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Headlines for 6-25-14
(photo courtesy of Richard Perkins III) Several fighters were on the scene of a tank battery fire in Mt. Erie on Monday evening. The Cisne Volunteer Fire Department, along with the Fairfield Rural...
View ArticleJoe West
Joe West of rural Carmi, died Tuesday, June 24th, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. Funeral arrangements are pending at Cook Funeral Chapel in Carmi.
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Ronald D. Satterfield
Ronald D. Satterfield, age 78, a resident of Olney, Illinois and formerly of McLeansboro, Illinois, passed away at 1:40 P.M. Tuesday, June 24, 2014 in the V.A. Medical Center Nursing Facility in...
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Joseph Lane West
Joseph Lane West, 94, of Carmi, Illinois died Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. He was born December 2, 1919 in Carmi, the son of James and Clara Belle (Bennett)...
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Headlines for 6-26-14
New officers for the Fairfield Rotary Club were installed at the club’s weekly meeting today (Thursday) in the Elks Dining Room. Succeeding Royce Carter as President is Clinton Legg. Jervaise...
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Lewis Edward Pilcher
79-year-old Fairfield resident, Lewis Edward Pilcher, died at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, June 25 at Cisne Rehab in Cisne. He was retired from Trunkline Gas as a gas fitter, and was a member of the First...
View ArticleHeadlines for Friday, June 27, 2014
62-year-old Donald J. Schubert of Fairfield was hurt in an accident late Thursday afternoon in Grover Township. Police say Schubert was westbound on Sunrise Drive and missed a curve in the roadway,...
View ArticleVera June Chaney
78-year-old Mill Shoals resident, Vera June Chaney, died at 8:42 p.m. Thursday, June 26 at her home. Surviving is a brother, George Leinard of Mill Shoals. Per her request her body will be cremated,...
View ArticleJohn C. Melton
78-year-old Norris City resident, formerly of Wayne County, John C. Melton, died Thursday, June 26 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon, IL. He was an oilfield and truck driver. He was also a...
View ArticleHeadlines for Saturday, June 28, 2014
54 Rend Lake College Practical Nursing students completed their program Thursday night during the annual Pinning Ceremony, held in the Rend Lake College Theatre. Among the 54 students were some from...
View ArticleHeadlines for Sunday, June 29, 2014
Salem, IL held its Relay For Life event Friday night and Saturday morning. Reports say the event raised a total of $79,654 just short of a goal of $90,000. Reports also said the event was delayed for...
View ArticleCockatiel Found on Leininger Road
6/29/14 Found on Leininger Road in Fairfield: A cockatiel. It is inside and safe. Call 842-4077.
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Vernon Lee Musgrave
A celebration of the life of Vernon Lee Musgrave of Long Beach, Mississippi will be held on Saturday, July 5, at the Bt. Prairie Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Bt. Prairie. Visitation will begin at...
View ArticleRalph D. Lancaster, Jr.
Ralph D. Lancaster, Jr., 79, of Newton, Illinois, died at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 28, 2014, at Newton Rest Haven in Newton, Illinois. He worked as a truck driver for Midwest Transport and retired...
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Headlines for Monday, June 30, 2014
A Boaz, KY man has entered a guilty plea to charges he robbed the Old National Bank branch facility in Harrisburg last October. 28-year-old Casey Allen Heflin was out on parole from a previous bank...
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Aaron Ray Jordan
Aaron Ray Jordan, 45 of Carmi died Sunday morning June 29, 2014 at his home. Aaron had worked for 16 years as a lockmaster at the John T. Meyer Lock and Dam at Mt. Vernon, IN. Survivors include a...
View ArticleRobert E. Porter
Robert E. Porter, 72, of Cisne died at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 29, 2014 at Cisne Rehab and Healthcare Center. Robert worked as a set-up man at AMF in Olney, IL. He was an Army veteran during the Vietnam...
View ArticleMartha Ann Smysor
Martha Ann Smysor, 89 of Fairfield died at 1:10 PM, Saturday, June 28, 2014 at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Services for Martha Ann Smysor are pending at the Johnson & Vaughn Funeral Home in...
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Helen Yarbor Houchins
Helen Yarbor Houchins, 97, of Griffin, IN, died Sunday, June 29, 2014, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN. Helen was one of the original employees in 1949 of the old Griffin School lunch program...
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