Articles by Joel Heidel

NEW TO RANDOLPH COUNTY–Randolph County Commissioners Marc Kiehna and Ronnie White are pictured with Reed Capps and Carrie Eldridge, who are new University of Illinois […]

FLOATING ALONG–Frank Melliere of Modoc snapped this picture of the Chinese balloon while it was in the local area on Friday. His pictures of the […]

The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved stipulated agreements advancing two highway-rail crossing safety improvements projects in Randolph County. Both agreements require Illinois Central Railroad Company […]

The Randolph County Progress Committee adheres to the fundamentals of economic development. One of those is retention of existing companies. Another is helping existing companies […]

Trinity Lutheran School recently participated in a service project for the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Disaster Response flood relief project. The students packed 20 buckets […]

The Knights of Columbus in Red Bud recently presented ComWell with a donation for their community day service program. The funds are from their annual […]

SECTIONAL QUALIFIERS–A total of seven Red Bud High School wrestlers qualified for the Carterville sectional to be held this weekend. This is the most wrestlers […]

Visit Fort de Chartres State Historic Site for the Sixth Annual Heirloom Seed Swap, a Les Amis du Fort de Chartres March Art de vivre […]

FIREMAN OF THE YEAR–Red Bud VFW Post 6632 recently recognized Red Bud Fireman Tyler Hess as their VFW Fireman of the Year. Hess was also […]