The Red Bud Masonic Lodge recently held a food drive. The food they collected was split between the Red Brick School and the Baldwin Food […]

Santa made a stop in Ruma on Sunday, Dec. 14. He visited with 67 kids and is happy to report all were on the nice […]

Two charges were for theft over $1 million On Dec. 5, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of Carrie J. Kelley, 43, of […]

HELD RIBBON CUTTING–Pictured at the ribbon cutting for the new entrance road at KRPD #2 are: Terry Liefer, Ron Kaempfe, Linda Tragesser, Lauren Bonner, Bob […]

Santa is finalizing his plans for visits in the area before he returns to the North Pole to prepare for Christmas. This Friday night, Dec. […]

Solar panels continued to be a big discussion topic for the Evansville Village Board at their meeting Monday night. For the past few months, the […]

Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois congratulates Alaina Smith from Ruma for becoming a Gold Award Girl Scout — a designation she earned by building buddy […]

by Addy Piel Last week the Lady Musketeers had three games on the hardwood, and they were at home. The team was eager for their […]

The Red Bud Royals cheer squad made school history by competing for the first time on Dec. 7. The girls were loud and proud in […]

LOCAL FAMILY FARM–Erica, Paul and Amber Mollet; Brandyn and Meghan Fadler; Fred and Kathleen Salger; and Nathan and Patty Salger run Salger’s Livestock and Salger’s […]