Articles by Mary Koester

Southwestern Illinois College is excited to announce plans to launch a new dental hygiene and dental assisting programs beginning in fall 2027, pending final approval […]

Kicking off the 20th season of Party at the Park in Prairie du Rocher was The Blue Moon Blues Band with Kent Ehrhardt on June […]

SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP–The Lady Musketeers won Red Bud’s first ever softball sectional championship after defeating Richland County 5-4 at the Class 2A Nashville sectional on May […]

The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association recently announced their 2025-26 Coach of the Year Award winners. And locally, recognized as a Coach of the Year IBCA […]

Local veteran Ralph Nagel enjoyed the experience of a lifetime recently as he participated in an Honor Flight on Tuesday, May 18 with Veterans Honor […]

It’s that time of year again when the Fort de Chartres Rendezvous, a popular annual southern Illinois tradition, will take place June 6-7 at the […]

Named as this year’s Evansville Knights of Columbus Knight of the Year was Mike Coop, and his family the Family of the Year. Coop, center, […]

Projects, permits and personnel matters were the biggest part of Monday evening’s brief Red Bud City Council meeting. One of the biggest things receiving approval […]

St. Peter United Church of Christ will host “Snowball Mountain Challenge” vacation Bible school on July 6-10 from 6-8 p.m. VBS is open to youth […]

The Randolph County Cutters & Strutters Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation will be sponsoring their annual sporting clays shoot on Saturday, June 13. […]