No injuries, but a broken window and door, and some minor store frontage damage are the main ‘apparent’ issues By Jim Beers CHESTER – At approximately 6:05 p.m. Thursday April 10 the Chester Fire Department was called to the 1200 block of Swanwick Street for a non-emergency situation of a trailer truck that had […]
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CHESTER – Several Chester Grade School students were recognized Friday March 28 as the “March 2025 Jackets of the Month”. The students were nominated by CGS teachers or staff members for having demonstrated all four of the “HIVE” good character traits of RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, SAFETY, and EMPATHY every day throughout the month of March.
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — The work by Southern Illinois University Carbondale photojournalism students who used an April 2024 weekend workshop to chronicle the people and events in Cobden and Alto Pass is now available. SIU photojournalism students Dominique Martinez-Powell (left) and Abby Harris (right) and Julia Rendleman, an assistant professor in the School
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CHESTER – Six Chester High School seniors were honored at the 2025 Southern Illinois Society of High School Achievement (SISHSA) Banquet Thursday. The event, which is in its 53rd year of existence, honors the top students across Southern Illinois. The banquet takes place at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and features entertainment, a sit-down
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A private funeral will be held for 96-year-old Mary Ellen Blanford of Sainte Genevieve, Mo. who passed away Friday, April 11, 2025 at Ste. Genevieve Care Center in Sainte Genevieve, Mo.She was born November 30, 1928 in Jacob, Illinois. She is survived by a daughter: Vicki S. Baumann (Special Friend Paul Bopp) of Sainte Genevieve,
Catherine L. Brenneman, of Webster Groves, Missouri, passed away peacefully on April 2, 2025, at the age of 90. Born in St. Louis in 1934 to the late Carl and Matilda Brenneman, Catherine grew up in south St. Louis and remained deeply rooted in the city she loved. A proud graduate of St. Francis de
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JEFFERSON CITY — A 48-year-old Red Bud woman suffered minor injuries in a traffic crash in Jefferson County, Mo. Wednesday afternoon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the woman was taken to Mercy Hospital South. The patrol says the crash happened when the woman’s 2024 Mazda CX5 was struck in the rear by
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BATON ROUGE, LA — Sarah Ann Steibel of Ruma, Illinois, was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at McKendree University. Steibel is among approximately 20,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each
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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Salukis Care Day is all about enhancing the emotional wellness of students and helping them de-stress so they can thrive and succeed. Faner Plaza will be filled with a variety of fun and meaningful activities for students from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 16. In case
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A celebration of life will be held at a future date for 65-year-old Alexander “Alex” Francis Roth of Perryville, Mo, who passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at Mercy South Hospital in St. Louis, MO surrounded by loving family members. Alex was born in Ste. Genevieve, MO to Lex and Emily Roth,
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