CHESTER – The agendas for two upcoming meeting the Chester Municipal Buiding at 1330 Swanwick Street in Chester have been released. The Chester Parks and Recreation Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, January 10. The Chester Rec Ball Board will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, January 12.
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CHESTER — Cars line the parking lot at the Cohen Recreation Complex in Chester for the December 2022 Mobile Market. Sponsored by the Chester Area Christian Food Pantry, the monthly Mobile Markets provide much needed food items to clients with a voucher. The December Mobile Market served approximately 110 clients with food items that
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CHESTER — The Chester Rotary Club met Wednesday, December 28. President Tanya Cowan conducted the meeting and introduced special guests of the club. Longtime member Ralph Kipp was in attendance, along with his entire family, including sons Dale and Lyle, their wives and children. Also present were Marc Kiehna, Assistant Governor of Rotary
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SPARTA, Ill. – The Sparta Police Department congratulates Officer Kevin Otten on receiving the 2022 Officer of the Year Award. Officer Otten joined our Department in 2012 as a Telecommunicator, after serving with the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office in the dispatch center. In 2020, he moved from our dispatch center to patrol. Officer
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MURPHYSBORO – Two schools in the River Region schools were among 10 Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association (EECA) announced as recipients of its 2022 Touchstone Energy Classroom Empowerment Grants. The grants were offered and awarded to teachers or school administrators of public and private K-12 school to help with projects that will improve educational opportunities
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DUQUOIN – The Illinois State Police is investigating a three-vehicle crash on Route 3 in Union County which killed one person and injured one. According to the ISP report: A 2001 Ford Crown Victoria driven by a 73-year-old Jonesboro, Illinois man was traveling south on Illinois Route 3 near Refuge Road when it
CHESTER — Memorial Hospital presented service awards at their rural health clinic and hospital location employees during the week of December 12. Each year, staff celebrating milestone anniversaries are honored with a certificate of recognition and appreciation along with a monetary gift. During the special recognition week, Brett Bollmann, CEO and Department Heads,
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CHESTER — The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest report of arrests: Kailyn L. Brucker 19, Swansea, arrested December 27, 2022 by Randolph County Sheriff’s Office on a Randolph County warrant for failure to appear on an unlawful possession of meth charge. Is incarcerated. Alexa R. Davis 26, Percy, arrested December 27, 2022
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CARBONDALE, Ill. — The Rev. Susan Hayward, associate director for the Religious Literacy and Professions Initiative at Harvard Divinity School, will join the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute for a virtual discussion on Tuesday, Jan. 10. Hayward, an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, will join John Shaw, institute director, at 2
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LINN, Mo. – State Technical College of Missouri would like to congratulate our December 2022 students who achieved the Dean’s List during the 2022 fall semester. To be placed on the Dean’s List, a full-time student must earn a semester grade point average between 3.5 and 4.0 on a 4-point scale. Bloomsdale, MO
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