by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — More than 225 students from 15 local high schools gained greater insight into journalism, advertising, yearbook and graphic design at the 72nd annual Southern Illinois School Press Association Winter Conference hosted by SIU Carbondale’s School of Journalism and Advertising on Feb. 22. More than 225 high school students from throughout […]
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CHESTER – The tentative agenda for Monday’s meeting of the Chester Parks and Recreation Committee meeting has been released. The meeting is open to the public. Chester Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting Agenda 1330 Swanwick Street, Chester, Illinois 62233 Monday, February 27, 2023 6 p.m. City Hall Call to order Roll Call
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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — It’s not every day that university students get to play an integral part in fulfilling a $2 million contract, but that’s exactly what’s been happening at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Illinois State Police (ISP) needed help creating promotional campaigns,
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Class of 2023 has 15 senior Pep Band members and 1 senior Dance Team member BY JIM BEERS, Contributing Writer CHESTER –With winter sports ending, local high school pep bands and spirit groups are likewise ending their duties. Basketball is the primary sport during the winter season utilizing the services of pep bands, cheerleading squads
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CARBONDALE, Ill. — Illinois State Sen. Dale Fowler will discuss this year’s legislative agenda for the state when he participates in a Pizza & Politics session at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute on March 2. Fowler, R-Harrisburg, will discuss his career in politics and his current work in the Illinois
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by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Southern Illinois University Carbondale will offer a free training program this spring to address the shortage of entry-level civil engineering technicians in construction industries and ultimately improve infrastructure, in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Transportation. The 10-week program, Building a Trained Workforce for the State of Illinois Infrastructure Industry
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COLMBIA – 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, February 27, 2023, weather permitting. This work will take place daily. Traffic in each direction will be maintained using flaggers and arrow boards.
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DU QUOIN – The Illinois State Police (ISP) has unveiled its new Troop 10 Guidon, or flag, in Du Quoin. On January 1, 2023, ISP reorganized from 21 patrol Districts across the state to 11 patrol Troops. In recognition of the newly formed Troops, ISP is holding Guidon ceremonies within each new Troop over three days.
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CHESTER – The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest reports. Jim J. Baird 52, Sparta, arrested February 14, 2023 by Randolph County Sheriff’s Office on a Randolph County warrant for failure to appear on an identity theft charge and a Washington County warrant for methamphetamine delivery. Released after posting $200 cash bond.
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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Could your job hinge on decisions made via the use of artificial intelligence? Recent polls indicate that may be the case. Jim Nelson, Rehn Professor of Business Analytics, coordinator of the analytics program in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s College of Business and Analytics and the director of its Pontikes Center for
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