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(OLNEY/NEWTON) The Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Board of Trustees met for its regular monthly meeting in November last night in Fairfield. The Board . ....
The IECC Board of Trustees is set to meet this evening at 6:15 PM at Frontier Community College. At the meeting, the board will approve the consent agenda. ....
The Edwards County Health Office in conjunction with the Edwards County Farm Bureau will be offering a drive-thru flu shot clinic today from 11:00am until 4:00pm at the Edwards County Fairgrounds in Albion, Illinois. "Offering a drive-thru clinic allows us the ability to serve our community in an efficient manner," states Amanda McCoy of the Edwards County Health Office. The drive-thru flu shot clinic is for private pay, private insurance, and Medicare customers only. All Medicaid customers MUST call the health office and make an appointment to get a flu shot. Anyone ages six months and over can get a flu shot, however, the drive-thru clinic is recommended for only those ages 5 and up. Cost for private pay flu shots is $30 for low dose and $65 for high dose (for those over age 65). Anyone who wishes to get a flu shot at the drive-thru clinic will remain in their car and is urged to wear short sleeves. Those paying with private insurance or Medicare need to bring their insuran ....
The City of Fairfield's water department is advising that water will be shut off on East Douglas Street from S. 1st Street to SE 6th Street on tomorrow, Tuesday, October 18th and possibly Wednesday, October 19th. This is due to valve maintenance in that area. Please take caution if traveling in this area. The City appreciates your patience while this maintenance is being completed. Crimestoppers is offering a reward for the person or persons who stole a Green 2009 Honda Foreman ATV from Kenneth Jennings in Rinard. Also, Clint Wick reports a Red Honda Ricon 680cc ATV was stolen from his residence in Fairfield. If you have any information on this or any other crime, call or text crimestoppers at 842-9777. The West Salem Village Board will meet in Special Session today at 5pm to discuss the dismissal of Fire Chief Harvey Fenton. Fenton had been Fire Chief for 32 years before being let go by Mayor Dan Baker last week. The Village of Wayne City will be flushing fire hydrants starting t ....
Jury deliberation is tentatively expected to begin later today, as Testimony is wrapping up at the Wayne County Courthouse in the first-degree murder trial of Brodey I. Murbarger. Murbarger, 26, is accused of the disappearance and murder of 15-year-old Megan Nichols of Faifield on July 3, 2014. Murbarger was arrested on October 8th of 2020 in Evansville, IN after being indicted by a Wayne County Grand Jury. The State moved to dismiss one of the charges against Murbarger as the trial got underway. The Class-3 felony charge of concealment of a homicidal death was dismissed without prejudice and without objection. That charge alleged that Murbarger, with knowledge that Megan P. Nichols had died by homicidal means, knowingly concealed the death of Megan P. Nichols by causing her body to be buried in a shallow grave in a remote area of Wayne County." Murbarger is standing trial for three counts of first-degree murder in the death of Nichols, who went missing on the evening of July 3, 2 ....