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Petersburg, Illinois is located in Menard County. Zip codes in Petersburg, IL include 62675. More Petersburg information.

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Sep 4, 2009 | Illinois Times

Clayville's back on track | Historic site takes shape, hosts first major event

Volunteers from the Pleasant Plains Historical Society spend every Saturday cleaning out buildings at the Clayville Historic Site.

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Wed Sep 02, 2009

The Journal - the Student Newspaper o...

Local Spotlight on...The Backliners

The Backliners are about what you would expect from a local cover band--typical, pop/rock, and practices in a basement.

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Fri Aug 14, 2009

Chicago Reader Online

On Stage: the story of Lincoln, but hipper

Ever heard of the Great American People Show? No, it's not that group of fresh-faced kids who tour the country singing cornball songs.

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Tue Aug 11, 2009

Shelbyville Daily Union

Area Cowpokes Compete

Local cowboys and cowgirls participated and performed well in the Illinois Junior Rodeo Association this past summer, 2009.

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Sat Aug 08, 2009

Shelbyville Daily Union

Area Cowpokes Compete

Local cowboys and cowgirls participated and performed well in the Illinois Junior Rodeo Association this past summer, 2009.

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Thu Aug 06, 2009

Illinois Times

Vegetarianism pays | Area teen parlays animal-rights activism into cash for college

There are all kinds of scholarships just for having an interest in an obscure field or merely being something unusual - tall, a little person, left-handed, or being named Gatling, Van Valkenburg, or Zolp.

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Sat Jul 25, 2009

The Austin Daily Herald

Mission accomplished

Five 13-year-olds put their hands and hearts to work during a mission trip last week in Illinois.

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Thu Jul 23, 2009

Illinois Times

IT Picks

Hill Prairie Winery is the venue for an outdoor screening of a film shot in Menard County, produced by Petersburg natives Adam and Tom Galassi and Thomas Snyder and based loosely on the local legend of a boy, Raymond Colby, who claims he was carried off by a thunderbird to a magical place .

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

Naperville Sun

Fancy-Free celebrates 20 years of travel advice

As a travel agent, the world is literally Sandra Pufahl's oyster. But you might be surprised to find the pearl is not an exotic beach or rainforest but a lake in Petersburg, Ill.

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Fri May 08, 2009

State Journal-Register

Petersburg water plant weathers lightning strike

Repairs continue at Petersburg's new water plant after it was struck by lightning last month.

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Sun May 03, 2009

State Journal-Register

Chicago attorney purchases Petersburg church

Chicago attorney Karen Conti bought a piece of Menard County history today for $31,000. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Petersburg was auctioned off after the church's membership had dwindled to about a handful of people.

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Sat May 02, 2009

State Journal-Register

New Salem to restart seven-day schedule

Open seven days a week with a bolstered seasonal work staff, Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site now can offer more experiences like the Lincoln-Berry Store that Katie Ford of Normal enjoyed Thursday.

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Mon Apr 27, 2009

State Journal-Register

Petersburg church headed to auction

Lenora Wilson is sad that Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Petersburg, which she began attending in the 1940s, is being auctioned this coming Saturday.

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