April 2026

Saluki Pride: Julia Rendleman earns Teaching Excellence Award

By Pete Rosenbery For award-winning photojournalist Julia Rendleman, success isn’t measured by awards, although she has plenty of those in her young career.     Julia Rendleman (center) receives the 2026 Teaching Excellence Award for tenured and tenure-track faculty from Hong Cheng, dean of the College of Arts and Media (left) and Chancellor Austin Lane. […]

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SIU fashion studies students take center stage with fashion, merchandising concepts

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Brightly lit third-floor studio lights in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Quigley Hall on late nights in early April mean one thing — the clock is ticking for students to complete their bold, artistic visions for the Fashion Studies program’s Student Showcase and Fashion Show on Thursday, April 23.     Noah

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Ste. Genevieve County Commission meeting minutes released

STE. GENEVIEVE – The minutes of the Ste. Genevieve County Commission Meeting that was held Monday, April 13th, have been released.   Ste. Genevieve County Commission Minutes   MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2026   4TH Day of the April Term. The Commission Met Pursuant to Adjournment. Present were Presiding Commissioner Randy Ruzicka, Associate Commissioners Cory Ford

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Three artists share SIU Carbondale’s 2026 Rickert-Ziebold award

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Autumn Meyer’s art — which won her honors as one of three Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Art and Design students to share the 2026 Rickert-Ziebold Trust Award — serves as an open invitation to view how everyone sees the world differently and helps people understand the experience of living

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Rose A. Eggemeyer

October 18, 1930 — April 19, 2026 Ellis Grove, IL ROSE A. EGGEMEYER, 95, of Ellis Grove, Illinois, passed away at 9:42 pm, Sunday, April 19, 2026 at her residence. She was born to the late Lucian I. and Irma I. (nee Mudd) Brewer on October 18, 1930 in Prairie du Rocher, Illinois. Rose married

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Ally Lynn Melliere

October 21, 2001 — April 19, 2026 Prairie du Rocher Ally Lynn Melliere, 24, of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, passed away at 2:47 am, Sunday, April 19, 2026, near Modoc, Illinois. Ally was the daughter of Troy and Stacy (nee Wetzler) Melliere. She was born on October 21, 2001, in Red Bud, Illinois. She was

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4th Annual CHS Distinguished YellowJacket Ceremony is huge success!

CHS teachers and staff honor 28 students and two current staff members at the 2026 event By Jim Beers CHESTER – 2026 marked the 4th year for the Chester High School student recognition program rightfully titled, “The Distinguished YellowJacket Program”. The program was launched in the spring of 2023 and has been a huge hit

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