Roger Albert Wegener
Roger Albert Wegener, 69, of Evansville, passed away at 12:26 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 at Red Bud Regional Hospital in Red Bud. The […]
Month: January 2021
Clemens Richard Ruemker, Sr.
Clemens Richard Ruemker Sr., 86, of Columbia, passed away Jan. 8, 2021, in New Athens. The visitation is from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. […]
Cheryl A. Gruber
Cheryl A. Gruber, 71, of Red Bud, passed away at 2:50 a.m., Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 at Evelyn’s House in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Visitation will […]
Sr. Stephanie Mertens, ASC
Sr. Stephanie Mertens, ASC, 87, of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, passed away at 11:53 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 at the Ruma […]
Grahm Elliot Nitzsche
Grahm Elliot Nitzsche, 23, of Evansville, passed away at 6:14 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 at his residence. Visitation will be Monday, Jan. 11 from […]
Rodney Nevois is Red Bud’s newest alderman
ADMINISTERING OATH OF OFFICE–Red Bud City Clerk Joanne Cowell is pictured administering the oath of office to Rodney Nevois during the Red Bud council meeting […]
Large increase in local COVID-19 deaths, vaccination update given
While there has been an increase in those being vaccinated, sadly, there has also been a large increase in the amount of lives lost locally […]
Prairie du Rocher Tradition
On New Year’s Eve, a few members of La Guiannee Society gathered on the porch of the Creole House in Prairie du Rocher to perform […]
WEEOC received funding for SNAP pilot program
Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council, a community action agency headquartered in Steeleville, has received funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment Barrier Reduction […]
Nearly 500,000 cannabis arrest records to be expunged by state four years ahead of schedule
On Dec. 31, Governor JB Pritzker announced 492,129 thousand non-felony cannabis related arrest records had been expunged at the state level by the Illinois State […]