Rural hospitals in Illinois brace for COVID-19 surge
Fri, 04/17/2020 - 9:30am
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By Peter Hancock
Capitol News Illinois
phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com
April 2020
Midwest Governors Announce Partnership to Reopen Regional Economy
Thu, 04/16/2020 - 3:04pm
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Chicago — Today, Governors JB Pritzker (IL), Gretchen Whitmer (MI), Mike DeWine (OH), Tony Evers (WI), Tim Walz (MN), Eric Holcomb (IN) and Andy Beshear (KY) announced that they wi
Weather service issued freeze warning for region
Thu, 04/16/2020 - 9:45am
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A freeze warning was issued for Tuesday night and Wednesday morning in parts of Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri and Western Kentucky.
Jim ‘John’ Smith
Tue, 04/14/2020 - 5:56pm
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Jim “John” Smith, 83, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Cobden.
He was born on Oct. 18, 1936, in Salem, the son of Sam and Gladys Phelps Smith.
Colleen Deppe
Tue, 04/14/2020 - 5:53pm
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Colleen C. Deppe, nee Muren, 89, of Swansea, was born on Aug. 15, 1930, in Belleville, and died Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at Freeburg Care Center in Freeburg.
Wilma Lula Loomis Egelston
Tue, 04/14/2020 - 5:51pm
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Wilma Lula, nee Loomis, Egelston, 105, of Freeburg, and formerly of Salem, Chicago, Cicero and Jonesboro, died peacefully on Thursday, April 9, 2020.
Roy Walker
Tue, 04/14/2020 - 5:38pm
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Roy E. Walker, 61, of Jonesboro, died Friday, April 10, at Union County Hospital in Anna.
Funeral arrangements were pending at Rendleman & Hileman Funeral Home in Jonesboro.
Southern Seven Reports First Case of COVID-19 in Union County
Tue, 04/14/2020 - 3:44pm
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Southern Seven Health Department (S7HD) confirms the first case of COVID-19 in Union County. The individual is a male in his 20s and is being isolated.
Ohio, Mississippi river levels falling
Mon, 04/13/2020 - 2:47pm
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River levels have been falling during the past week in the region.
The National Weather Service office in Paducah shared the following updates.
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