MURPHYSBORO, Ill. — Calling all educators! Egyptian Electric Cooperative is excited to announce that applications for the Touchstone Energy Classroom Empowerment Grants are now open for the 2023/2024 school year. Egyptian Electric Cooperative will award TEN Classroom Empowerment Grants, each valued at $500. Open to both public and private K-12 schools within our […]
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – R.P. Lumber Co. in Edwardsville, Ill., was honored as a Beacon Award winner during the Beacon Awards banquet held Friday, August 18. The Beacon Awards are a premier national industry awards program developed by The Hardware Connection magazine and The Hardware Conference to recognize the “best of the best” independent hardware/home improvement retailers in
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GLEN CARBON, Ill. – Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois will host the 5th annual United We Lead Gala on Saturday, September 9, 2023 at Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville, IL. The United We Lead Gala, themed “Lead The Way” in 2023, brings together a wide range of people who share the same desire – to
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CHESTER – The Randolph County Sheriff’s office has released its latest report of arrests. Arrested were: Dustin L. Oakley 31, Chester, arrested August 14, 2023 by Sparta Police on a Champaign County warrant for driving suspended/revoked. Bond is $5,000. Is incarcerated. Edwin Maldonado Perez 19, Chester, arrested August 15, 2023 by Randolph
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JEFFERSON CITY — A 23-year-old man from Sparta, Illinois escaped injury in a traffic crash on I-270 in St. Louis County Thursday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Jacob T. Soderlund was the driver of a northbound 2018 Hyundai Elantra which slowed for traffic congestion and was hit in the rear by a
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He Will Be Grand Marshal Of SIU Homecoming Parade CARBONDALE — SHARP MUSEUM will be the new name of the University Museum at SIU in Carbondale. Professor James Franklin Sharp has donated $1,000,000 to the Museum. Professor Sharp will be honored with several events at SIU during Homecoming week. On Thursday, October
CHESTER – A long-time tradition was continued this 2023-34 school year when Retired District # 139 Teachers and Staff took part in their Annual 1st Day of School Wave Day”. This activity started decades ago when Linda Saunders and Eleanor Miller, retired teachers, wanted to “rub-it-in” to current teachers on the first day of
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Series of ‘back-to-school’ preparation sessions help prepare students for successful year BY JIM BEERS, Contributing Writer CHESTER – School is back in session for the 2023-24 school year and Chester High School Principal, Jeremy Blechle, and all CHS Staff engaged students in several “back-to-school” preparation activities on the first two days of the new year
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CHESTER – The city of Chester will hold a Solar Eclipse Task Force Meeting September 22 at 5:30 p.m. The tentative agenda for the meeting: Agenda September 22, 2023 5:30 pm All programs, presentations, etc. must be scheduled through my office and will be given by the individuals assigned. Programs
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LEXINGTON, Kent. — A woman from Coulterville, Ill. recently enrolled in the University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences for fall 2023. Elizabeth Frederking has announced her prospective major of Psychology. Elizabeth is about to discover what’s wildly possible in a College at the heart of the Big Blue Nation. The
