Randolph County News

by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Wildlife researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are using cameras to take a closer look at how deer socialize to better understand how a deadly disease is spread.     John Vinson, a postdoctoral associate at the Center for Wildlife Sustainability Research, and Nina Davis, an undergraduate in zoology, […]

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — A former faculty member at Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School will reflect on his career and time at SIU Carbondale, and his current role as a federal judge in Washington, D.C., during a lecture on April 22.     Ryan T. Holte   Ryan T. Holte, a judge

CHESTER – The Chester Beautification/Tourism Commission will meet Thursday at 6 p.m.   The tentative agenda:   Chester Beautification/Tourism Commission Agenda April 17, 2025   Pledge of Allegiance   Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes-Melissa Gross   Treasurer’s Report-Linda Rader/Brenda Owen Proposed 2026 budget-Brenda Owen   Public Petitions & Correspondence                 Standing Committee Reports Take Pride

CHESTER – The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest report of arrests.   Arrested were:   Michael J. Jaimet 43, Percy, arrested April 7, 2025 by Steeleville Police for domestic battery.  Is incarcerated.   Christa D. Poynor 38, Prairie Du Rocher, arrested April 7, 2025 by Randolph County Sheriff’s Office for domestic battery. 

CHESTER – The minutes of the Chester Community Unit School District 139 meetings held March 19, 2025 and April 3, 2025 have been released.   March 19 minutes:   CHESTER SCHOL BOARD MINUTES March 19, 2025   April 3 minutes:   CHESTER SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES April 3, 2025    

CHESTER – Six Chester High School seniors were honored at the 2025 Southern Illinois Society of High School Achievement (SISHSA) Banquet Thursday.   The event, which is in its 53rd year of existence, honors the top students across Southern Illinois. The banquet takes place at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and features entertainment, a sit-down

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — The work by Southern Illinois University Carbondale photojournalism students who used an April 2024 weekend workshop to chronicle the people and events in Cobden and Alto Pass is now available. SIU photojournalism students Dominique Martinez-Powell (left) and Abby Harris (right) and Julia Rendleman, an assistant professor in the School

CHESTER – Several Chester Grade School students were recognized Friday March 28 as the “March 2025 Jackets of the Month”.   The students were nominated by CGS teachers or staff members for having demonstrated all four of the “HIVE” good character traits of RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, SAFETY, and EMPATHY every day throughout the month of March.

No injuries, but a broken window and door, and some minor store frontage damage are the main ‘apparent’ issues   By Jim Beers CHESTER – At approximately 6:05 p.m. Thursday April 10 the Chester Fire Department was called to the 1200 block of Swanwick Street for a non-emergency situation of a trailer truck that had