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Leda Mae Short, age 87August 6, 1936 – November 5, 2023 Leda Mae Short, age 87, of Willow Hill, Illinois, passed away at 7:45 PM – Sunday, November 5, 2023, near Willow Hill, Illinois. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 P.M. on Sunday, November 12, 2023, at Potter’s House
Rosemary Elmore age 89, of Newton passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2023, at EffinghamRehabilitation and Health Care Center, Effingham, Illinois.Private funeral services will be held. Family and friends may join the family for gravesideservices at 3:15 p.m., Saturday, November 11, 2023 at the Trexler Cemetery, rural Newton.Crain Funeral Home, Newton
Aria Dee Grochowsky, age 5 months May 22, 2023 – November 6, 2023 Aria Dee Grochowsky, age 5 months, of Newton, Illinois, passed away at 11:31 PM – Monday, November 6, 2023, at Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. Funeral services celebrating Aria’s life will be held at 12:00 PM
On November 3rd, 2023, at approximately 10:52 P.M. Deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Officeresponded to a single vehicle rollover accident on County Road 900 E just south of County Road 700 N in rural Jasper County. When Deputies arrived on scene, they found the driver trapped in the vehicle
Bonnie (Karen) Rae Tate Miller passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 29, 2023 at her home in Georgetown, TX. She was born June 22, 1949 in Olney, IL to Helen Andrews Tate. She attended Newton Community High School, graduating with the class of 1967. After graduation she attended Richland
Vera Mae Hetzer, age 103 May 8, 1920 – November 7, 2023 Vera Mae Hetzer, age 103, of Wheeler, Illinois, passed away at 1:15 AM – Tuesday, November 7, 2023, at Lutheran Care in Altamont, Illinois. Funeral services celebrating Vera’s life will be held at 10:00 AM – Saturday, November
Explore Class Registration Open for 2024 (Effingham, Ill. 11/06/2023) – Registration is now open for the Explore ERCA class for Spring 2024. Thisprogram introduces area high school students to business owners and leaders throughout EffinghamCounty while teaching students valuable employability skills.The Explore Class is is a single semester course designed
The 2023 Veteran’s Day Program on the Courthouse lawn begins at 10:20 am with music by the Jasper County Junior High band (Director Jeffrey Finley). The invocation will be given by Mike Knepper from Central Christian Church. The Star Spangled Banner will be sung by Lucy Bierman, Johnathan Blecha, Garridan
H.O.P.E. Food Pantry in Hidalgo will be open Saturday November 11, 2023 for a bagged drive thru 8:00–10:00 am for Cumberland & Jasper Counties only. Jasper County clients at 8am and Cumberland at 9am. Masks optional. No restrooms and must stay in your vehicle. Be sure to have space in
The Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a ribbon cutting for the Apex Clean Energy Jasper County Headquarters at 201 North Van Buren Street in Newton on November 15, 2023, at 2 p.m. After the ribbon cutting there will be an opportunity to meet and chat with company executives and