Teacher of the Year award
Angela Carter, a seventh grade science teacher at Sparta Lincoln School, was selected as the Air Force Association Chapter Teacher of the Year for the […]
SWIC team takes first place in recent competition
WIN COMPETITION–The Department of Defense Project MFG winning team from Southwestern Illinois College included: Precision Machining Technology Instructors Jerry Bonifield and Dave Berry, student Jacob […]
Held birthday celebration
The Sparta High School Class of 1960 celebrated their 80th birthdays on June 4 at the Evansville American Legion with 22 classmates in attendance. All […]
Swimmers of the Week
SWIMMERS OF THE WEEK–Named this week as the Red Bud Waverunners Swimmer of the Week was Ella Brown and the Most Improved Swimmer was Jackson […]
Chester offers disc golf league
All are invited to come play in a beginner friendly disc golf league in Chester. It is free to participate and the league is open […]
Moth identification and moth ecology event to be held June 26
Join the Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves stewards and volunteers for “Moths til Midnight” at Paul Wightman Subterranean Nature Preserve (PWSNP) in Monroe County on […]
“Patriotism through Literacy” event to be held at Red Bud Library July 11
The Red Bud VFW Post 6632 Auxiliary and the Red Bud Public Library are partnering for a “Patriotism through Literacy” initiative. This initiative seeks to […]
Lewis is recipient of 2022 Davidson Award
TOP CHEMISTRY TEACHER–Julie Lewis, a science teacher at Red Bud High School, was named as the recipient of the 2022 Davidson Award, which is the […]
Kaskaskia River is now designated as a national marine highway
Many exciting things are happening with the Kaskaskia Regional Port District and General Manager Ed Weilbacher recently gave an update to the North County News. […]
Sauer has retired as crossing guard
As the school year wrapped up at the end of May, local crossing guard Peggy Sauer also decided it was time to hang up her […]