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Randolph County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 30,163. [1] Its county seat is Chester. [2] Owing to its role in the state's history, the county motto is "Where Illinois Began." It contains the historically important village of Kaskaskia, Illinois's first capital.
Chester is the "Home of Popeye," where a 6-foot (1.8 m), 900-pound (410 kg) bronze statue of Popeye the Sailor Man stands in the Elzie C. Segar Memorial Park, which honors Popeye's creator, Elzie Segar. The park is located next to the Chester Bridge. Several of Segar's characters were created from his experiences with people of Chester.
In an exclusive excerpt from ‘Postmortem: What Survives The John Wayne Gacy Murders,’ Courtney Lund O’Neil details her mother’s friendship with Robert Piest, Gacy’s final victim
Veale spent the last two seasons of his career with the Boston Red Sox, who made a deal for him during the 1972 season. In total, Veale finished his career with a 120-95 record, a 3.99 ERA and ...
Chester Precinct, Randolph County, Illinois. ... Chester Precinct is located in Randolph County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 9,314. [2]
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Chester Otto Weger (born March 3, 1939) [1] is an American man who was convicted in 1961 of the murder of one of three women found slain at Starved Rock State Park the previous year. He was held at Pinckneyville Correctional Center and at one time was the longest serving inmate incarcerated by the State of Illinois as well as the third longest ...
In the blink of an eye, on December 28, 1964, 12-year-old Carol Jarosz Bartos’ life changed forever. That’s the day her 16-year-old sister, Beverly Jarosz, was murdered. Sixty years later ...