CHESTER – Beta Delta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society members enjoyed a recent program at Missouri’s National Veterans Memorial in Perryville. Site guides shared details and explained displays at the Welcome Center, Wall of Heroes, Military Museum, Guardians of Freedom Monument, and Honor Flag Memorial. Beta Delta members Carolyn Schwent, Mardell Granger, Jan […]
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CHESTER — Fourteen students at Chester Grade School were honored last month with a Chester Grade School Character Award for demonstrating the character trait of having good “Social Awareness”. (Front row, left to right): Easton McKinney, Jessa Gleason, Calvin Marshall, Wyatt Hess, Bronx Carroll, and Hunter Lloyd. (Back row, left to right): Harper Stewart, Sophia
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CHESTER – Delegates to the 2022 Illini Girls State reported to members of Alva Courier Unit No. 487 at a recent meeting. Illini Girls State Delegates Chelsea August and Kerrington Malley of Chester High School. The Auxiliary Unit sponsored Chelsea August, Kerrington Malley and Julia Venus from Chester High School to attend the event
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CARBONDALE, Ill. — Annabel Carr, a Southern Illinois University Carbondale freshman from Edwardsville, Illinois, has won free tuition for the spring semester. She was chosen at random Nov. 7 when 2,000+ SIU students attended the first home men’s basketball game. The crowd was the largest attended home-opening game for SIU since 2014, with 5,199 fans
CHESTER — The Marine Corps 247th Birth Party is taking place THIS THURSDAY November 10th at the Chester Country Club. There will be Cocktails at 1700 hours (5:00 PM) and Dinner at 18:30 (6:30 P.M.) This event is open to ALL CURRENT and Past Marines and includes “SPIKED PUNCH”
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The ‘all-you-can-eat’ meal is served 4-7 at the Methodist Church in Chester By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER – It’s that time of year again. The weather has gotten cooler. The time has changed. People are hungry for a heavier meal. That can only mean one thing! It’s time for the annual Chester Methodist Men’s
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CHESTER – With 34 of 37 precincts reporting, the voter turnout in Randolph County, Illinois was at 49 percent. Click here for the latest returns: https://platinumelectionresults.com/races/13/7 Click here for Illinois returns:
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CHESTER — The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest arrest reports. Sara M. Inselmann 46, Homeless, arrested October 31, 2022 by Randolph County Sheriff’s Office on a Randolph County warrant for unlawful possession of meth. Is incarcerated. Gary L. Grobb 38, Sparta, arrested October 31, 2022 by Randolph County Sheriff’s Office on a
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CARBONDALE — As the holidays approach and you begin preparing for festive meals, your wallet may notice a pinch, but Niki Davis, Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management Program manager and professor of practice, offers tips for holiday meals on tight budgets. “Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, we
by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Southern Illinois University Carbondale will publicly commemorate Veterans Day with the annual vigil at the flagpole near the center of campus. This year’s Nov. 11 Veterans Day event marks the 41st anniversary of the flagpole vigil, which began in 1981. The event, organized by SIU’s ROTC programs, honors
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