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Red Ribbon Week
Just For Jackets Food Drive
The CHS Writers’ Announce Monthly Poetry Competition Winners
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Yellowjackets celebrate after victory.
Chester Wins Conference Championship
Alex Williamson, Sports Reporter • November 4, 2024

The Chester Yellow Jackets defeated the Red Bud Musketeers 44-7 on Friday October 18th to become the conference champions of the Cahokia Conference. Chester started the game on defense and forced Red Bud to punt and then...

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Teacher of the Month
Teacher of the Month – October
Elizabeth Wilson, Editor • October 1, 2024

Teacher of the Month
Teacher of the Month – August
Elizabeth Wilson, Editor • September 10, 2024

Cartoon by Chelse Mathis on the Propel Ban
Snacks Ban Lifted
Hannah Stueve, Sting Reporter • November 15, 2023

CHS principal, Mr. Blechle, announced a new ban, on Tuesday, November 7th, during 5th hour. He stated that there is no more eating or drinking...

Mothman Graduates
Mothman Graduates
May 9, 2023

cartoon by Julia Nicole Venus
Nightmare Zoo
Julia Nicole Venus, Sting Reporter • May 5, 2023

World Teacher’s Day

World Teacher’s Day

October 4, 2024

Each year, World Teachers Day falls around the beginning of the school year or the start of a new semester....

Senior To Senior

October 3, 2024

It is easy to assume that each senior participant would agree and encourage seniors to stay motivated...

New and Improved Homecoming Week

New and Improved Homecoming Week

September 13, 2024

This year’s Homecoming at CHS is unlike any other that has been done before. During Homecoming week...

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Cleo
Pet of the Week – Lasagna & Cleo
Hannah Hoskin, Sting Reporter • November 3, 2024

Junior Elizabeth Wilson has two Guinea Pigs named Lasagna and Cleo. Lasagna is all brown with a white stomach and Cleo is brown with a white stripe and a white face. Elizabeth chose the name Lasagna...

Die Lit by Playboi Carti
Albums of the Week #11
November 3, 2024
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Poll

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Graveyard
Graveyard
Aaliyah Berkbuegler October 15, 2024

Throughout the graveyard, silence fills. Sounds of the past leave us with chills. Under the moonlight, shadows are creeping. Some may say...

Purgatory
Purgatory
Jason Sibley October 15, 2024

She sits, waiting, for her captors to come. She does not fight, merely accepts, powerless, hopeless. As she sits in a white room, devoid...

CHS Poetry Competition
CHS Poetry Competition
Isabel Smith, Associate Editor • October 2, 2024

The CHS Creative Writers’ Circle and The Sting presents the CHS Poetry Competition! Any CHS student, faculty, admin, or alumnus can enter....

CHS Students Win SWIC Poetry Contest
CHS Students Win SWIC Poetry Contest
Elizabeth Wilson, Jr. Editor • April 25, 2024

Two Chester High School students, Brooklyn Webb and Tia Martinez, won both first and second place in SWIC's annual poetry writing contest. Brooklyn...

Somber Storms
Somber Storms
Chance Murphy February 21, 2024

The air trickles like a majestic waterfall Rain falling like a dancer Prancing and prancing toward the ground Forever dancing to the earth Smiles...

The Sunny Filter
Summer Valleroy February 20, 2024

I used to see the world in a sunny filter Yet now it seems that it has faded It’s not the same as it used to be Everything seems...

The Life Cycle
The Life Cycle
Brook Webb February 10, 2024

The world spins, a carousel of life and death. An unending cycle. A newborns cry echoes in the dawn, a life ignited, a flame in the darkness....

SADD Member tying a ribbon to the Yellowjacket statue
The Results of SADD’s Red Ribbon Week
Elizabeth Wilson, Editor • November 6, 2024

Ms. Diercks and her SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) club held their annual SADD week from October 28 to November 1! This week held...

Rylie Conley, Jack Heffernan, and Whitney Sulser with State Senator Terri Bryant
CHS Seniors Travel to Rend Lake College to Participate In Youth Advisory Council
Rylie Conley, Sting Reporter • October 24, 2024

On October 10th seniors Rylie Conley, Jack Heffernan, and Whitney Sulser traveled to Rend Lake College to meet with Illinois State Senator of...

Cleo
Pet of the Week – Lasagna & Cleo
Hannah Hoskin, Sting Reporter • November 3, 2024

Junior Elizabeth Wilson has two Guinea Pigs named Lasagna and Cleo. Lasagna is all brown with a white stomach and Cleo is brown with a white...

Pet of the Week - Mr. Mister
Pet of the Week – Mr. Mister
Hannah Hoskin, Sting Reporter • October 28, 2024

His name is Mr. Mister. His current place of residence is a terrarium in Mr. Conley's room. He enjoys eating wax worms and digging in the...

Ms. Renfroe's dog, Kaylee
Pet of the Week – Kaylee
Hannah Hoskin, Sting Reporter • October 16, 2024

Meet Kaylee, Ms. Renfroe’s dog. She is a 4-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. She has 2 other sisters, who are 6-year-old black labs. Even...

Ms. Martinez's dog, Karlos
Pet of the Week – Karlos
Hannah Hoskin, Sting Reporter • October 1, 2024

Meet Ms. Martinez’s 4-year-old dog, Karlos. He has an unforgettable personality and loves to go everywhere with his family. He lives...