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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 […]

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.

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

CHESTER – The minutes of the Chester Community Unit School District 139 meetings held March 19, 2025 and April 3, 2025 have been released.   March 19 minutes:   CHESTER SCHOL BOARD MINUTES March 19, 2025   April 3 minutes:   CHESTER SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES April 3, 2025    

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

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

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — The SIU School of Music will celebrate jazz with two performances in April that feature the musical talents of students and faculty. Getting in some last-minute fine tuning, the SIU Jazz Combo works ahead of the April 14 performance at SIU Carbondale.  Isaac Lausell (bass), an associate professor of