28 students recognized for showing Respect, Responsibility, Safety, and/or Empathy By Jim Beers CHESTER – On Friday September 19, 2025, Chester Grade School presented its 2nd set of “HIVE” awards for the 2025-2026 school year. These awards are presented twice each month throughout the year and students in grades Kindergarten through 8th Grade are eligible […]
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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — If you’re an entrepreneur with a great idea to launch or grow a business in Southern Illinois, check out the Southern Illinois 2025 Business Plan Competition Powered by Regions, where more than $20,000 in cash and in-kind services are up for grabs. Finalists in the 2024 business plan competition meet
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BRANSON, Mo. — Missouri Chief Justice W. Brent Powell yesterday afternoon delivered the opening luncheon address of the joint annual meeting of the Missouri Bar and the Judicial Conference of Missouri in Branson. Brent Powell, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri, delivered this address during the opening luncheon of the joint
by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Internationally known experts in the field of complex trauma and dissociation will be the featured speakers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s second annual Trauma Training Conference, set for Oct. 10-11. Registration is now underway for this year’s conference, presented by SIU’s Coffman-Crothers Training Program for Trauma and Psychological
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CLARKSDALE, Miss. – The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has awarded nearly $1.8 million to 16 communities through its Strategic Planning Program, a funding opportunity providing communities within the DRA region with the necessary resources to develop strategies that maximize opportunities in public infrastructure, workforce development, and small business development and entrepreneurship. Through the Strategic Planning
BRIDGEVIEW, IL – The Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) has confirmed the first human West Nile virus-related death in suburban Cook County and Illinois this year. A suburban Cook County resident, whose age is in the 60s, has died. Laboratory testing has confirmed that West Nile virus was a contributing factor to the
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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — The popular Mountainfilm on Tour is returning to Carbondale Sept. 26, courtesy of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Recreational Sports and Services. This year’s Mountainfilm on Tour includes “One Inch From Flying” and “Saving Superman,” which is from Glen Ellyn, Illinois. (Photos provided) The 7 p.m. showing at the Varsity Theater, 418
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SPRINGFIELD—Just this year, Illinois has already seen 115 tornadoes touch down in the state, which is the highest number of twisters in the nation for 2025. On top of that, communities have faced repeated rounds of severe storms, unleashing destructive straight-line winds and flooding across the state. With September recognized as National Preparedness Month, the
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SPRINGFIELD – When Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the SAFE-T Act into law in February 2021, supporters claimed it would modernize Illinois’ criminal justice system and make incarceration practices more “fair.” Republicans say the law was rushed through during a lame-duck session and made sweeping changes, putting criminals over victims, imposing unfunded mandates on police officers
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) has announced that total nonfarm payrolls decreased over-the-month in August, down -13,300 (-0.2%) to 6,153,700. The July monthly change in payrolls was revised from the preliminary report, from -2,500 to -1,100. The industry sectors with over-the-month jobs increases included: Information (+800), Manufacturing (+400), and Construction (+300).
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