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Floyd “Butch” Waggoner

Floyd “Butch” Waggoner, 72, died Monday, December 9, 2019, in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. Butch was born in Elizabethtown, on Aug 11, 1947 to Abner and Robbie Waggoner. He married Roberta “Bobbie” Lynn Van Niman of Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Aug. 18, 1973. He is preceded in death by his wife “Bobbie”, parents, and brothers Russell…

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Shirley Ann Austin Jensen

Shirley Ann Austin Jensen, 82, of Newburgh, IN died Monday, December 2, 2019 at the Evansville Protestant Home. She was born on March 12, 1937 in Elizabethtown, IL to the late Kenneth and Virginia (Winters) Austin. She was a member of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, Shirley was preceded in death…

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Obituary of E. Scott Cornell

Errol Scott Cornell was born on January 15, 1947 in Harrisburg, Illinois and died in late November 2019 in Colorado. His parents were James A. and Nadine Cornell (former Rosiclare residents). He was retired from the Larimer County Engineering Department in Fort Collins, Colorado and had earned a B.S. degree in Zoology from Colorado State…

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Lady Cougars’ season underway; First home game Dec. 10

LADY COUGARS – High School Girls Basketball, front row, left to right: Shayna Hobbs, Madi Mott, Halle Wallace. Middle: Nyssa Mills and Arin Hicks. Back row: Ava Bishop, Makayla Rose, Hallie Holbrook, Emma Mott, Jaidan Fowler, and Jadrian Wright. Coached by Garison Mott (not pictured). — photo furnished by the Dollar Saver. TO BE PUBLISHED…

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Sherrie L. Crabb appointed to newly-formed State Youth Budget Commission

Effective December 3, 2019, Governor Pritzker appointed CEO of Family Counseling Center, Inc. Sherrie L. Crabb to the new Youth Budget Commission. Her role will specifically be to represent an organization that has expertise in the needs of low-income youth for a three-year term. Per the State Commissions website, the Youth Budget Commission is intended…

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Christmas Calendar of Events

Christmas Coloring Contest at Rosiclare Post Office Starting Friday, December 6, kids can enter a coloring contest with the Rosiclare Postal Service. Kids can pick up the coloring sheet at the Rosiclare Post Office, Main Street Rosiclare. On the back of the page, kids will need to put their name, age, and a phone number…

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Obituary of Loraine “Lorene” Welchel

Lorene Welchel, 99, of Rosiclare, IL passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at her home in Rosiclare, IL. Lorene was born July 14, 1920, in Hardin County, Illinois, the daughter of Arthur and Lillian (English) Hayden. She was a member of Rosiclare First Baptist Church. Lorene was a homemaker who assisted her mother,…

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