CARBONDALE – Find an interesting rock and wonder about its history and pedigree? Southern Illinois University Carbondale this weekend will celebrate Geologists Day with an informational clinic at the home of the university’s geology program. The Rock and Mineral Clinic is set for 1-4 p.m. Sunday at Parkinson Building, Room 101F, on the SIU campus. […]
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CARBONDALE, Ill. – It’s not too late for vendors to sign up for the 2023 Southern Illinois University Carbondale Civil Service Council’s spring flea market. Proceeds from vendors’ fees go to the Civil Service Education Assistance Fund toward scholarships for SIU students. This year’s flea market is from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 22 in the Banterra
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Stephen Alexander Vaden, who serves as a judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade, will discuss how many policy and legal disputes are being shepherded for resolution through a trade law context and what legal doctrines and structural factors may be implicated by this trend during a lecture
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Sarah Collins Rudolph, who survived the 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing that became a galvanizing point in the Civil Rights Movement, will share her insights at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Morris Library on Wednesday, March 29. Collins Rudolph will be at the library’s John C. Guyon Auditorium at 6
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Both Departments deal with fire at Gilster-Mary Lee plant in McBride BY JIM BEERS, Contributing Writer CHESTER – At 11:40 A.M. Tuesday March 28 the Chester Fire Department received a request from the Perryville City Fire Department for mutual aid dealing with a fire reported at the Gilster-Mary Lee plant in McBride, Missouri. The page
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MILLSTADT, Ill. – Families from the Millstadt Consolidated School District are sharing good news about good kids. The school, along with Becky Rasmussen, Coordinator and Coach of the District #160 Odyssey of the Mind, is excited to be leading a group of eager, curious, creative students to the World Finals Competition at Michigan State University,
by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Two teams of up-and-coming engineers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are getting ready to rumble – robot style – while a third team is building one that theoretically could remotely mine the moon for precious minerals. Robots are just a thing at SIU. Aaron Faivre, a senior in electrical
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CHESTER – The Chester City Planning Commission meets Thursday at 5 p.m. The tentative agenda for the meeting:
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CHESTER – The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest reports. Donald E. Beshears 38, Percy, arrested March 20, 2023 by Steeleville police for aggravated battery. Is incarcerated. Ashley K. Holder 30, Steeleville, arrested March 20, 2023 by Chester Police for unlawful possession of controlled substance & retail theft. Released on recognizance bond.
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CHESTER — On Friday March 24 Randolph County Sheriff, Jarrod Peters, presented Dennis McDonald of Chester with a plaque thanking him for nine years of service to Randolph County. McDonald recently retired from his position as Head Bailiff of the Randolph County Courts. Photo provided by Randolph County Sheriff’s Office Peters said, “The
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