PERRYVILLE, Mo. – The Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland proudly recognize Emily Leible, Lucy Allen, and Kaitlin Lobbig of Perryville, Mo. as members of the 2025 Girl Scout Bronze Award class. These Girl Scouts earned the highest award for Cadette Girl Scouts, the Silver Award. Silver Award Girl Scouts collaborate with their troop to […]
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Chester VFW Post 3553 and American Legion Post 487 host wonderful event to “Remember and Honor” those who died to keep America Safe and Free By Jim Beers CHESTER – Chester’s Memorial Day Service took place Monday May 26. This year’s event was hosted at the VFW Post 3553 in Chester. The weather was perfect
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EVANSVILLE – Christ Our Savior graduated four students this past weekend. Charlie is the son of Robert and Nancy Rahlfs from Chester. Charlie will be attending SWIC to pursue a degree in agriculture. Isaac is the son of Tim and Lisa Luebkemann of Red Bud. Isaac will be attending SIUC for plant and
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Class of 2025 is 139th class to graduate from Chester High School By Jim Beers CHESTER, Ill. – Sunday May 18th Chester High School held its 139th Commencement in the history of the school. The Class of 2025 took center stage at CHS Colbert Memorial Gymnasium at 3:00 p.m. in front of a packed house.
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is monitoring sightings of a black bear in southwestern Illinois. The bear was first observed Monday, May 19 in St. Clair County. An IDNR district wildlife biologist confirmed the sighting on Tuesday, May 20 and the animal was observed again Wednesday and Thursday, May 21 and
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe has announced that President Donald J. Trump has approved two of Missouri’s requests for a major disaster declaration in response to the severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding that impacted Perry and several other Missouri counties from March 14-15 and March 30-April 8. The additional request for April 29 storms is still under
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EVANSVILLE, Ill. – A collection of the latest news items from Christ our Savior Lutheran High School in Evansville, submitted by the school. The Christ Our Savior Trap team opened their spring season at the Rend Lake Shooting Complex. Members of the team and their scores are Isaac Luebkemann 92, Alex Bixby 65
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Cast, crew, and orchestra wow crowds at each presentation and bring the house down consistently By Jim Beers CHESTER — Chester High School’s 2025 production of “The Addams Family” was a huge success and pleased audiences at each show. The musical featured a cast of 10 main actors along with an additional 12 ancestors
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CHS SADD Sponsor, Cheri Diercks-Boyd, and Chester Fire Department’s Tim Crow coordinate activities to encourage students’ safe choices By Jim Beers CHESTER – For decades Chester High School has hosted numerous prom week activities to encourage safe choices for students. Historically nation-wide, homecoming week, prom week and graduation week have been famous for students
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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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