Randolph County News

Memorial Hospital is pleased to welcome Kara Roth, FNP-C, DNP, to the Memorial Hospital Convenient Care team. Roth brings a diverse background in nursing, family practice, emergency care, and walk-in clinic services. She began her nursing career as a registered nurse in 2015 and went on to earn her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Southern […]

Glen Carbon, Illinois – September 17, 2026 – Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois announced today it was awarded an American Water Charitable Foundation STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) Education grant, supporting STEM-related curricular and extracurricular programs focused on expanding access to STEM opportunities for girls across Southern Illinois. This grant will be used to help

All-School Assembly and prior to the Chester-Sparta game Students hear about the day America experienced the 911 terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 BY JIM BEERS             On Friday September 11, 2026 students and faculty at Chester High School joined together at an all-school assembly to remember the day 25-years ago that America experienced the

Captain Wyatt Ruehling, who has been called to active duty, is honored at school-wide assembly and at CHS vs Sparta football game BY JIM BEER             Chester High School teacher and football coach, Wyatt Ruehling, was honored at a school-wide assembly Friday September 11. Ruehling is both a social studies teacher at CHS as well

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, a healthcare strategy executive and technology leader, will talk about the utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care when he delivers the 2026 John and Marsha Ryan Bioethicist in Residence lecture at the SIU Simmons Law School on Monday, Sept. 21. Balasubramanian, who works at