March 2025

YellowJackets end season with 61-35 loss to Althoff in IHSA Class 2A Regional Semi-Final

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No. 10 Jackets play well in first half against No. 1 Crusaders; lose steam down the stretch; final record: 17-16 By Jim Beers The Chester High School YellowJacket Boys made it to the 2025 IHSA Class 2A Chester Regional Semi-Finals Wednesday February 25. The event was hosted at Chester High School’s Colbert Memorial Gymnasium, on […]

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Rita Buchheit

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A funeral will be held Friday, March 7, 2025 for 83-year-old Rita Buchheit of Ste. Genevieve, Mo. who passed away Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Ste. Genevieve Care Center in Sainte Genevieve, Mo.   She was born November 9, 1941 in Ste. Genevieve, Mo.   She is survived by a son: Curt Buchheit of Cape

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Paul Andrew Estel

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A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 8, 2025 for 81-year-old Paul Andrew Estel of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 2:20 pm, Thursday, February 27, 2025 at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born April 5, 1943 in Murphysboro, Illinois, a son to Clarence H. “Sheik” and Kathlyn P. (nee Rosenberger) Estel,

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Elaine V. Shannon

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The Pechacek Funeral Homes of Red Bud, Illinois have announced the passing of  95-year-old Elaine V. Shannon of Red Bud at 7:50 pm, Thursday, February 27, 2025 at Oak Hill, Waterloo, Illinois.   She was born to the late Norman and Esther (nee Fleischman) Knox on September 23, 1929, in Bemidji, Minnesota.   Elaine married

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Lynette M. Wilkinson

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Lynette M. Wilkinson, of O’Fallon, IL, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in O’Fallon, IL. Born on August 17, 1939, in Ste. Genevieve, MO, Lynette grew up with a love for learning and an adventurous spirit.  During her late teenage years, she was honored to represent St. Louis in

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