Randolph County News

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Progressive American Flat Track, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, is pleased to announce that tickets are officially on sale for the series’ epic return to the DuQuoin Mile at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds on June 17 in DuQuoin, Illinois. The event, promoted by Track Enterprises, is destined to be one of the genuine highlights of the season […]

STE. GENEVIEVE – The Chester City Council will meet Tuesday.   The tentative agenda:    

EVANSVILLE – Christ Our Savior Lutheran High School held its first Ag/Carnival Day recently.     COS LHS officials thanked the schools that came out and participated: Trinity Lutheran and Monroe County Christian Homeschool Co-op participated in the morning and St. John’s Lutheran Red Bud took part in the afternoon.   The children in grades

EVANSVILLE – Section 22 FFA held its elections and a dodgeball tournament at Red Bud High school, recently.     Isaac Luebkemann, from Christ Our Savior Lutheran High school was voted in as Section 22 Secretary.   He is the first Christ Our Savior FFA member to hold a section office.

by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Jacari Henderson, an SIU double alumna, is the new director of Saluki Cares, Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s campuswide student support and care effort. Most recently, Henderson was the interim assistant athletic director for compliance for Saluki Athletics and had previously served there as the director of compliance and compliance coordinator.

by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – As legendary as they are, and as long-lived (up to 200 years or so), one might think science knows a lot about the giant tortoises of the Galapagos Islands. But a doctoral student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale says there are surprising gaps in that knowledge, especially when it