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Births at Hannibal Regional Hospital from Dec. 1-4, 2025
Births at Hannibal Regional Hospital from Dec. 1-4, 2025 – Muddy River News
Hannibal Regional Hospital A daughter, Legacii Jane Nicole Curless was born December 1, 2025, at 2:16 pm. She weighed 7lbs 4oz and was 20 inches long. Her parents are Aniya Griffith and Jackson Curless...
muddyrivernews.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Births at Hannibal Regional Hospital from Dec. 1-4, 2025
Local births in Adams County from Dec. 2-4, 2025
Local births in Adams County from Dec. 2-4, 2025 – Muddy River News
Blessing Hospital A girl was born to Tyler and Rosalin Coe of Quincy at 1:52 p.m. Dec. 2, 2025.A girl was born to Caleb and Trisha Knapp of Liberty at 1:25 a.m. Dec. 3, 2025.A boy was born to Kyle and...
muddyrivernews.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Local births in Adams County from Dec. 2-4, 2025
Pritzker signs bills protecting Illinois immigrants from federal enforcement
Pritzker signs bills protecting Illinois immigrants from federal enforcement
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a slate of legislation Tuesday morning to protect immigrants from "unjust" federal immigration enforcement actions.
www.cbsnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Pritzker signs bills protecting Illinois immigrants from federal enforcement
Shop local this holiday season in La Grange
Shop local this holiday season in La Grange
Support small businesses this holiday season and shop around La Grange with Jackie Kostek.
www.cbsnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Shop local this holiday season in La Grange
Bling for the holidays with the House of Kahn Jewelers
Bling for the holidays with the House of Kahn Jewelers
Looking for some holiday bling? Is this a good time to sell your gold jewelry? Check out the House of Kahn Jewelers in Chicago.
www.cbsnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Bling for the holidays with the House of Kahn Jewelers
DAILY DIRT: Getting old(er) can mean changes are coming … or have already arrived
DAILY DIRT: Getting old(er) can mean changes are coming … or have already arrived – Muddy River News
Daily Dirt for Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025 And why exactly do sneezes become louder as you age? … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 1,485 of The Daily Dirt. 1. It dawned on me Monday that...
muddyrivernews.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
DAILY DIRT: Getting old(er) can mean changes are coming … or have already arrived
Bald eagles spotted on icy lake in north suburbs, video shows
Bald eagles spotted on icy lake in north suburbs, video shows
A couple of bald eagles were caught on camera hanging out on an icy lake in the north suburbs.
abc7chicago.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Bald eagles spotted on icy lake in north suburbs, video shows
Donate to Metra's Toys for Tots drive at downtown Chicago stations
Donate to Metra's Toys for Tots drive at downtown Chicago stations
Metra is hosting a Toys for Tots holiday drive at downtown stations on Tuesday. Here's how to donate.
www.cbsnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Donate to Metra's Toys for Tots drive at downtown Chicago stations
Letter to the Editor: Fr. Daren’s legacy lives on muddyrivernews.com/opinion/lett...
Letter to the Editor: Fr. Daren's legacy lives on – Muddy River News
There are losses that feel like earthquakes the kind that crack something deep beneath the skin, the kind that shake loose the pieces of you that you’ve spent years trying to hold together.Losing Daren...
muddyrivernews.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Letter to the Editor: Fr. Daren’s legacy lives on muddyrivernews.com/opinion/lett...
Memorial Hospital to host community blood drive Tuesday, Dec. 23
Memorial Hospital to host community blood drive Tuesday, Dec. 23 – Muddy River News
CARTHAGE, Ill. — Memorial Hospital will host a community blood drive with ImpactLife, the provider of blood components for local hospitals. The blood drive will be from noon to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday,...
muddyrivernews.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Memorial Hospital to host community blood drive Tuesday, Dec. 23
Goodman Theatre's 'A Christmas Carol' returns with young stars
Goodman Theatre's 'A Christmas Carol' returns with young stars
Goodman Theatre's holiday favorite, A Christmas Carol, is back for the 2025 season with new moments and a cast of young performers.
abc7chicago.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Goodman Theatre's 'A Christmas Carol' returns with young stars
Dog reunited with family nearly 5 years after he disappeared, found more than 2,000 miles away
Dog reunited with family nearly 5 years after he disappeared, found more than 2,000 miles away
A little dog named Choco has been reunited with his family. Choco was found tied to a fence more than 2,000 miles from his home.
abc7chicago.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Dog reunited with family nearly 5 years after he disappeared, found more than 2,000 miles away
Donate to Metra's Toys for Tots drive on Tuesday at downtown Chicago stations
Donate to Metra's Toys for Tots drive on Tuesday at downtown Chicago stations
Metra is hosting a Toys for Tots holiday drive at downtown stations on Tuesday.
www.cbsnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Donate to Metra's Toys for Tots drive on Tuesday at downtown Chicago stations
Free webinar Wednesday, Dec. 10, offers winter dairy cattle management strategies
Free webinar Wednesday, Dec. 10, offers winter dairy cattle management strategies – Muddy River News
This one-hour session will offer practical strategies to maintain herd health, productivity and profitability during the winter months, says MU Extension dairy specialist Chloe Collins.
muddyrivernews.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Free webinar Wednesday, Dec. 10, offers winter dairy cattle management strategies
California man marks his 15,000th spin on Disneyland's 'Cars' ride
California man marks his 15,000th spin on Disneyland's 'Cars' ride
Jon Alan Hale marked his 15,000th ride on Disneyland's Radiator Springs Racers, a milestone more than a decade in the making.
abc7.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
California man marks his 15,000th spin on Disneyland's 'Cars' ride
Cook County accepting applications for 1st marriage of 2026 lottery drawing
Cook County accepting applications for 1st marriage of 2026 lottery drawing
Cook County is now accepting applications for a lottery drawing for the first marriage of 2026.
abc7chicago.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Cook County accepting applications for 1st marriage of 2026 lottery drawing
Man shot, killed in alley in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood
Man shot, killed in alley in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood
A man died after being with multiple gunshot wounds in an alley in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
www.cbsnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Man shot, killed in alley in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood
Fire leaves families displaced from condo building in Skokie, Illinois
Fire leaves families displaced from condo building in Skokie, Illinois
Families were forced into the cold early Tuesday morning by a fire in the north Chicago suburb of Skokie.
www.cbsnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Fire leaves families displaced from condo building in Skokie, Illinois
Federal Transit Administration threatens funding if CTA does not improve security
Federal Transit Administration threatens funding if CTA does not improve security
The Federal Transit Administration is demanding that the CTA take immediate action to improve safety or risk losing funding.
www.cbsnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Federal Transit Administration threatens funding if CTA does not improve security
Federal Transit Administration threatens funding if CTA does not improve security
Federal Transit Administration threatens funding if CTA does not improve security
The Federal Transit Administration is demanding that the CTA take immediate action to improve safety or risk losing funding.
www.cbsnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Federal Transit Administration threatens funding if CTA does not improve security
Apartment fire sends families into the cold in Skokie, Illinois
Apartment fire sends families into the cold in Skokie, Illinois
An apartment fire in Skokie, Illinois, sent families into the bitter cold overnight.
www.cbsnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Apartment fire sends families into the cold in Skokie, Illinois
FTA directs CTA to address safety concerns or risk losing funding, citing fire attack on Blue Line
FTA directs CTA to address safety concerns or risk losing funding, citing fire attack on Blue Line
The federal government is directing the city to address safety concerns on the CTA or risk losing federal funding, ABC7 learned on Monday.
abc7chicago.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
FTA directs CTA to address safety concerns or risk losing funding, citing fire attack on Blue Line
Grandmother says she's lucky to be alive after concrete crashes through windshield on I-55
Grandmother says she's lucky to be alive after concrete crashes through windshield on I-55
Oksana Kovalchuk says she was inches from death on Chicago's Southwest Side on Friday.
abc7chicago.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Grandmother says she's lucky to be alive after concrete crashes through windshield on I-55
Renewed push for more protective vests after Chicago police officer shot in Morgan Park
Renewed push for more protective vests after Chicago police officer shot in Morgan Park
The vests police officers wear are good for about five years, if not damaged, before they're recommended to get a new one.
www.cbsnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Renewed push for more protective vests after Chicago police officer shot in Morgan Park
Woman recalls moment falling concrete punctured her windshield on Stevenson Expressway
Woman recalls moment falling concrete punctured her windshield on Stevenson Expressway
Viktoriya Petriv and her mom, Roxanne Kovalchuk, cannot get out of their heads the events of that day.
www.cbsnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Woman recalls moment falling concrete punctured her windshield on Stevenson Expressway