JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest reports. Among those listed as arrested: 62-year-old David A. Rowold of Chester at 11:30 p.m. Saturday in Ste. Genevieve County on a patrol charge of driving while intoxicated. He was taken to the Ste. Genevieve County Jail on a 12-hour hold. 51-year-old Obrie […]
CHESTER – The Chester City Council will meet in regular session Tuesday, January 18 at 5 p.m. in the municipal building, 1330 Swanwick Street, Chester, Illinois. The meeting is open to the public. The tentative agenda for the meeting: CHESTER, ILLINOIS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Tuesday, January 18, 2022 CALL TO ORDER
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CHESTER — The Randolph County Health department reports the county’s transmission rate for CoVID 19 remains “HIGH”. Statistics through January, 11th. Information will be updated as received from the Illinois Department of Public Health. You may also access County CoVID-19 statistics at the following websites: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view https://dph.illinois.gov/covid19/data/region-metrics.html?regionID=4 The Randolph County Health Department
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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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CHESTER — A regular meeting of the Chester Community Unit School District 139 Board of Education will be held on January 20, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. in the High School Family and Consumer Science Classroom, located at 1901 Swanwick Street, Chester. The tentative agenda: A G E N D A Call to
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CHESTER – The Chester Community Unit School District No. 139 Board of Education has decided not to impose a mask mandate at this time. Instead the board tabled action on masking until a future meeting. The action came during the board’s January 6 meeting. According to the meeting’s minutes, school board members
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CHESTER — The Randolph County Health Department Tuesday released its latest report on the pandemic. It said the Randolph county transmission rate for CoVID 19 is “HIGH” Statistics through the 9th indicated 581 positive CoVID tests out of 2,838 tested for a positivity rate of 20.47 percent. You may also access County CoVID-19 statistics
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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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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 — 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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