CHESTER – The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest report. Listed as arrested are: Jenelle M. Jackson 36, Granite City, arrested October 26, 2021 by Randolph County Sheriff’s Office on a Randolph County warrant for failure to appear on a driving while license suspended charge. Released on recognizance bond. Joseph D. Terry 27, […]
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CHESTER –The First United Methodist Church in Chester held its annual evening of Trick or Treating in front of the Church on Halloween, Sunday October 31st. Hundreds of children and their parents visited the Church and enjoyed receiving plenty of delicious candy provided by members of the congregation. Photo by Jim Beers Following the event from
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CHESTER — The Randolph County Health Department reported five new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths as of Monday. There are 17 active cases with no one in the hospital. There have been 5,641 cases since the pandemic began in March 2020. There have been 5,524 recoveries and 100 deaths. The Illinois Department of
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By Jim Beers, Contributing Writer CHESTER — The City of Chester is recovering from the tornado that struck Sunday night October 24th. According to Mayor Tom Page, a focused team effort helped to keep citizens safe and that same team effort is helping the community to make a smoother and quicker recovery than one
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CHESTER — Chester Grade School has announced the winners of the October 15 Character Awards presentation. The list includes these 12 students: Cash Hargis, Arizona Rose, Brandon Marquez, Landyn Phillips, Jaylee Belton, Grace Medford, Jaxon Hanna, Ellen Shipley, Haley Sellers, Decklin Forsting, Tegan Breedon, and Edinson Aroche. Pictured here (left to right) are Ellen
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CHESTER — The Chester Fire Department was “called out” to a fire Saturday October 23 at 3:03 p.m. to 217 West Holmes Street on the Hardees parking lot. There was a report of smoke coming out of the vents of a red Ford Ranger truck. The truck belonged to Richard and Bridget Stubits of Chester
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CHESTER — The members of Beta Delta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma enjoyed an informative presentation by Randolph County Sheriff’s Deputy Jonathan Barbour at a recent meeting. Randolph County Sheriff’s Deputy Jonathan Barbour speaks to members of Beta Delta Chapter. He focused on helpful information regarding scams and personal safety for adults. Deputy Barbour has
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CHESTER – The Chester CUSD 139 has released a report of the Board of Education meeting held October 21st. CHESTER SCHOOL BOARD REPORT
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CHICAGO – Republican candidate for governor Paul Schimpf took Democrats to task for the misguided and damaging policies they advanced during the recent veto session, which concluded early this morning. He pointed to a series of legislative missteps around a variety of issues, ranging from parental rights to redistricting. Schimpf found the repeal of the Parental Notification
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CHESTER — The Randolph County Health Department reported five new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths as of Friday. There are 22 active cases with no one in the hospital. There have been 5,636 cases since the pandemic began in March 2020. There have been 5,514 recoveries and 100 deaths. The Illinois Department of
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