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2020 12/30 - Laura Lynn (White) Vladetich
Laura Lynn (White) Vladetich, 62, of Ina, Illinois, passed away at 10:45 pm December 20, 2020 at her residence. Laura was a member of Logan Street Baptist Church and she enjoyed singing with local mus...
Dec 21, 2020
2020 12/24 - Larry D. Clark
Larry D. Clark, age 76 of Indianapolis, IN formerly of Kell, passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2020, at the Indianapolis VA Hospital. Larry served in the United States Marine Corp. during the Vietna...
Dec 21, 2020
2020 12/24 - Robert "Bob" Dale Barth
Robert "Bob" Dale Barth, 77, of Centralia, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020 in SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia. Bob was an avid motorcyclist. He enjoyed taking his yearly trip with ...
Dec 21, 2020
2020 12/23 - Mary Ann McGuire
Mary Ann McGuire, 82, of Centralia passed away Sunday, December 20, 2020 at Fireside House in Centralia. Mary Ann called the Centralia area her home since moving here in 1978, previously living in Wes...
Dec 21, 2020
2020 12/22 - Agnes A. Kubicki
Agnes A. Kubicki, 93, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 12:25 am December 20, 2020 at Mount Vernon Countryside Manor. Mrs. Kubicki was a member of St. Mary’s Ladies Sodality and VFW Post...
Dec 21, 2020
Rural Kell man walks to church for help following single vehicle crash
A 26-year-old rural Kell man walked to a church for assistance after his vehicle crashed into a ditch on Buchanan Road south of Exchange Road in rural Texico. Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies sa...
Dec 21, 2020
Police Beat for Monday, December 21st, 2020
The Marion County Sheriff’s Department arrested a 23-year-old Nashville man after receiving a complaint he was walking in the roadway and throwing rocks at vehicles on the Tonti Road near Route ...
Dec 21, 2020
Raccoon Grade School Teacher is WJBD-WSIQ Teacher of the Week
Raccoon Grade School Superintendent Misty Johannes (left) with this week’s teacher of the week, Kindergarten teacher Angie Hart. A kindergarten teacher at Raccoon Grade School that a parent says...
Dec 21, 2020
Teachers win dispute over layoffs at Illinois college
CARTERVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Teachers who sued after part-time instructors were hired to lead their classes at a southern Illinois community college have won an appeal at the state Supreme Court. The cour...
Dec 21, 2020
2020 12/23 - Freda Marie (Bowen) Chasteen
Freda Marie (Bowen) Chasteen, age 99 of Murfreesboro, TN formerly of Salem, passed away on Monday December 21, 2020 at the Life Care Center of Hickory Woods in Antioch, TN. Freda was a homemaker and f...
Dec 21, 2020
