First Farmers Bank & Trust Acquires Citizens National Bank

CONVERSE, Ind., May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- First Farmers Financial Corp., Converse, and First Citizens of Paris, Inc., Paris, Illinois, completed their previously announced merger on May 1, 2012 by which ...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/first-farmers-bank-trust-acquires-161000463.html

Published: Fri, 11 May 2012 09:10:00 -0700

First Farmers, CNB merge completed

First Farmers Financial Corp., Converse, and First Citizens of Paris, Inc., Paris, Illinois, completed their previously announced merger on May 1, 2012 by which Citizens National Bank merged into Firs
http://www.parisbeacon.com/news/article_46ccae20-9d61-11e1-8605-0019bb2963f4.html

Published: Sun, 13 May 2012 21:57:48 -0700

Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, SportsMotorcyclist injured in Monroe County accident

PARIS, Mo. -- A Holliday man was seriously injured at 10:35 p.m. Wednesday when his motorcycle overturned on U.S. 24, three miles west of Paris. Edward J. Purdy, 43, was taken by Randolph County EMS to Moberly Regional Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries.
http://www.whig.com/story/18613492/motorcyclist-injured-in-monroe-county-accident

Published: Thu, 24 May 2012 06:16:35 -0700

Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, SportsStories set to appear in Thursday's edition of The Herald-Whig

LEMON RESIGNS: Lonny Lemon, superintendent of the Quincy School District for the past four years, announced his resignation Wednesday night.
http://www.whig.com/story/18612989/stories-set-to-appear-in-thursdays-edition-of-the-herald-whig

Published: Thu, 24 May 2012 05:16:25 -0700

Correction: Supreme Court-Illinois Redistricting

In a May 21 story about an Illinois redistricting lawsuit, The Associated Press erroneously reported the proportion of the state's population that is Hispanic. The Hispanic population is 15.8 percent, not 32.5 percent.
http://www.cbs8.com/story/18571930/court-refuses-to-hear-ill-redistricting-challenge

Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 08:03:21 -0700

Class A Girls Track Preliminaries: 5/17/12

 Class A girls track preliminaries at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston on Thursday, May 17, 2012.
http://www.news-gazette.com/multimedia/photogallery/2012-05-17/class-girls-track-preliminaries-51712

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 13:39:41 -0700

French govt minister convicted of public insult

A Paris court has convicted a member of new French President Francois Hollande's government for publicly insulting the management of a ferry company, but only fined him 4 euros ($5).
http://www.whbf.com/story/18606433/french-govt-minister-convicted-of-public-insult

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 11:28:14 -0700

Paris Post unit honored

The VFW Post 3601 junior girls unit was recently awarded the title of unit of year for the state of Illinois.
http://www.wthitv.com/dpp/news/local/paris-post-unit-honored

Published: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:18:31 -0700

Indiana Steps Up Economic Turf War With Neighboring Illinois

Indiana Steps Up Economic Turf War With Neighboring Illinois
http://www.nasdaq.com/article/indiana-steps-up-economic-turf-war-with-neighboring-illinois-20120510-01691

Published: Thu, 10 May 2012 12:54:55 -0700

1 killed in explosion at suburban Chicago factory

Fire officials in suburban Chicago say an explosion at an Arlington Heights factory killed one person and sent 10 others to hospitals.
http://www.cbs8.com/story/18583865/1-killed-in-explosion-at-suburban-chicago-factory

Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 10:04:30 -0700