Opening Day Assembly, Educational Sessions, Iconik Pictures, and 7th & 8th Period introductions highlight the Day 1 active schedule By Jim Beers CHESTER – Thursday August 14 was the first official day of school at Chester High School for students. The day was filled with excitement, lots of introductions, educational orientation sessions, individual and group […]
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Du Quoin, IL – The Du Quoin State Fair has an extensive array of entertainment planned for the mile and half mile tracks. The mile track will host three days of harness racing on August 25, 26, and 27 starting at 4 p.m. “Harness racing is a crowd favorite at the Du Quoin State
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CHESTER – The Chester City Council will meeting this evening at 6 p.m. today in the muncipal building at 1330 Swanwick Street, Chester. The meeting is open to the public. The tentative agenda: CHESTER, ILLINOIS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA August 18, 2025 CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEDGE
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CHESTER — The Chester Cemetery and Finance Committee will meet in special session today at 5 p.m. in the Chester Municipal Building, 1330 Swanwick Street, Chester. The meeting is open to the public. The public notice and agenda for the meeting: NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING CITY OF CHESTER CEMETERY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
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Annual Breakfast and Teacher Hall of Fame Induction welcomes teachers, staff, and Hall of Fame Inductees including Larry Baldwin, John Birchler, and Linda Egge By Jim Beers CHESTER – The Chester School District No. 139 school year got off to a great start Tuesday August 12 with the Annual Breakfast for all teachers, staff,
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Pictured are the members of the 2025 Chester High School Freshman Class of 2029 who attended the 2025 Freshman Academy at CHS. The event was held Monday August 11 and was designed to help the newcomers to CHS acclimate and transition better to high school. Jim Beers Photo At the end of the
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RED BUD, Illinois – A scour hole discovered in 2010 has grown in size and now poses an immediate threat to the Stringtown Levee system in Monroe County’s Bottoms region. Representative David Friess is urging Governor JB Pritzker to intervene directly by directing the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) to immediately deploy resources and secure
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SIKESTON—Route 51 will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge maintenance on the Chester Bridge over the Mississippi River. This section of roadway is located from County Road 946 near Claryville, Missouri to E Kaskaskia Street in Chester, Illinois. Weather permitting, work will take place
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CHESTER – The Mississippi Valley Art Guild is hosting a Meet the Artists Open House on Saturday, July 19, from 1- 4 pm at 611 State Street. Many of the art guild members will be demonstrating their talents such as woodworking, stained glass, jewelry design, along with painting using alcohol inks and acrylic paints. It’s
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ST. LOUIS, MO – The American Red Cross urges all donors to give blood or platelets now to keep the blood supply strong this summer. Type O blood products are most needed on hospital shelves – especially in the face of summer challenges that can quickly cause blood and platelet reserves to drop. In
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