Randolph County News

GLEN CARBON, Ill. – Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois has wrapped up the annual Girl Scout Cookie Program for 2022. Girl Scouts were out in full force, hosting cookie booths and making door-to-door sales all throughout Southern Illinois. Their hard work paid off, as girls in Southern Illinois sold 718,485 packages of Girl Scout Cookies […]

MODOC, Ill. –  The United States Army Corps of Engineers has announced that dredging has once begun on the Kaskaskia River from the New Athens, Ill. boat ramp south to the confluence of the Mississippi River.    This dredging is intended to remove sediment from boat ramps and the mouths of oxbows on the Kaskaskia River improving access for navigation capabilities, recreation, and

CARBONDALE, Ill. — A Chester man was among 38 Southern Illinois University Carbondale graduate and undergraduate students who were inducted into the university’s chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society during a ceremony in Morris Library’s John C. Guyon Auditorium on Monday.   Zachary Zappa is a senior science major at the University.  

CHESTER – The Chester City Council will meet Monday at 6 p.m. in the municipal building at 1330 Swanwick Street, Chester, Ill. The meeting is open to the public. The tentative agenda: CHESTER, ILLINOIS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA April 18, 2022 CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE READING OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING CORRESPONDENCE

EVANSVILLE, Ill. – The Christ Our Savior Lutheran High School FFA chapter participated in Livestock judging Career Development Event at SIU-C recently. Members participating were:  In front Alaina Smith, Hailey Harbaugh and Alyssa Heimann. In back Isaac Luebkemann and Christine Liefer.   The contest consisted of 10 rings: Breeding Gilts, Market Hogs,Breeding Heifers, Market Cows,

CHESTER – Randolph County States Attorney Jeremy Walker has released more March 2022 Case Updates:   People v. Ronald A. Arpin, Jr. (2019-CF-128, 2020-CF-77, and 2021-CF-276)   On March 24, 2022, Ronald A. Arpin, Jr., 30 of Red Bud, pled guilty to the offense of Domestic Battery before the Honorable Judge Richard A. Brown.  Pursuant