May 21, 2023 • No Comments
Seventy members of the Chester High School Class of 2023 received their degrees during commencement exercises May 21. Addresses were given by co-Valedictorians Chelsea August, Jacob Handel and Briley Miles and Salutatorian...
May 16, 2023 • No Comments
Mrs. Kern has announced instructions for returning chromebooks and chargers after the students take their final final of the semester. When a student is finished with their final exam and will no longer need their chromebook...
Kaci Trost, Sting Reporter
May 15, 2023 • No Comments
The Student Council for 2023-2024 was announced last week on Wednesday, May 10th. While the incoming freshman class is not included in this as they weren’t included the voting system, the officers and representatives are: Student...
Two Chester High School athletes qualified for this week's Class 1A State Boys' Track Meet after advancing from the Nashville Sectional on May 19. Lannin Caron returns to state in the pole vault after clearing 3.04 meters...
Seventy members of the Chester High School Class of 2023 received their degrees during commencement exercises May 21. Addresses were given by...
Chester High School music department had their concert May 9th. Concert Choir, Swing Choir, Jazz band, and Concert band all performed. The...
Class Of ’23 Unwinds At Project Grad
May 20, 2023
The Chester High School Class of '23 celebrated the close of their high school careers by participating...
Spring Concert Swan Song For Seniors
May 11, 2023
Chester High School music department had their concert May 9th. Concert Choir, Swing Choir, Jazz band,...
CHS Students Attend Saluki Con
April 25, 2023
Southern Illinois University hosted Saluki Con 2023 on April 22-23 from 10am to 5pm at the SIU Student...
Personal Experience On Saturday, May 6, my mom and I left the house at 6 a.m. and headed to Nashville, Tennessee, to see Taylor Swift perform in the Eras Tour. It took around four hours to arrive at our...
“Share the wonder and power of your poetry.” Two Chester students won top honors in the Southwestern Illinois College Poetry Contest. The...
I want to scream. I want to scream. I want to SCREAM. Until my lungs are filled with emptiness, I want to scream. To escape the nothingness,...
I heard his whistle outside my bedroom window As I laid down in my coffin covered in wool The tune echoed it’s melancholy melody And then...
No one to remember my name, I’m forever a John Doe A grave unmourned, a song unsung My life is nothing but a memory to which it belongs to...
I’ve wrote poems for years on forgotten scraps of paper, but I finally lent them to other eyes. Initially they were well liked and granted...
Prance like a horse in the backwards alley You perform for only the reflection in the mirror The gift maybe the time in the future But the...
(He made me a “villain”) (But I can prove it’s not true) (He became a “victim”) (But it’s all just a ruse) (“He’s a liar!”...
This vehicle is updated from a story originally run in October 2022. Owner- Camden Ward (9) Year- 2002 Make and Model- Dodge 2,500 Cummins Mileage-...
Owner- Jon August (Chelsea August’s Dad) Name for the Car/Truck- The Ranger Year- 2020 Make and Model- Ford Ranger Mileage- 5,000...
Chiquilin (AKA Chicken Wing) Chiquilin belongs to Cesar Marquez (12). Chicken Wing pees on people’s legs and falls asleep on Cesar’s...
Pet of the Week Shade Shade belongs to Tulsa Addison (12). He's a Great Dane, St. Bernard, and a St. Pyrenees. He's very cuddly...
Jamie belongs to Kaci Trost (11). He likes to bite your hand and aggressively attack cat wands. To have your pet featured in Pet of the Week,...
Pet of the Week Chimichanga Chimichanga is a Chinchilla who belongs to Clayton Andrews (12). She likes to take dust baths and roll around...
