Celebrating 150 books
Red Bud Public Library’s Adult Book Club just celebrated reading their 150th book on Wednesday, Oct. 11. Pictured at the meeting for the 150th book […]
Articles by Joel Heidel
Cletus Otto Koester
Cletus Otto Koester, 90, of Ottawa, passed away on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023 at the Illinois Veteran’s Home in LaSalle. The visitation will be from […]
Larry C. Heinemeyer
Larry C. Heinemeyer, 71, of Chester, passed away at 4:25 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023 at Mercy Hospital South in Creve Coeur, Missouri. The […]
Donald Loyd Wahl
Donald Loyd Wahl, 88, of Walsh, passed away Friday, Oct. 13, 2023 at Three Springs Senior Living and Rehabilitation in Chester. The visitation will be […]
Peggy Lou Timmons
Peggy Lou (Buescher) Timmons, 75, of Marissa, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, at the Coulterville Care Center in Coulterville, surrounded by her family. […]
Rev. Robert W. Holstein
Pastor Robert W. Holstein, 91, of Sun City, Arizona, departed this life to be with the Lord on Monday, Oct. 9 surrounded by his family. […]
M44 placed in its new home at Ratz Memorial Park in Red Bud
LOWERING INTO PLACE–The M44 that the Red Bud VFW adopted is pictured being lowered into place at Ratz Memorial Park on the morning of Oct. […]
Behiter pleaded guilty
Last Friday, Tracie E. Behiter again appeared in the Randolph County Courthouse for a pretrial hearing, however she opted to enter a plea. Behiter, 46, […]
Chester man arrested for multiple thefts
A Chester man was arrested early this week in connection with multiple theft and burglary cases across Randolph County. Randolph County Sheriff Jarrod Peters has […]
Numerous break-ins reported
Last week, Red Bud was one of several local communities hit with a wave a vehicle break-ins. Red Bud Police Chief John Brittingham reported that […]