ST. LOUIS, Mo. — During Sickle Cell Awareness Month in September, the American Red Cross emphasizes the importance of a diverse blood supply to help meet the needs of those with sickle cell disease – the most common inherited blood disorder in the U.S. Sickle cell disease impacts more than 100,000 people across the […]
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By Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. — Members of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Air Force ROTC detachment will pay tribute to the victims of Sept. 11, 2001, with a strenuous workout session this Friday, Sept. 9, at Saluki Stadium. The members will conduct a 110-floor stair climb, representing the 110 floors of the World Trade Center
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MANCHESTER, N.H.– It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the Summer 2022 President’s List. The summer terms run from May to August. Makinzie Griffith of Chester Amanda Ford of Prairie Du Rocher McCaulin Bartley of Perryville Audriana Ferguson of Perryville Full-time undergraduate students who have
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GLEN CARBON, Ill. – In early 2022, Girl Scouts of the USA sponsored the “Girl Scouts to the Moon and Back” essay contest to give Girl Scouts a chance to win a Space Science badge that’s actually going to space on NASA’s Artemis I. That mission is NASA’s first step toward he goal of sending
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CHESTER – The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest report. Tracy L. Jany 52, Chester, arrested August 30, 2022 by Randolph County Sheriff’s Office on a Randolph County warrant for escape. Bond amount is $100,000. Is incarcerated. Amber M. Trail 42, Tilden, arrested August 30, 2022 by Sparta Police on a Washington County
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COLUMBIA, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that Illinois Rt 3 from I-255 to Gilmore Lake in Columbia will be intermittently restricted to one lane in each direction beginning Monday, September 12, 2022, weather permitting. This work will take place daily. Traffic in each direction will be maintained using flaggers and arrow boards.
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CARBONDALE, Ill. — With its largest class of new freshmen in six years, Southern Illinois University Carbondale has enjoyed a second year of stable enrollment, totaling 11,107, just 1.4 percent lower than 2021. This fall, 1,518 Salukis are starting their college career, an increase of 6.8 percent over their predecessors. In 2021, the university welcomed 1,422
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CHESTER – A SPECIAL MEETING of the Chester School District Board of Education will be held September 6, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. in the High School Family & Consumer Science Classroom (217B) located at 1901 Swanwick Street, Chester, IL The meeting is open to the public. The tentative agenda:
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The environment in Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) facilities is becoming increasingly more dangerous for both correctional officers and offenders and there seems to be little or no movement toward improving the situation, according to the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Corrections Lodge 263. According to Lodge 263, during the
By Richie Murray – USAC Media DU QUOIN, Ill. – In Brian Tyler’s storied USAC Silver Crown career, perhaps no moment was grander than his 2021 performance at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds in southern Illinois. For instance, it was his first run for the BCR Group team after taking the reins of the ride
