Articles by Joel Heidel

THANKED FOR SERVICE–On Oct. 14, the Randolph County Board of Commissioners thanked Nancy Schilling for her many years of service to the county’s emergency management […]

Monroe County State’s Attorney Lucas Liefer and Sheriff Neal Rohlfing have joined with other state’s attorneys and sheriffs across Illinois that are suing the state […]

ASKING FOR SAFER WORKING CONDITIONS–Pictured are some of the nurses that were protesting outside of the Chester Mental Health Center and Menard Correctional Center on […]

Randolph County Coroner Carlos Barbour reported that on Oct. 12, at approximately 10 p.m. the Sparta Police Department initiated a traffic stop in the 1100 […]

Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation recently announced that the sixth and final $250 million installment as part of the historic, bipartisan […]

Baldwin hired a new police officer at their Oct. 4 meeting. At the village board’s Sept. 6 meeting, it was noted that Police Chief Alan […]

The Auxiliary to Red Bud VFW Post 6632 recently donated “Remembering September 11, 2001” kindergarten through 12th grade books to Red Bud Public Library. These […]

TOYS FOR TOTS–The Randolph County Marine Corps League Detachment #575 has officially kicked off their 2022 Toys for Tots campaign. Pictured with a Toys for […]

ALL CONFERENCE–The cross country conference meet was held at Salem last Saturday. Athletes who earned medals by finishing top 10 of the Illinois Division include […]