Randolph County News

River Region students honored by Greenville University

GREENVILLE, Ill. — The following River Region students have been placed on the Dean’s List at Greenville University for the Fall 2021 semester. Percy, Ill. Alexandria Ebbler, Senior Steeleville, Ill. Katelyn Myers, SeniorDustin Sutton, Senior Tilden, Ill. Matthew Dorf, Freshman To qualify for the GU Dean’s List, a student must successfully complete a minimum of 12 […]

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SIU-C chancellor says campus will have face to face classes during the second semester

CARBONDALE – Southern Illinois University – Carbondale chancellor Austin A. Lanehas outlined the universities plan for the second semester in a letter to students, faculty and staff.   Lane said classes will be held in a face-to-face setting with masks (preferably N95 or KN95) required in shared indoor spaces such as classrooms, lobbies and hallways.

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Two River Region residents are named to SNHU President’s List

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Two Southern New Hampshire University students from the River Region have been named to the Fall 2021 President’s List. Tiffany Kasten of Perryville, Mo. and Lecia Ross of Coulterville, Ill. are both full-time undergraduate students who earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.7 or above  to be named to the President’s

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Chester Chamber of Commerce cancels board meeting due to COVID

CHESTER — The Chester Chamber of Commerce has announced the board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, January 18th has been cancelled due to the increase in COVID related illnesses in the area. The next event on the schedule is February 15th for the lunch/meeting program.  Jeremy Walker is slated to speak at that event.  “We will

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Veterans Honor Flight to return to Washington D.C. in June

MARION, Ill. — Veterans Honor Flight of Southern Illinois announced Tuesday the group will return to Washington D.C. in the Spring.   The all-volunteer group will conduct their eighth flight honoring veterans from Southern Illinois on Tuesday, June 7, 2022.   Founded in 2016, Veterans Honor Flight has transported over 520 veterans to Washington D.C.

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CHS musicians wow crowd with ‘Sounds of the Season’ holiday concert

By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer     CHESTER — The Chester School District # 139 Music Department presented four music programs for the 2021 Christmas season to close out the first semester of the 2021-22 school year.  Three such programs were performed by Chester Grade School groups and the Chester High School Music Department gave the

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