CHESTER – The Chester City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, July 1st, 2024 in the municipal building, 1330 Swanwick Street, Chester, Illinois. The meeting is open to the public. The tentative agenda: CHESTER, ILLINOIS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA July 1st, 2024 CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL III. […]
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DECATUR, Ill. — Two River Region residents who attend Millikin University are among the undergraduates who have been named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2024 semester. The students are: Gabby Bievenue of Red Bud Aaron Zoellner of Frohna Students who attempt 12 graded credits during a fall or spring semester and earn a
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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Chronic high stress, long and difficult shifts and elevated anxiety – these constant components of correctional officers’ jobs result in higher rates of PTSD than military veterans’, suicide rates twice as high as all other professions combined and increased risk of substance use among a population that dies young,
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MISSISSIPPI STATE, Miss. — Olivia Schilling, of Evansville, IL, was named to the Mississippi State University spring 2024 President’s List. Schilling is among 4,137 students who have attained this honor. Students on the President’s List achieved a 3.80 or better grade-point average, based on a 4.0 scale, while completing at least 12 semester hours of coursework
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CHESTER – A special meeting of the Chester School District Board of Education will be held today at 5 p.m. in the High School Cafeteria, 1901 Swanwick Street, Chester, IL. AGENDA Call to Order and Roll Call – 5:00 p.m. Regular Session Pledge of Allegiance Opportunity for Public Comment (please
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CHESTER – The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest report of arrests. Kenneth J. Nesbitt 47, Sparta, arrested June 18, 2024 by Sparta Police on a Randolph County warrant for violation of Pre-Trial Release, failure to appear on a mob action charge. Is incarcerated. Wyatt J. Holder 27, Chester, arrested June
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CHESTER – As Memorial Hospital completes renovations throughout the hospital, they have put out a call for local photos to be submitted for a photo contest. Photos from three talented individuals have been selected for display in the new outpatient Specialty Clinic at the hospital. Emily Waeltz from Marissa, Ill. had two photos
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Ian Azeredo smiled while discussing a recent day that he successfully soloed and landed a specially adapted Vashon Ranger Light Sport airplane at Southern Illinois Airport as part of the Able Flight program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Able Flight student Natallia Mirashnichenka at the controls of the Vashon Ranger Light
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JEFFERSON CITY — An 82-year-old Sparta, Ill. man received minor injuries in a traffic crash on Highway 51 in Perry County Sunday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Norman A. Schirmer was taken to Mercy Hospital Perryville by a Perry County ambulance. The patrol reports Schirmer was buckled up. The patrol
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by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — More than 200 high school and university students from across Illinois will be converging on Southern Illinois University Carbondale June 28-30 for the 2024 Illinois TRIO Student Leadership Conference, celebrating the golden anniversary of the state chapter of the TRIO Programs. TRIO Student Support Services students Francesca
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