Randolph County News

by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – A Canadian speaker will separately address young scientists and the energy-conscious during two sponsored lectures on Friday, Feb. 3, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Federico Rosei is professor and scientific head of the Nanofemtosecond Laboratory, The Centre Energie, Materiaux et Telecommunications, Institut National de la Recerche Scientifique, Varennes, Quebec. […]

CHESTER, Ill. – Randolph County Sheriff Jarrod Peters has announced the arrest of a Prairie Du Rocher, Illinois man in connection with a theft at the Fred Weber Inc. Rock Quarry on Bluff Road.   On Friday, January 27th, 2023, Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 52-year- old John Christopher Jones for theft over $10,000.   Deputies were

CHESTER, Ill. – Randolph County, Illinois Sheriff Jarrod Peters has announced the arrest of two Marissa, Ill. residents in connection with the November 28, 2022 theft on Schwenk Road in rural Chester, Ill.       Authorities have charged 39-year-old Gary Fuller and 39-year-old Sarah Fuller with one count of burglary each.   The Fullers

CHESTER — Marilyn Duensing, Operating Room LPN, will be donning her scrubs one last time the end of January, as she plans to retire from Memorial Hospital in Chester after 50 years of service. Memorial Hospital staff celebrated her retirement on January 26 with a cake and punch reception. Brett Bollmann, CEO of Memorial, presented

CHESTER — A Chester woman is among the students listed in the Spring 2023 Dean’s List at the University of Illinois College of Applied Health. Parker Knippa is the daughter of Jill Middendorf.   To be included in the Dean’s List she was required to obtain a minimum 3.9 grade point average.   She is

by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – When you’re a Southern Illinois University Carbondale student doing research far from home, sometimes discoveries happen in unexpected ways. Take the recent case of an opossum, a Burmese python and a GPS collar that may lead to better tracking and removal of the invasive species. An x-ray image of a python taken by researchers in the Key Largo, Florida, area shows

by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Black History Month commemoration in February will feature a wide variety of events, including special guest speakers and an impactful trip for students. This year’s theme is “Power of Black Resilience,” and most events are free and open to the public.   “We’re looking forward

CHESTER – Don Berry of the First Baptist Church in Chester was the guest speaker at the First United Methodist Church in Chester Sunday January 15, 2023. Berry, a deacon at FBC since 1999 when he was ordained by Rev. Brian Law gave the sermon titled, “Questions about Heaven.”   During his sermon Berry addressed