INA, IL (KFVS) - Those pursuing their GED need to be aware of a major change coming to the GED test, and Rend Lake College is encouraging students to finish and pass the test before the end of 2013.

According to RLC, the current version of the GED test will expire at the end of 2013. This version, known as the 2002 Series GED test, will be replaced with the new 2014 GED test on January 2, 2014.

The GED test contains five parts that can be taken separately, but all must be passed to receive a high school credential. GED test-takers who have started the 2002 Series GED test, but not finished and passed every section, have until the end of 2013 to do so. Otherwise, their scores will expire, and they will have to start over again with the new 2014 GED test.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, IL (KFVS) - Rend Lake College Criminal Justice will be hosting a scholarship event for students in the criminal justice program.

"Roundup for Scholarships" will be Monday, October 29 at 6 p.m. The event will include leaders in local law enforcement, justice and education joining students and graduates from the program. The Illinois 2nd Judicial Circuit Court Judge Nicole Villani and Jefferson County State's Attorney Douglas Hoffman will be presenting a check to help educate students in the criminal justice program.

Organizers say the money being used for the donation is from the State's Attorney Drug Forfeiture Fund.

The scholarship event will be in the Rend Lake Resort and Conference Center Room A.

MURPHYSBORO, IL (KFVS) - The Murphysboro High School Varsity Scholar Bowl team members will host  Mount Vernon, Marion, Salem, Centralia and Carbondale in the opening event of the season at Murphysboro High School  on Thursday, October 18 at 3:45 p.m.

The 14 member team’s starting five will face a broad base of questions that traditionally test knowledge of mathematics, science, literature, history and sometimes the category referred to as miscellaneous  or contemporary topics.

The Murphysboro Scholar Bowl program was started in 1983 by faculty member Gwen Roberts, who coached teams that went to state competion in 1988 and 2008. Roberts retired in 2009, and  Orlan Brown took over the varsity coaching job, and Jen Goode handles duties for the  junior team.