About 28 percent of Memorial Elementary School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and nearly three quarters of students failed.
Grade school districts in Odin, Ashley and Centralia ranked among Illinois' lowest for math aptitude, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Sunrise Skilled Nursing, a 99-bed skilled and intermediate care facility in Virden, was cited by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) for violations of the Nursing Home Care Act in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Grade school districts in Bartelso, Germantown and Aviston ranked among Illinois' highest for math aptitude, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Grade school districts in Odin, Kell and Centralia ranked among South Central Illinois' lowest for reading aptitude, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.