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SIU’s 2025 Lincoln Laureate seeks to help people by helping animals

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by Tim Obermiller CARBONDALE, Ill. — If you try to keep pace with Marsden Fisher, bring good boots and an even better planner. In the past year alone, the Southern Illinois University Carbondale senior has co-captained an Army ROTC Ranger Challenge team, revived a sustainability organization that now stewards a campus butterfly garden, and maintained […]

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Terry Wichern takes seat on District 32 Board of Education

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PCSD32 PERRYVILLE – The Perry County School District 32 Board of Education swore in Terry Wichern as its newest member during its regular October meeting Wednesday evening at the Perryville Area Career and Technology Center.     Terry Wichern is sworn in by board secretary Julie Wibbenmeyer   The board selected Wichern to fill a

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Glenda Bauman

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A celebration of life will be held Saturday, October 25, 2025 for 78-year-old Glenda Bauman of Sainte Genevieve, Mo., who passed away Monday, October 13, 2025.   She was born June 1, 1947, to Walter Yates and Permelia (Miller) Yates-Seibel, who both preceded her in death.   She is survived by a daughter: Dana (Mark)

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Alvin R. Roscow

Obituaries, Randolph County Obits /

A funeral will be held Friday, 17, 2025 for 77-year-old Alvin R. Roscow of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, who passed away at 7:00 am, Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at his residence, surrounded by his family. He was born to the late James and Thelma (nee Hunter) Roscow on February 20, 1948, in Red Bud, Illinois.

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FOP statement calls for ouster of acting corrections director following numerous incidents

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SPRINGFIELD, IL — The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Corrections Lodge 263 has lobbied for years and continues to stand firmly with legislators calling attention to the escalating crisis at Hill Correctional Center in Galesburg and across the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC).   FOP Corrections Lodge President Scot Ward issued the following statement:  

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Local drop-off locations opening soon for Operation Christmas Child

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MISSOURI — Volunteers are preparing to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, Nov. 17 – 24. Nearly 5,000 drop-off locations will open across the country in November, and shoebox packers can find their local drop-off locations in Missouri.     Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering gift-filled shoeboxes to children including

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