Randolph County News

by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — A unique entrepreneurship training program for veterans, active-duty service members and their spouses, Boots to Business (B2B) Reboot, is coming to Carbondale and Cairo courtesy of the United States Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Veteran Business Outreach Center (VBOC), co-hosted by the Illinois APEX Accelerator at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in partnership […]

CARBONDALE, Ill. — More than 250 high school students from Illinois and Kentucky will perform this week in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Shryock Auditorium as part of a high school choral festival.   The free, public concert is at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26. The concert will culminate a day of activity for the students,

CHESTER – The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest reports.   Samantha M. Valigura 31, Sparta, arrested October 18, 2023 by Randolph County Sheriff’s Office on an aggravated domestic battery charge. Pretrial Release.   John C. Rickenberg 28, Percy, arrested October 18, 2023 by Steeleville Police for unlawful possession of methamphetamine, unlawful possession

by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – A team of researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is working on a new technology aimed at ordering a common water algae that produces a toxin to knock it off. The team of faculty researchers from the School of Biological Sciences, which includes Scott Hamilton-Brehm, Marjorie Brooks and Lahiru

Yesterday, 10/21/23, around 7:30 p.m., the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office received a call in reference to a missing person from Prairie Du Rocher.   The missing person was identified as 83 year old, Gerald X. Melliere. When deputies arrived on scene with Rocher Police Department, Rocher Fire Department, and several community volunteers, a search began.

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Award-winning stained glass artist Judith Schaechter will present a lecture at Southern Illinois University Carbondale on Thursday, Oct. 26. Schaechter’s presentation is at 7 p.m. in Wham Educational Building, Room 105. Part of the School of Art and Design’s Visiting Artist Program, the lecture is free and open to the public. Schaechter, whose work

by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s College of Business and Analytics and its School of Accountancy don’t just educate students in the classroom about the ins and outs of accounting – they help students connect with professionals. The accounting school is sponsoring Student Tax Night in St. Louis on Nov. 2 to introduce students to

CHESTER – The minutes of the September 21, 2023 meeting of the Chester CUSD No. 139 Board of Education meeting have been released.   CHESTER BOE MINUTES 092123