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Benton and five for Pinckneyville.
U.S. 51 detoured due to sinkhole
The Illinois Department of Transportation has closed both directions of U.S. 51 from the Illinois 149 and U.S. 51 intersection in DeSoto to the Illinois 14 and U.S. 51 intersection just south of Du Quoin due to the formation of a sinkhole in the road last week. A posted detour...
Baseball Recap: Carterville's loss ends four-game winning streak at home
It was a good run, but Carterville unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of the Zeigler-Royalton Tornadoes by a score of 1-0. Considering the last time Carterville couldn't score was back in March, the team can't take the result too hard.
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