Articles by Mary Koester

A favorable report was given for the county’s audit at the April 26 Randolph County Board of Commissioners meeting. Ethan Welply and Rich Sessler from […]

MASON OF THE YEAR–Red Bud Masonic Lodge #427 recently recognized Reuben “Butch” Monkman as the Mason of the Year. Pictured presenting the award to Monkman, […]

Randolph County has been issued a tentative property assessment equalization factor of 1.0000, according to David Harris, director of the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR). […]

A military pictorial history book, “Monroe County, Illinois Veterans Book, Volume II,” is now being published by the Monroe County Genealogical Society. The purpose of […]

The Danny Schwartz Insurance Agency, along with Sling N’ Scoops, would like to recognize St. John the Baptist Catholic School sixth graders Liam Ohlau and […]

Red Bud High School will be holding their prom on Saturday, May 4 at the Main Street Abbey in Columbia (340 South Main Street). The […]

ATHLETES OF THE MONTH–The Red Bud High School athletes for the month of April are Ava Wagner and Derek Whelan. Pictured from left: Jena Gibbs, […]

The Red Bud High School Student of the Month for April is Ryker Papenberg. He is an active student, competing with ACES and math team, […]

Danny Jackson, of Red Bud, was named a national champion at the Adidas Nationals wrestling tournament. The tournament was held April 12-14 at the Cable […]

For many runners, it is a dream to run in the Boston Marathon, and for one young man from Red Bud, it became a reality […]