Articles by Mary Koester

An ongoing drainage issue was discussed with the Evansville Village Board at their July 13 meeting. Resident Vicki Thompson has addressed the board previously about […]

Shane Wagner, of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and Tom Smith, president of the Kaskaskia-Cahokia Trail Coalition, are pictured with a recently installed informational […]

Raelynn Stenzel has broken the Waverunners team record for girls 8 and under 25 yard freestyle twice this season. On June 30, she first broke […]

The Phantom Festival and a reenactment of the famed Phantom Funeral took place in Prairie du Rocher on Saturday, July 11. Pictured are reenactors as […]

This weekend the Phantom Festival returns to Prairie du Rocher. The Phantom Funeral is one of many fascinating stories out of Prairie du Rocher’s 300+ […]

ALMOST READY TO OPEN–Pictured is the Don Welge Memorial Bridge on the morning of Monday, July 6 as viewed from the Missouri side from the […]

Alderman also addressed complaint about event venue It was a short meeting for the Red Bud City Council on Monday, with most of the items […]

A presentation was given at the July 2 Randolph County Board of Commissioners meeting about a new nonprofit that is building a community for adults […]

Red Bud Community Unit School District No. 132 student registration for the 2026-2027 school year is now available online in Skyward. Registration links for new […]

Randolph County Sheriff Jarrod Peters reported that on July 3, a Randolph County Sheriff’s Office deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle […]