Don “Bud” Apke

Don Leon “Bud” Apke, 60, of Lovington, passed with family by his side 7:02 p.m. on Thursday, February 20, 2025, at Decatur Memorial Hospital. 

Delbert Trimble

Delbert E. Trimble, 88, of Shelbyville, IL, passed away at 3:35 p.m. on Monday, January 13, 2025, in Eastview Terrace, Sullivan, IL with family by his side.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, January 21, 2025, in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville, IL. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville, IL. In lieu of flowers and gifts, memorials may be given to Shriner’s Hospitals for Children.

•January 8, 2025•

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced that a number of new laws and rules designed to strengthen the public health system went into effect on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2025.

“The Illinois Department of Public Health is excited to see new laws and rules go into effect this New Year to improve the health of Illinois’s public,” said IDPH Director Dr. Sameer Vohra. “We appreciate the leadership of Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois General Assembly and the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) in advancing solutions that protect our residents and make our Illinois communities healthier.”

Joyce Shellabarger

Joyce Ellen Shellabarger, 85, of Sullivan, passed away 8:41 a.m. Friday, December 13, 2024, at her home with her loved ones by her side.

Linda Bennett

Linda S. Bennett, 76, of Sullivan, passed away at 1:13 p.m. Friday, December 13, 2024 in Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Mattoon.