By Pastor Douglas Evenson St. John’s Lutheran Church As a pastor I love to watch the peace with determination that emanates from the face… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
It was a year ago on April 9, 2019, that Dick Cole died. Cole was Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle’s copilot on Doolittle’s raid on Tokyo.… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
Memorial Day traces its roots to Nov. 19, 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln delivered what we now call the Gettysburg Address. In part,… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
John “Jack” L. Conner, Jr., of Springfield passed away at 11:26 p.m. Thursday, May 21, 2020, at Memorial Medical Center. John was born in Beardstown on Aug. 15, 1943, the son of John L. and Mary M. Frank…
By REBECCA ANZEL Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — An Illinois lawmaker dissatisfied with Gov. JB Pritzker’s handling of the large number of COVID-19-related unemployment… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
By BEN ORNER Capitol News Illinois For the first time since Illinois had its first reported case of COVID-19 in January, the state saw… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
Margaret Jane Wilmot Boyd Wendling, 92, of Rushville passed away at 10:10 p.m. Saturday, May 23, 2020, at Rushville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 28, at Rushville City Cemetery.…
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Lawmakers approved a state operating budget shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday, but despite the passage of… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
Harry L. Ford, 86, of Rushville passed away at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at Rushville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside services were held Saturday, May 23, at Baughman Cemetery in Smithfield. Worthington Funeral Home in Rushville…
Carol Jean Lang, 78, of Havana passed away at 11:03 a.m. Thursday, May 21, 2020, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 30, at Rushville City…