Stories from Saturday, January 27, 2024

Vivian I. Urban, nee Bess, passed away at the age of 96, on January 23, 2024, at Four Fountains Convalescent Center, Belleville IL. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Ida, nee Lewis, Bess; three sisters, Anna Bediant, Ellen Rawlings and Francis Harrison; two brothers, Jim and Benjamin Bess; and one daughter, Deborah Urban. She missed and loved all of them dearly...

A Stoddard County man has been charged with elder abuse in connection with a death investigation. Stoddard County Coroner Brent Stidham said in a news release that on November 13, 2023 Stoddard County 911 received an emergency call regarding an unresponsive 83 year old female...