Randolph County Sheriff’s reports
News, Randolph County News / July 30, 2024
CHESTER – The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest reports. Thomas D. Woodside 48, Perryville MO, arrested July 22, 2024 by Randolph County Sheriff’s Office on a Randolph County warrant for failure to appear on a methamphetamine delivery charge.Is incarcerated. James K. Murphy 63, Chester, arrested July 25, 2024 by Randolph […]
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SIU Carbondale alum and civil rights icon Charles D. Neblett honored in a new initiative to highlight today’s inequities in health care
News, Randolph County News / July 29, 2024
CARBONDALE, Ill. —Charles D. Neblett, SIU Carbondale alumand civil rights icon, is honored with a new nationwide healthcare initiative born out of his experience as a young SIU Carbondale freshman in 1959, where he led nonviolent protests against campus housing segregation and Delyte W. Morris, the University’s then-chancellor, listened to him. Neblett passes down
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SIU Carbondale’s summer 2024 enrollment rises
News, Randolph County News / July 26, 2024
by Kim Rendfeld CARBONDALE, Ill. – Following a strong fall and spring, Southern Illinois University Carbondale is enjoying increasing enrollment this summer, up about 3.4 percent from last year. “This great news is the result of the tireless efforts of many Salukis and the strategic planning outlined in Imagine 2030,” said Chancellor Austin A.
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River City Rock Out
News, Randolph County News / July 26, 2024
CHESTER – Chester Parks and Recreation Committee to welcome River City Rock Out 2024 to Cole Memorial Park, Saturday, July 27. The inaugural River City Rock Out is brought to you by the City of Chester and the Chester Parks and Recreation Committee. The day will consist of a Summer Splash event, 11 a.m.–5
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NAMI offers Family to Family program
Featured News, News, Randolph County News / July 26, 2024
CHESTER – NAMI Family-to-Family is an 8-week family education program designed to foster learning, healing, and empowerment among family members and close friends of individuals with serious brain disorders (mental illnesses). These include major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, OCD, anxiety disorders and post traumatic stress disorder. There is no cost for this course
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SIU student research to be showcased at symposium
Featured News, News, Randolph County News / July 25, 2024
by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Students from two relatedSouthern Illinois University Carbondaleprograms that teach students how to conduct research will present their findings during a research poster symposium this week. Students, researchers and members of the university and local community view exbits during a recent Summer Research Symposium.(Photo provided) The 21st annual Summer
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SIU researchers study how giant cane bamboo remnants affect ecosystems
News, Randolph County News / July 25, 2024
by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Two researchers from Southern Illinois University Carbondale are studying the role remnants of a once common bamboo species plays in improving soil and water, supporting wildlife and the effects of nearby forests. Researchers from Southern Illinois University Carbondale are studying the relationship between canebrake growth and forest characteristics, such
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Critical call for blood and platelet donors
Featured News, News, Perryville News, Randolph County News, Ste. Genevieve News / July 25, 2024
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The American Red Cross urges donors to give blood or platelets now to reinforce the blood supply as much as possible before the summer winds down. Type O blood donors and those giving platelets are especially needed to help keep hospital shelves stocked through August. Donors remain critically needed to
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River Region Sample Ballots for August Primary
News, Perryville News, Randolph County News, Ste. Genevieve News / July 24, 2024
RIVER REGION – The sample ballots for the August Primary Elections in the River Region counties of Ste. Genevieve and Perry in Missouri and Randolph in Illinois have been released. (Note: these ballots are posted here at no charge.) Ste. Genevieve County: STE-GENEVIEVE-SAMPLE-BALLOT Perry County: PERRY-COUNTY-SAMPLE-BALLOT Randolph County Republican:
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Professor Sharp Generosity Funds Another Museum
Featured News, News, Randolph County News / July 24, 2024
New York, N.Y. – James Franklin Sharp, after graduating from Chester High School in Chester, Illinois, attended nearby Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. In 2023, Professor Sharp made a major donation to SIU, and was honored by having the Sharp Museum at SIU named after him. Last October there were five days of events and
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