Randolph County News

River Region women are inducted into Phi Kappa Phi

BATON ROUGE, La. — Two River Region women have been inducted into the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi.   Megan Roy of Red Bud attends McKendree University and Rozlyn Wahlen of Caseyville attends the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.   They are among approximately 25,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated […]

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More than 1,800 students will be honored at SIU Carbondale commencement exercises

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — The academic achievements of more than 1,800 Southern Illinois University Carbondale students will be celebrated during spring 2022 commencement exercises May 6-7.   Festivities start with the SIU School of Law commencement on Friday, May 6, at Shryock Auditorium. On Saturday, May 7, Banterra Center will hold two commencement

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Schimpf says parents and taxpayers have a right to curriculum transparency

WATERLOO, Ill. – Republican candidate for Governor Paul Schimpf says the State of Illinois should require public schools to enforce curriculum transparency in order to qualify for state education funding. The increased transparency, part of Schimpf’s “A New Start to Illinois” plan, would allow parents to know what their children are being taught and provide

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Rotarian bicyclist rider will pass through Chester on his ride to support the fight against polio

ST. LOUIS—Rotarian Ralph Zuke plans to ride from St. Louis to the Rotary International Convention in Houston, Tex. to support Rotary’s mission of eradicating polio. The ride will start on May 3rd and end the day before the conference June 3rd. The ride will be a little over 1000 miles long, though Ralph is no

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Chester Grade School presents Character Awards

CHESTER – Chester Grade School presented its Character Awards Friday, April 1.   The following Chester Grade School students received awards: Row 1, left to right): Remi Brandenburger, Alan Roman, Dawson Bierman, Neymar Ixcoy-Sica, Bennett Carter, and Gabe Blow. (Row 2., left to right): Callie Eckert, Hope Calvin, Zury Gomez, Jeretzy Garcia, Kanon Perry, Katelyn

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