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• Pinckneyville twins graduate from high school, college at same time

  A pair of southern Illinois twins aren't letting a thing called high school get in the way of their college education.

• East St. Louis students sent home in wake of bomb threat

  A bomb threat written on two bathroom walls sent students home Wednesday from Wyvetter Younge Middle School.

• O'Fallon principal to retire

  O'Fallon Township High School Principal Steve Dirnbeck isn't good at saying goodbye.

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• Study: Charter schools may improve graduation rates

  Students who attend multi-grade charter high schools in Chicago appear more likely to graduate and to enroll in college than their counterparts in traditional public high schools, a study released on Wednesday found.

• Holocaust survivor responds to letter from Belleville students

  

  Students at West Junior High School were touched by history Tuesday. Last semester, the students read a book called "Hana's Suitcase," about a young boy who survived the Holocaust but lost his sister and parents to the Nazi gas chambers at Auschwitz.

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• Veteran Belleville District 201 school board member retires

  Sandy Wagner, a veteran of the Belleville Township High School District board for 19 years, has decided it's time to retire.

• Cahokia students to perform at Shakespeare Festival in St. Louis

  The Cahokia High School Drama Club will perform this weekend at the Shakespeare Festival of Greater St. Louis.

• West, O'Fallon students score big in state journalism tourney

  

  Belleville West and O'Fallon High School student journalists scored big at the Illinois High School Association state journalism tournament.

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• Alton school damaged by earthquake

  A 5.2 magnitude earthquake that struck the Midwest last month has caused damage to a gym at an elementary school in East Alton.