Recent Obituaries: Jon French

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Jon D. French, of Forsyth, passed away peacefully in his home in the early morning hours of March 7, 2022. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 14, 2022, at Central Christian Church in Decatur, IL. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at the church. Burial will be in French Cemetery, Allenville, IL, at 2:30 p.m. on Monday. Memorials may be made to Central Christian Church: 650 W. William St. Decatur, IL, 62522 or to Decatur Family YMCA: 220 W. McKinley Ave. Decatur, IL 62526 McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan, is in care of the … Read More

Recent Obituaries: Shirley Park

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Shirley Park Shirley J. Park, 87, of Sullivan, passed away 9:55 p.m., Wednesday March 2, 2022, at Mason Point, Sullivan. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Sunday, March 6, 2022, at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 7, 2022, at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan. Memorials may be made to the Moultrie County Food Pantry. Shirley was born on October 10, 1934, in Bruce; the daughter of John and Beulah (Sutton) Waite. She retired from General Electric in Mattoon. Shirley was a long-time … Read More

Candidate Petition Filing Period

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•March 2, 2022• The candidate filing period for the upcoming General Primary Election is March 7 through March 14 at the County Clerk’s office from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. except for March 14 when the office will remain open until 5:00 p.m. Candidate’s filing at 8:30 a.m. on March 7 and those filing between 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. of March 14, will be placed in the respective date/time lottery to determine candidate position on the ballot. … Read More

SOV Football Players Compete at Weightlifting Meet

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•March 2, 2022• A group of SOV Football players competed at the Taylorville Weightlifting Meet on Saturday. The team competed in the Bench Press, Back Squat, and Power Clean, with the group finishing in 2nd place in the team competition. These athletes also placed individually in their divisions: Aian Fryman 1st Place (Bench-215, Squat-315, Clean-205) Elijah Beeler 1st (Bench-210, Squat-315, Clean-200) Hayden Moody 2nd (Bench-150, Squat-230, Clean 140) … Read More

Election Date Change

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•March 2, 2022• Moultrie County Clerk Georgia England would like to remind voters the General Primary Election date was changed from March 15, 2022 to June 28, 2022 by passage of Senate Bill 825 in June 2021. The change was due to lawmakers awaiting release of population and demographic data from the 2020 Census, which was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, in order to redraw district maps. … Read More

Operation Enduring Support

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•March 2, 2022• Operation Enduring Support is now accepting donations for Easter Care Packages for our deployed Military that will be mailed on March 28th. This is our 19th year of sending care packages to our deployed military Our young men and women in foreign countries do not have access to Post Exchanges and can really use the items they receive, along with a reminder that people back home have not forgotten them. Suggested donations include Girl Scout cookies, Beanie Babies, protein bars, cheese and cracker packs, Beef Slim Jims/ Jerky, individual instant coffee, powdered drink packages, puzzle books and … Read More

New COVID-19 Treatment

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•March 2, 2022• As a new COVID-19 treatment rolls out across the country, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) continues to distribute these life-saving therapeutics equitably across the state. On February 11, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization for a new monoclonal antibody, bebtelovimab, for the treatment of COVID-19. Bebtelovimab will now join another monoclonal antibody treatment, sotrovimab, two oral antivirals, Paxlovid and molnupiravir, and a preventive drug, Evusheld, in the list of COVID-19 treatments available across Illinois. … Read More