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CHESTER – A REGULAR MEETING of the Chester School District Board of Education will be held on March 19, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. at the Chester Community High School Media Center located at 1901 Swanwick Street, Chester, IL.   Due to Wednesday evening’s plays, the meeting will be held in the Media Center off of […]

CHESTER – The preliminary damage assessment of Randolph County, Illinois was completed this morning. Six homes, eight out buildings and numerous campers were either damaged or destroyed.   Randolph County Emergency Management is hoping to get the National Weather Service to do a storm damage survey soon to determine the exact cause of all the

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Music will host a recital featuring the works from Mongolia’s best composers at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, in the university’s Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall. Mikka Chinbaatar, a graduate student in collaborative piano, and musician Bayarbaatar Bavuudorj (below) are among the artists featured in

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paulette Curkin Pride Resource Center and the Women’s Resource Center are hosting the SIU Women’s Film Festival, Monday and Tuesday, March 17-18. The free film screenings and discussions in Morris Library’s John C. Guyon Auditorium are open to the public. A discussion panel will follow each of the films.

CHESTER – The Chester Gas, Water and Sewer Committee will meet in special session at 4 p.m. Monday, March 14 and 4 p.m. in the Chester Municipal Building.   The official notice of the meeting and tentative agenda:   NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING   GAS, WATER & SEWER COMMITTEE   CITY OF CHESTER, ILLINOIS  

CHESTER – The Chester City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, March 14 in the city Municipal Building, 1330 Swanwick Street, Chester, Illinois.   The tentative agenda for the meeting:     CHESTER, ILLINOIS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA March 14, 2025   CALL TO ORDER   ROLL CALL   PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE   READING OF MINUTES

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Treasures and hard-to-find items will be discovered when the Friends of Morris Library and WSIU Radio host a massive public sale at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in March. The Book/Vinyl and Media Sale is March 21-22 in the Morris Library basement. The sale will run from 4 to 7 p.m. March 21 and 10 a.m.