CHESTER – The Chester City Council will meet tonght at 6 p.m. in the city hall board room. The meeting is open to the public. CHESTER, ILLINOIS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA April 17, 2023 CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING CORRESPONDENCE […]
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Photo and Story by Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER —The Easter Lillies on the Altar at the First United Methodist Church in Chester on Easter morning were in memory of friends and/or family members of 11 different church members. Those members are as follow: Steve and Kathy Belcher, in memory of their parents;
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. — April is National Volunteer Month, and the American Red Cross is celebrating the millions of people who volunteer to give blood, platelets and plasma throughout the year. This month, the Red Cross and PEANUTS®are joining forces as a reminder that it’s cool to be kind and help save lives. Don’t
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GLEN CARBON, Ill. – Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois has wrapped up the annual Girl Scout Cookie Program for 2023. Girl Scouts hosted cookie booths, made door-to-door sales, and even made online sales to friends and family near and far. Once again, they rocked it! In total, girls in Southern Illinois sold 777,937 packages of
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by Kim Rendfeld CARBONDALE, Ill. – Southern Illinois University Carbondale will hold “active threat” exercises on April 20 to assess and improve the university’s response to emergencies. Each year, the university’s Emergency Operations Center conducts exercises based on a simulated scenario. This year’s drill will involve more people, including university leadership, and be more
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — The University Honors Program on Wednesday, April 19, will showcase faculty research and teaching and student research around the theme of “Migrations and Borders.” Each year, the honors program takes up a theme that is explored in a cluster of courses, distinguished speaker series and collaborative projects across campus. For the
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — A flood of memories will hit dozens of SIU Aviation alumni aboard an American Airlines’ Boeing 737 on Saturday, April 15, as they fly over Southern Illinois University Carbondale and then land moments later at Southern Illinois Airport. But there is also a purpose with this visit: showing
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CHESTER – The following Chester Grade School Students were recognized Friday March 10 for demonstrating the CGS Character Trait of the month of March. “Decision-Making Skills”. The CGS character award recipients are (Front row, left to right): Zander Martin, Ren Holley, Carter Belton, and Joslyn Gregory, (Back row, left to right): Harper Cushman, Freya Roche,
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Blechle, DeGuzman, Kaempfe, Krieg, Smith, and Sibley earn “perfect” scores BY JIM BEERS, Contributing Writer CHESTER – The Chester High School Music Department is on another quest to earn another State Trophy in the 2023 IHSA Music Sweepstakes competition. The first step in accomplishing this goal was competing in the 2023 IHSA Solo and Ensemble
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by Christi Mathis Photos by Yenitza Melgoza CARBONDALE, Ill. — Can a boat made from sheets of cardboard really float? That’s what contestants at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s 48th Great Cardboard Boat Regatta will find out, much to the joy and amusement of bystanders. The ever-popular tradition that launched a global celebration returns to Campus
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