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RLCF Children's Center picks pumpkins (standalone photos)

INA, Ill. (Oct. 16, 2014) - With the help of the RLC Horticulture Club and Instructor Ryne Fullerton, children at the Rend Lake College Foundation Children's Center picked...

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Rend Lake College Board of Trustees -- Oct. 14, 2014, Meeting Highlights

2014 tax levy adoptedThe board adopted the 2014 tax levy (payable 2015). The levy represents a slight increase - 1.39 percent - over last year. The Corporate and Special...

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Former students share written work (standalone photos)

INA, Ill. (Oct. 15, 2014) - Shawn Campbell of Mt. Vernon, a formerRend Lake College student, reads aloud from one of his written piecesin the Student Center's Private...

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Details finalized for first-ever Warrior Fest

INA, Ill. (Oct. 14, 2014) - There won’t be a dull moment this Saturday, Oct. 18, at Rend Lake College’s first Warrior Fest. With a full line-up of events ranging from a...

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RLC named 2015 Military Friendly School

INA, Ill. (Oct. 10, 2014) - Rend Lake College has again made the list of the top Military Friendly Schools in the country, for the third year in a row. The list, published by...

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RLC Foundation gearing up for 25th Annual Scholarship Banquet

INA, Ill. (Oct. 8, 2014) - For the last quarter of a century, the Rend Lake College Foundation has brought scholarship donors and student recipients together for an evening...

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Cast of “Hunchback of Notre Dame” announced, tickets on sale now

INA, Ill. (Oct. 7, 2014) - Step back into the 15th century at Rend Lake College’s fall play “Hunchback of Notre Dame,” set to take the stage Nov. 6-9. This year’s...

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RLC receiving $92k grant for mine, fire rescue training project

INA, Ill. (Oct. 6, 2014) - For the third time, Rend Lake College’s Coal Mine Training Center is receiving a Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grant to increase training options...

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Career Days hosts students from five area high schools (standalone photos)

High school students visit RLC campusINA, Ill. (Sept. 30, 2014) - Students from McLeansboro, Mt. Vernon, Waltonville, Webber, and Woodlawn high schools tour the Rend Lake...

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Last Cruise Night to feature Chevrolets and Corvettes, Movie Night to headline...

MT. VERNON, Ill. (Sept. 29, 2014) - The last Cruise Night of the year invites Chevrolets (1958 and newer) and Corvettes to show off from 6 - 9 p.m., Friday, Oct. 3, at the...

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Upward Bound Banquet highlights summer program, successful year

WHITTINGTON, Ill. (Sept. 26, 2014) - The Upward Bound program at Rend Lake College celebrated its “out of this world” students last night at the annual Upward Bound...

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RLC hosts Illinois Regional College Fair (standalone photos)

FUN AT THE IRC FAIRINA, Ill. (Sept. 23, 2014) - Brianna Denton, LEFT, and Kaitlyn Worley, both of Benton, speak to a representative of the University of Illinois Springfield...