Catholic School. Tamaroa grade school also feeds into the high school. Pinckneyville Community High School is the only high school serving the Pinckneyville area. The mascot is the panther. School colors are Columbia, Navy, and White. PCHS has longtime rivalries with DuQuoin High School and Nashville Community High School. Pinckneyville is known for its boys basketball program, winning over 2,000 games and appearing in the State Finals Tournament 11 times (winning in 1948, 1994 and 2001). Notable people Roy Alden (1863-1937), newspaper editor and Illinois state senator Albert Brown (1905–2011), oldest survivor of the Bataan Death March, moved to the town in 1998 to live with his daughter John Dunn, former President of Western Michigan University and current Interim Chancellor of Southern Illinois University Carbondale Ralph A. Dunn, businessman and Illinois state legislator Marion Rushing (1936–2013) Professional football player (Chicago Cardinals/St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons and Houston Oilers) and Southern Illinois University Hall of Fame inductee. Hubert Shurtz (1923–2000) Professional football player played tackle for LSU, drafted by Philadelphia Eagles but traded and played for the Pittsburgh Steelers References Further reading "Legends & Lore of Southern Illinois", John W. Allen, p. 77 External links Cities in Perry County, Illinois County seats in Illinois Cities in Illinois