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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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — To better meet the needs of the Southern Illinois University Carbondale campus and the surrounding community, some realignment is underway for event planning. Essentially, events and activities at SIU’s Student Center will now be handled by Student Center Event Services. All other events and activities, along with continuing education,
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CHESTER – Tim Manard was the Special Guest Speaker at the First United Methodist Church in Chester Sunday February 19. Jim Beers Photo Manard, an employee at the Cunningham Children’s Home in Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, spoke on the topic of, “Biblical Truths as Evidenced in the Lives of Cunningham Youth”. In his sermon
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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Homemade maple syrup, one of nature’s original comfort foods, is the star of the show at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s popular annual Maple Syrup Festival, set for March 25-26. The festival is happening at Touch of Nature Outdoor Education Center and features a weekend full of special activities – many of
CHESTER – The Chester Board of Aldermen will meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. at city hall. The tentative agenda:
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — A classic murder mystery of seven snowbound strangers with tales of sordid pasts and intrigue will play out on Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s McLeod Theater stage next week through Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap.” The performances primarily by School of Theater and Dance students are at 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday,
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — In advance of the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a symposium next week at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will reflect on the war and look toward the future. SIU political science faculty Stephen Shulman and Steve Bloom, along with moderator John Shaw, will present “War
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