/tags/randolph-county Randolph County en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT /law-order/2024-07-10/menard-prison-picket-unsafe-working-conditions Hundreds of Menard Correctional Center employees and their supporters staged a rally alongside a busy street in Chester, highlighting what they described as perilous working conditions at the state’s largest maximum-security prison. Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT /law-order/2024-07-10/menard-prison-picket-unsafe-working-conditions Molly Parker /health-science-environment/2024-04-08/photos-2024-total-solar-eclipse-missouri-illinois Darkness and awe swept across southern Missouri and Illinois on Monday as the moon passed between Earth and the sun. © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌÃ's photographers documented the scene. Tue, 09 Apr 2024 04:23:31 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-04-08/photos-2024-total-solar-eclipse-missouri-illinois Eric Lee, Cristina Fletes-Mach, Brian Munoz /health-science-environment/2024-04-08/total-solar-eclipse-illinois-missouri-carbondale-chester-bufordville-redbud Total solar eclipses occur every year or two, but it is exceedingly rare for the paths of two of them to intersect only a handful of years apart, as it has in a swath of southern Missouri and Illinois. Mon, 08 Apr 2024 23:35:55 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-04-08/total-solar-eclipse-illinois-missouri-carbondale-chester-bufordville-redbud Brian Munoz, Kate Grumke, Sarah Fentem, Kelly Smits /health-science-environment/2024-03-27/2024-total-solar-eclipse-illinois-missouri-what-to-know This will be the last time in more than 300 years, researchers say, that a total solar eclipse will go over southern Illinois and Missouri. Here’s what you need to know to make the best of the celestial spectacle. Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:30:42 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-03-27/2024-total-solar-eclipse-illinois-missouri-what-to-know Brian Munoz, Lara Hamdan /economy-business/2023-10-12/energy-transition-grants-help-metro-east-communities-cope-with-closure-of-mines-plants With the passage of Illinois' Climate and Equitable Jobs Act back in 2021, coal mines and plants will slowly close across the state. The state grant program will provide $3.28 million to various Metro East communities whose coal facilities will close. Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:04:16 GMT /economy-business/2023-10-12/energy-transition-grants-help-metro-east-communities-cope-with-closure-of-mines-plants Kelly Smits