🌱 Area family mourns Richard Mark Kroll, with a son in Pana

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• Area family mourns Richard Mark Kroll, with a son in Pana

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Sunny and not as cold, with a high of 42 and low of 30 degrees.
• Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 44, low: 37.
• Thursday: Windy; rain and a t-storm, with a high of 53 and low of 17 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

• Richard Kroll (riverbender.com) — A local connection to Pana comes through surviving son Nathan Smith of Pana who is among the close family mourning Richard Mark Kroll, 56, of Eagarville. Kroll, a semi driver and former Litchfield animal control worker who loved music and family time, died at home on December 9. No public services are planned, and condolences may be shared online.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• HS Girls Basketball @ Arthur Christian
  Okaw Valley Middle School Findlay, IL 62534
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Story Time @ Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library – Sullivan, IL
  Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library , 2 W Water St , Sullivan
  10:00 am
• MS Boys Basketball vs. Hope Academy
  Okaw Valley Middle School Findlay, IL 62534
  5:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• MS Boys Basketball vs. Central A&M
  Okaw Valley Middle School Findlay, IL 62534
  5:30 pm
• HS Girls Basketball @ Tri-County
  Okaw Valley Middle School Findlay, IL 62534
  6:00 pm

Friday December 19

• HS Boys Basketball @ Central A&M
  Okaw Valley Middle School Findlay, IL 62534
  6:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Memory Café @ Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library – Sullivan, IL
  Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library , 2 W Water St , Sullivan
  9:00 am

Monday December 22

• HS Girls Basketball @ Tuscola
  Okaw Valley Middle School Findlay, IL 62534
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Taylorville Eagles Bingo Night @ 217 East Main Cross – Taylorville, IL
  Fraternal Order of Eagles , 217 E Main Cross St , Taylorville
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• H&R Block posted a job opening for Guest Services Coordinator in Pana. Apply here.
• Casey's General Store, Inc. posted a job opening for Team Member in Pana. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pana here.

🗞 Nearby News

Shelbyville

• Arctic Blast Grips Northern U.S. as Pacific Northwest Braces for More Flooding – [your]NEWS (yournews.com)
• WATCH: Wrongdoing complaints against Illinois state employees jumps nearly 30% – [your]NEWS (yournews.com)
• Trump Is Right to Lambaste Europe › American Greatness (amgreatness.com)

Taylorville

• Kiwanis hears THS Madrigal Singers perform at meeting (breezecourier.com)
• Taylorville Tornadoes pull off nightcap win over Charleston Friday evening (breezecourier.com)

Decatur

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