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CHS volleyball finishes Week 8 with six matches Lady Jackets are now 14-11 overall and 4-4 in Cahokia Conference going into final week of regular seasonOct 21, 2021 1:00 am - Chester High School's Lady Jacket volleyball team had a full and tiring Week 8 of matches Oct. 12-16 with two regular season matches and a four-match tournament at Freeb...
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Randolph County briefs: Be part of Small Business Saturday, Rotary Club fried chicken dinnerOct 19, 2021 12:00 am - Be part of Small Business Saturday The Chester Chamber of Commerce and River City Renewal is again asking the community to shop and dine locally during the upcoming holi...
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Randolph County briefs: Drop off letters to SantaOct 19, 2021 12:00 am - Kids are invited to drop off their letters to Santa in a special North Pole Express mailbox in front of city hall. Letters must be received by noon Wednesday, Dec. 15, i...
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Mary Ann Jeffreys, living life to the fullest at 100Oct 15, 2021 1:00 am - Family, friends and fellow members of the First United Methodist Church in Chester gathered in the church fellowship hall on Oct. 10 to celebrate the 100th birthday of M...
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All hail CHS Homecoming royaltyOct 15, 2021 1:00 am -
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Teen's arrest prompts concerns about Carbondale officerOct 15, 2021 1:00 am - Tensions have grown in the three weeks since an arresting Carbondale Police officer used force against his suspect, a local teenage girl, in an incident partially captur...
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Du Quoin schools will do lockdown drills on Friday (Oct. 15)Oct 15, 2021 1:00 am - The Du Quoin schools will hold lockdown drills on Friday, training students and teachers on the best ways to remain invisible in case an armed intruder should get into t...
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'He put Marion on the map': Region mourns loss of local baseball legend, Ray FosseOct 13, 2021 11:00 pm - MARION - For Jack Fletcher, the news of Ray Fosse's passing on Wednesday hit hard. But it also brought back a ton of memories about the man who has been one of the best ...
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Protect those who cannot protect themselvesOct 12, 2021 1:00 am - When Gov. J.B. Pritzker laid out his mandate forcing all the state's health care workers and educators to be vaccinated or lose their jobs, there was an important asteri...
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Windhorst will seek re-election, to 117th state rep seatOct 12, 2021 1:00 am - METROPOLIS – Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) announced on Tuesday that he plans to seek election to the 117th District pending the ongoing legal challenges to the new l...