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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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Camp Little Giant, one of the nation’s first camps specifically for people with disabilities, returns to Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Touch of Nature Outdoor Education Center in a new and reimagined form for summer 2023. The inclusive recreation camp, which launched in 1952, will now serve additional people, have
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CHESTER – Volunteers unload, sort, and distribute food items donated by the St. Louis Area Food Bank recently at the monthly Chester Area Christian Food Pantry Mobile Market. It was another cold, damp, cloudy, breezy day for the March food giveaway, but loyal volunteers braced the weather to serve 96 vouchers. Some of
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