Randolph County News

Rana Hodge is new CHS English teacher and Theatre Club Sponsor

By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer    CHESTER — Chester School District No. 139 has several new teachers for the 2021-22 school year and one is Rana Hodge.  Rana Hodge is a new English teacher at Chester High School.  She teaches all sophomore level English classes.  She is also the CHS Theatre Club Sponsor and will

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NAMI announces new programs for Randolph County

By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer    CHESTER – A staff member for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, visited the January 26 Chester Area Christian Food Pantry Mobile Market to distribute educational materials to clients regarding two new programs available to citizens of Randolph County.     Rhonda Wilson of the National Alliance of Mental

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Randy Raley to host mornings on Classic Rock 931

ST. LOUIS — Donze Communications’ Classic Rock KBDZ St. Louis (93.1) names Randy Raley its new morning host. Raley is a 45-year industry veteran with stops at WXLP Moline, KYYS Kansas City, and St. Louis outlets KSHE, KFTK and KLOU. “These are exciting times for Donze Communications and classic rock 93.1 to be able to

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Paul Schimpf says Governor Pritzker’s budget address offers gimmicks, not solutions

WATERLOO – Republican candidate for governor Paul Schimpf released the following statement on Governor Pritzker’s budget address which offered no real solutions, but political gimmicks: “With Illinoisans already burdened by the highest effective tax rates in the nation, it is extremely offensive that Governor Pritzker would refer to his tax cut illusion as “relief.”  The illusion

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Kaskaskia Watershed Summit set for March 7

MODOC, Illinois — The Kaskaskia Watershed Association’s 21th Annual Summit will be held on March 7, 2022, (9 a.m. – 2 p.m.) at the Mariner’s Village Resort Conference Center in Carlyle, IL.  The theme for this year’s Summit is “Maintaining the Kaskaskia System for Generations to Come”.   For 20 years this Summit has brought

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