Pittsfield News

Submitted photo Kelsey Lehr, left and Shelby Duke were honored to be co-winners of the 2012 Pittsfield High School Artist of the Year award.

Leroy E. Coultas, 80, of the Illinois Veterans' Home in Quincy, and formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday, May 27, 2012, at the home.

Illinois Stories has filmed a segment regarding the Old East School in Pittsfield which will air on PBS WSEC/WQEC Thursday, May 17 at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, May 20 at 4:30 p.m. and Tuesday, May 22 at 6:30 p.m.. If you'd like to read a little more, you can find information in the 'visit' section of the Chamber's web site:

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A funeral service will be held 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Airsman-Hires Chapel in Griggsville with burial at Griggsville Cemetery.

An effort to ramp up recycling programs in city schools has netted $30,000 in annual budgetary savings, according to calculations by the city's Department of Public Works.