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2020 12/19 - Donna Marie (Highsmith) Miller
Donna Marie (Highsmith) Miller, 72, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 4:59 p.m. December 16, 2020, at Lavender Ridge Memory Care Center in Mount Vernon. Donna grew up in the Campground area ju...
Dec 17, 2020
Bankers say economy is improving in rural parts of 10 states including Illinois
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A new monthly survey of bankers suggests the economy is improving in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states including Illinois. But Creighton University economist Ernie Goss sa...
Dec 17, 2020
Remains believed those of missing woman found in Pope County
HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say remains believed to be those of a missing Harrisburg woman have been discovered in southern Illinois not far from where she was last seen. Kimberly Stewart-Whit...
Dec 17, 2020
2020 12/19 - Irma LaFern Krutsinger
Irma LaFern Krutsinger, age 91, a former resident of Xenia, passed away Wednesday night, December 16, 2020, at Flora Rehabilitation & Health Care Center. Fern was a homemaker and retired from the...
Dec 17, 2020
South Central School District issues $1.9-million in working cash bonds
South Central School Board socially distances during Wednesday night’s board meeting in the Middle School Cafeteria. Photo by Bruce Kropp. The South Central School District Board has approved a ...
Dec 17, 2020
COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Given to Clinical Colleagues at HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Breese
(Dr. Brian Klostermann, HSHS Medical Group family and sports medicine physician is the first physician to receive the COVID-19 vaccination at St. Joseph's Hospital Breese. Rene Kruse, RN and clinical ...
Dec 17, 2020
Illinois' expected COVID-19 vaccine doses cut in half next two weeks
It looks like Illinois’ supply of COVID-19 vaccine expected in coming weeks is being cut in half. Governor JB Pritzker says they were originally told that 8-million doses of the Pfizer vaccine w...
Dec 17, 2020
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrives at area hospitals
SSM Health Dr. Suresh Krishnamoorthy receives the first COVID-19 vaccine administered at St. Mary’s Hospital in Centralia from Registered Nurse Jamie Waggoner. Photo by Bruce Kropp. The just-rel...
Dec 17, 2020
2020 12/21 - Amy M. Shafer
Amy M. Shafer, 42, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 4:05 am December 15, 2020 at Crossroads Community Hospital in Mount Vernon. Amy worked as a phlebotomist for the Department of Public Healt...
Dec 17, 2020
2020 12/20 - Merle Louis Soule
Merle Louis Soule, 89, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 9:35 pm December 16, 2020 at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon, Illinois. Mr. Soule served his country in the United S...
Dec 17, 2020
