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Headlines for Friday, November 7, 2014
Illinois lawmakers have finally signed off on long-awaited rules that will govern the practice of high pressure, high volume hydraulic fracturing. Literally thousands of acres of Southern Illinois...
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Robert Eugene Lankford
Robert Eugene Lankford, 67 of Linton, Indiana, formerly of Albion, died on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at IU Health Hospice House in Bloomington. Robert worked in maintenance at Wal-Mart until retiring...
View ArticleHeadlines for Saturday, November 8, 2014
Fairfield’s Veterans Day Parade will be held today at 2 p.m. A flag raising ceremony will be held prior to the parade at 1 p.m. at Freedom Park in downtown Fairfield, with the National Anthem...
View ArticleVera Ruth Felgenhauer
Vera Ruth Felgenhauer, 89, of Mt. Carmel, IL, formerly of Fairfield and Danville, IL, died at 2:38 a.m. Thursday, November 6, 2014 at Oakview Heights Care and Rehab in Mt. Carmel. Vera worked 20...
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Roy Newton
83-year-old McLeansboro resident, Roy Newton died at 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro. A veteran of the Korean War, he was a retired meat cutter. He was a...
View ArticleHeadlines for Sunday, November 9, 2014
The Village of Burnt Prairie is planning the construction of a new water tower and the possible expansion of water lines to serve new customers. The possible expansion will affect those with property...
View ArticleDaniel D. “Monte” Savage
Daniel D. “Monte” Savage, 57 of Carmi died on Saturday November 8, 2014 at his home. Arrangements are pending at the Stendeback Family Funeral Home in Carmi.
View ArticleEva J. Rosteck
Eva J. Rosteck, 71 of Effingham, died at 12:40 p.m., Saturday, November 8, 2014 at Evergreen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Effingham. Funeral services for Eva J. Rosteck will be held at 10:00...
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Headlines for Monday, November 10, 2014
Mt. Carmel special education teacher Kirby J. Cheesman has entered a negotiated guilty plea to charges she had unlawful sexual contact with a student. Cheesman, 28, has accepted an agreement in which...
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Frances “Leota” Boewe
Frances “Leota” Boewe, age 95, of West Salem, IL died on Saturday, November 08, 2014 at Wabash Christian Retirement Center, Carmi, IL. Leota was a member of Zion United Methodist Church in West Salem,...
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Donald Gene Compton
86-year-old Fairfield resident, Donald Gene Compton died at 6:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 9 at Countryside Manor in Mount Vernon. A Teamster, he worked for Meadow Gold Dairy. He was a member of the Ellen...
View ArticleJohn “Jack” Higham
72-year-old Fairfield resident, John “Jack Higham died at 4:36 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Evansville. He had been director of the Wayne County Ambulance Service. Services for...
View ArticleMary Harris
95-year-old Cherokee Village, Arkansas resident, Mary Harris died at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 at Cherokee Village. A homemaker, she was a member of the First United Methodist Church, the DAR and PTO....
View ArticleMissing dog
Missing dog from highway about a mile past the WFIW radio station. Answers to the name “Hunter” and has a red harness on. He is chipped for identification. If found please call 618-842-7149 or...
View ArticleDarrell C. Smith
84-year-old Fairfield resident, Darrell C. Smith died at 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 10 at Way-Fair in Fairfield. He was a retired farmer. He was also a Morman Feed salesman for the Cisne and...
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Eric Eugene Rothrock
Eric Eugene Rothrock, age 41 of West Salem, IL died on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO. Eric enjoyed running construction equipment, and was a Demolition Derby...
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Headlines for Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014
Illinois Governor-elect Bruce Rauner has named two Southern Illinois residents to his transition team. White County native and retired president of Southern Illinois University Glenn Poshard has been...
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Rex Thompson
56-year-old McLeansboro resident, Rex Thompson died Monday, Nov. 10 at the VA Medical Center in Marion, Ill. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, he was a laborer. Survivors include two brothers, Larry and...
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Headlines for Wednesday, November 12, 2014
An anti-fracking group has filed a lawsuit seeking a preliminary injunction that would direct the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to renew the rulemaking process for fracking. Less than a...
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Headlines for Thursday, November 13, 2014
Landowners from three more Southern Illinois counties have joined a class action lawsuit against Gov. Pat Quinn and Illinois Department of Natural Resources Director Marc Miller over continuing delays...
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