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
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CHESTER – Six Chester High School seniors were honored at the 2025 Southern Illinois Society of High School Achievement (SISHSA) Banquet Thursday. The event, which is in its 53rd year of existence, honors the top students across Southern Illinois. The banquet takes place at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and features entertainment, a sit-down
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Salukis Care Day is all about enhancing the emotional wellness of students and helping them de-stress so they can thrive and succeed. Faner Plaza will be filled with a variety of fun and meaningful activities for students from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 16. In case
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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
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — The combined talents of the Southern Illinois University Carbondale Choral Union and Concert Choir will showcase composer Johannes Brahms’ German Requiem during a free, public concert April 15 in Shryock Auditorium. The 7 p.m. performance will be the final concert at SIU for Susan Davenport, professor and director of choral
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CHESTER – Memorial Hospital announces the retirement of Kathy Winkler, Director of Pharmacy, who has been a part of their team since October 1989. After over 35 years of dedicated service, Kathy retired on March 31, 2025, leaving behind a legacy of care, innovation, and collaboration. Reflecting on her time at Memorial, Kathy shared, “Memorial
