December 2025

Michael "Mike" Alva Duskey

Mon, 12/22/2025 - 6:34pm admin

Michael "Mike" Alva Duskey, born Feb. 13, 1945, to Alva and Ruby (Lacy) Duskey, left to go home with Jesus on Dec. 18, 2025 approx. 8 a.m.

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Jim Wilkins

Mon, 12/22/2025 - 6:19pm admin

Jim Wilkins, age 94 of Anna, died peacefully Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, at the Illinois Veterans’ Home in Anna.

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Mary Catheryn Taylor

Mon, 12/22/2025 - 6:05pm admin

Mary Catheryn Taylor, age 92 departed this life Dec. 12, 2025.

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Terrell “T.J.” Johnson

Mon, 12/22/2025 - 6:05pm admin

When a star explodes, its residual light can last for a thousand years.

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Duward Dee Bean

Mon, 12/22/2025 - 5:50pm admin

Duward Dee Bean, 95, of Nashville, Ill. passed away at 3:40 a.m., on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, at Axiom Gardens in Nashville, Ill.

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Ellen F. (Henderson) Barnes

Mon, 12/22/2025 - 5:49pm admin

Ellen F. (Henderson) Barnes, 57, of Miller City, passed away on Tuesday evening, Dec. 16, 2025 at Mercy Southeast Hospital surrounded by her loved ones.

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Public libraries will be able to utilize opioid reversal agents

Fri, 12/19/2025 - 10:21am admin

The Illinois Department of Public Health, IDPH, has issued an updated standing order which adds Illinois public libraries to the list of locations that are permitted to keep a supply of opioid over

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S7HD receives grant to continue colorectal cancer testing program

Thu, 12/18/2025 - 6:02pm admin

Since 2019, Southern 7 Health Department, S7HD, has provided the Fecal Immunochemical Test, FIT, to help residents of the seven southernmost Illinois counties prevent colorectal cancer.