Randolph County News

Vasquez is a senior majoring in Mass Communications By Jim Beers CHESTER – Mallary Vasquez, a former Chester High School student, is now a senior at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. She is majoring in Mass Communications and loves staying busy on campus. Chester’s Mallary Vasquez, daughter of Trevar and Susan Vasquez, is a […]

SIKESTON, Mo. – The Missouri and Illinois Departments of Transportation will hold a groundbreaking ceremony to commemorate the start of construction for the Don Welge Memorial Bridge (formerly Chester Bridge).   The ceremony will be held today at 11 a.m. on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River at the Don Welge Memorial Bridge construction

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Keeping an open mind and considering other possibilities, including communicating with space aliens, is the centerpiece of a Nov. 2 lecture hosted by Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s University Honors Program and the School of Languages and Linguistics. Sheri Wells-Jensen, an associate professor of linguistics at Bowling Green State University and a 1993 SIU Carbondale

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Five undergraduate students will share their thoughts on media literacy and disinformation in a student speakers public forum on Thursday, Nov. 2, in the Student Center Auditorium. This semester’s topic is “Is that a Fact? Media Literacy and (M/Dis)information.” The free, public forum is from 7 to 8 p.m.

CHESTER – The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest report of arrests.   Michelle L. Collins 49, Campbell Hill, arrested October 23, 2023 by Randolph County Sheriff’s Office for retail theft.  Pretrial release.   Kenneth D. Smith 41, Prairie Du Rocher, arrested October 24, 2023 by Prairie Du Rocher Police on a Randolph County