CHESTER – The Board of Education of Chester Community Unit School District No. 139 held its Regular Meeting on April 21, 2022, in High School FACS Classroom B217. A report of the meeting has been released: Chester BOE 042622
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CHESTER – Chester Police direct traffic Friday April 22 after a Legacy Hauling truck dropped its drive shaft during the early morning business hours. The accident took place on the hill alongside Rowold Hardware after the truckdriver made a right from Rt. 150 east intending to go up the hill to proceed on RT. 3
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CHESTER — Two persons died and one person was hurt in a traffic crash on Broadway Street in Steeleville Friday afternoon. The Illinois State Police report 26-year-old Dakota Morrison of Chester was pronounced at the scene; 31year-old Diane M. Gilmer of Steeleville succumbed at an area hospital and 34-year-old Nicholas T. Cook of Du Quoin
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CHESTER – Katie Walls of Percy donated blood at the Red Cross Blood Drive Wednesday April 13. The drive was held at the Chester American Legion. Walls has been donating blood since high school when she donated at an FBLD Blood Drive in Steeleville. On March 13 Walls was donating via a Power Red procedure.
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported 19,551 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois. That’s an increase of 5,502 or 39 percent from the previous week’s 14,049. Randolph County, Illinois reported 13 new cases in the past week. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 3,114,036
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CHESTER — A Chester woman is being honored as the 2022 Distinguished Member of the Illinois Health Information Management Association. Donna Young, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, began her career in 1979 as a coder in the medical records department of Memorial Hospital in Chester. She received her first credential, Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) in 1992.
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CARBONDALE, Ill. — Illinois State Sen. Dale Fowler is the next guest in the virtual speaker series hosted by Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. Fowler, a Republican from Harrisburg, will join John Shaw, institute director, for a virtual conversation at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 26. Fowler and Shaw will discuss the spring General Assembly
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ULLIN, Illinois — Three persons died and three were hurt in a traffic crash Thursday morning on Illinois Route 3 in Union County Thursday morning. Illinois State Police reports the following died in the crash: Marie Meunier, 32 of Cape Girardeau, Vamshi Pechetty, 23 of Carbondale and Pavan Swarna, 23 of Carbondale. The injured in
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Glen Carbon, Illinois – Mark your calendars! Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois will host the 4th annual United We Lead Gala on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at The Regency Conference Center in O’Fallon, IL. The United We Lead Gala, themed “The Girl Scout Difference” in 2022, brings together a wide range of people who share
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EVANSVILLE – The Christ Our Savior FFA chapter participated in Ag Mechanics CDE (Career Development Event) at Mascoutah High School recently. Aaron Kothe placed 1st in welding. Members pictured from left to right participating were, Emily Luebkemann surveying 5th place, Aaron Kothe welding 1st place, Charlie Rahlfs carpentry tied for 11th place, Blaine Rahn
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