Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation on Jan. 26 announced that almost $111.4 million has been awarded to transit providers downstate […]

The annual Eagle Fest event was scheduled to be held on Saturday, Feb. 5 at the Jerry F. Costello Lock & Dam in Modoc (4800 […]

RANDOLPH COUNTY BRANCH–A Randolph County branch of BackStoppers, Inc. has recently been formed. Pictured are: BackStoppers Inc. Executive Director Chief Ron Battelle, Monroe County BackStoppers […]

The Red Bud High School Student of the Month for January is Molly Ellner. She was nominated by teachers Erin Legendre and Kellsie Roth “for […]

SUCCESSFUL SEASON–The Bulldogs Wrestling Club has had a great season so far. Pictured are team members with the team trophy they earned recently at a […]

LUTHERAN SCHOOL WEEK–Teacher Justin Palm and Principal Diett Schneider are pictured ready to greet students on neon/many colors day. This fun day was part of […]

HOMETOWN HEROES–Banners honoring local veterans John Allers and Richard Allers are currently on display at the Red Bud VFW Post. Pictured with the banners are: […]

As it has for much of the past two years, the ongoing effects of COVID were discussed at the Jan. 20 Red Bud Board of […]

Updates on the county’s Ag in the Classroom program, a commissioner’s graduation from a leadership institute and COVID were all given at the Jan. 21 […]

There is still a significant amount of active positive COVID-19 cases locally and the transmission rate for the area continues to be labeled as “high.” […]