Headlines for Friday, March 28, 2014
Illinois State Police have launched a statewide enforcement operation targeting commercial motor vehicles. Operation Sauter is a special enforcement operation dedicated to fallen Trooper James Sauter...
View ArticleShelia E. Mayo
88-year-old former Johnsonville resident, Shelia E. Mayo of Fairfield died at 4:50 a.m. Friday, March 28 at her home. She was a homemaker and active in the Johnsonville area. She was a member of the...
View ArticleLaVergne Ann Tade
89-year-old Fairfield resident, LaVergne Ann Tade died at 7:11 p.m. Thursday, March 27 at Cisne Rehab. She had been a nurse’s aide and was a member of the First Christian Church. Survivors include a...
View ArticleChloe E. Ward
93-year-old former Fairfield resident, Chloe E. Ward of Effingham died at 4:46 a.m. Friday, March 28 at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Effingham. She was a nurses’s aid. Surviving are a daughter, Thelma...
View ArticleHeadlines for Saturday, March 29, 2014
Center Street won this year’s Wayne County Scholastic Bowl, held at Frontier Community College in Fairfield. Center Street defeated Cisne 235 to 155 to win the event. Cisne defeated Wayne City, lost...
View ArticleGreg and Alyssa Parrott new arrival
Greg and Alysssa Parrott of Ellery are excited to announce the birth of their baby girl, Katelyn Grace. Katelyn was born on February 22, 2014 at 10:43 p.m. at The Women’s Hospital in Newburgh, IN....
View ArticleRyan and Kendall Green new arrival
Ryan and Kendall Green of Fairfield are proud to announce the arrival of their daughter, Kylie Ann. She was born on February 25, 2014 at 2:35 p.m. at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville, IN....
View ArticleColton Hutchcraft and Kendra Grimes
Together with their parents, Colton Hutchcraft and Kendra Grimes are pleased to announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Randy and Lisa Vaughan of Fairfield....
View ArticleVirgil Carroll
72-year-old Sims resident, Virgil Carroll, died at 4 p.m. Friday, March 28 at his home. He was retired from Airtex. Surviving are his wife, Patricia Scarbrough Carroll; one son, Larry of Sims; two...
View ArticleHeadlines for Sunday, March 30, 2014
Edwards County officials continue to investigate an apparent suicide in West Salem. The body of 38-year-old Charlie Stuessel was found around 7:30 Friday night in the garage of his home. Invetigators...
View ArticleHughie “Elmo” Jones
88-year-old Hughie “Elmo” Jones died Saturday, March 29. He worked a variety of jobs in the Evansville, IN area including Chrysler & Hoosier Cardinal. He also operated a service station and...
View ArticleVirginia Ann “Jenny” Rister
64-year-old Carmi resident, Virginia Ann “Jenny” Rister, died Thursday, March 27 at Wabash Christian Retirement Center in Carmi. She worked many years as a manager at McDonalds in Carmi. Surviving are...
View ArticleRena Mae Sarks
78-year-old Fairfield resident, Rena Mae Sarks died at 12:20 a.m. Sunday, March 30 in the Skilled Care Unit of Fairfield Memorial Hospital. She had been a CNA. Survivors include a daughter, Amy Moore...
View ArticleHeadlines for Monday, March 31, 2014
56-year-old Chalen K. Carter of Fairfield has been jailed on a felony charge of intimidation. The charge stems from his arrest Sunday for DUI. During the DUI investigation, Wayne County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleWilliam Richard Strockbine
66-year-old Mount Carmel native, William Richard Strockbine died Friday, March 28. A veteran of the Vietnam War, he was retired from Mount Carmel Public Utility as Gas Supervisor, retiring in 2009....
View ArticleMildred “Millie” Willison
76-year-old Clay City resident, Mildred “Millie” Willison died Friday, March 28 at Flora Rehab and Health Care Center. She was retired from Hella Electronics Corporation in Flora. Survivors include...
View ArticleHarry W. Morlan
77-year-old Fairfield resident, Harry W. Morlan died Saturday morning, March 29 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Evansville. He had been a salesman for the Dairy Brand Milk Company of Harrisburg for...
View ArticleHelen Wood
85-year-old Flora resident, Helen Wood died at 10:13 p.m. Sunday, March 30 at Select Specialty Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. Services for Helen Wood are pending at the Byrd & Kohn Funeral Home in...
View ArticlePhyllis Ruth Aydt
75-year-old former McLeansboro and O’Fallon, IL resident, Phyllis Ruth Aydt of Shiloh, IL died Monday, March 31 at Cedarhurst Care Center in Shiloh, IL. She was an elementary school teacher in the...
View ArticleGeorge Edward Book
90-year-old Kingsland, Texas resident, George Edward Book died Friday, March 28. A veteran of WW II, he served as an Illinois State Police Trooper from 1947 until 1950 when the oil company that his...
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