CHESTER – A special meeting of the Chester School District Board of Education will be held Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at 6 p.m. in the High School Family & Consumer Science Classroom (217B) located at 1901 Swanwick Street, Chester, IL. AGENDA 1. Call to Order and Roll Call 2. Opportunity for Public Comment 3. Executive […]
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SPARTA, Ill. — The Sparta, Illinois Police Department has announced the arrest of three individuals on home invasion and other charges. According to a police statement, on Monday, October 24, 2022 at approximately 11:45 p.m., the Sparta Police Department responded to a home invasion where the suspects had fled the scene prior to arrival.
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale strengthened its commitment to students in the Kansas City, Missouri, area with agreements to bring the expertise of a doctoral research university to qualified community college students by providing the option to earn their bachelor’s degrees remotely and at a lower cost in nine academic
CARBONDALE, Ill. — About 275 high school students from Illinois and Kentucky will perform this week in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Shryock Auditorium as part of a high school choral festival. The free, public concert is at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26. The concert will culminate a day of activity for the students, said Susan
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CHESTER – The Chester Planning Commission will meet in regular session Thursday at 5 p.m. The tentative agenda: Chester Planning Commission City of Chester, Illinois Meeting Agenda Thursday, October 27, 2022 5:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ROLL CALL
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CARBONDALE, Ill. — Faculty from Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s College of Health and Human Sciences will discuss their research during a “flash talk” presentation at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, in Morris Library’s John C. Guyon Auditorium. Graduate students and undergraduate students within the college will also present talks and posters during the event. Each participating faculty
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The American Red Cross urges blood donors of all types and those who have never given before to book a time to give blood or platelets now and help keep the blood supply from dropping ahead of the holidays. People of all blood types are needed, especially platelet donors and
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CHESTER – The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest reports: James L. Loucks 46, Coulterville, arrested October 18, 2022 by Randolph County Sheriff’s Office on a Randolph County warrant for failure to appear on an unlawful possession of meth charge. Is incarcerated. Alyze M. Nesbitt 25, Sparta, arrested October 18, 2022 by
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DU QUOIN, Ill. –The 2022 Du Quoin State Fair saw a spike in attendance with 171,102 people attending the 100th Anniversary of the Fair, up 13.5 percent from 2021 attendance numbers (150,186). This is the third Fair in a row that has seen a steady increase in attendance numbers, and the highest attended Du
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CHICAGO — The Illinois Department of Public Health reports 11,995 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois. That is an 1,579 or a 15 percent increase from the 10,416 new cases reported last week. The CDC has released data showing that 26 counties in Illinois are at an elevated level for COVID-19, up from 16
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