Editor’s note: The following article and the accompanying photographs are shared by the Union County CEO program. Photographs of Lauren Lyerla and Jaley Watkins were not available.
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Editor’s note: The following article and the accompanying photographs are shared by the Union County CEO program. Photographs of Lauren Lyerla and Jaley Watkins were not available.
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As long time Union County CEO supporters will remember, CEO is not just a program to teach students about business...
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced that Secretary of State Police will be conducting parking stings at shopping malls statewide throughout the holiday season and ticketing individuals who illegally park in spaces reserved for persons with disabilities.
Secretary of State Police...
A historical marker on the grounds of the Old State Capitol in Springfield was dedicated Nov. 30 to commemorate President Barack Obama’s 2007 and 2008 presidential campaign announcements from the building’s lawn.
Representatives from the Obama Foundation, the Old State Capitol Foundation, Gov. JB...
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Illinois will use $14.4 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture funding to buy locally produced food and distribute it to those in need, according to state officials.
The two-year program will involve direct purchases from eligible farmers and multiple aggregation sites...
At least 300 waterbirds, primarily snow geese, have died of suspected avian influenza at public hunting areas throughout Southern Illinois, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IDNR, confirmed on Nov. 29.
Deceased wild birds were found at Baldwin Lake, Pyramid State Recreation Area, Rend...
Local first-person heritage interpreter and storyteller Marlene Rivero will reenact the life of Harriet Tubman in a program which is planned Saturday, Dec. 3, at Giant City State Park near Makanda. The program is scheduled from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Tubman was a civil rights activist and abolitionist....
Union Street Arts in Marion is planning to host a holiday art show and sale Sunday, Dec. 4, with art work from Union County artist Tabitha Tripp’s studio.
The event is scheduled from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Union Street Arts is located at 118 E. Union St. in Marion.
The one-day art show and sale is free...
A monthly fish fry, Taco Tuesdays and other special events are planned during December at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Carroll P. Foster Post No. 3455 of Anna. The post is located at 70 VFW Ln. near Anna.
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A monthly fish fry will be served from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2.
The...
The Union County Historical and Genealogy Society plans to give to all customers who purchase $20 or more on Saturday, Dec. 3, during Christmas in the Village, four original volumes from the Trovillion Private Press in Herrin.
Among the set is “Christmas at Thatchcot," which was published in 1947....
The Cobden and Meridian high school boys’ and girls’ basketball teams are scheduled to play Friday, Dec.2, at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn.
FedExForum is the home of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies.
“I’m looking forward to it,” Cobden boys’ head basketball coach Karl Sweitzer said. “It will be a new...
Obituaries
Terri Lynn Hartline, 47, of Cobden, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, at her home.
She was born on Sept. 26, 1975, in Carbondale, the daughter of Floyd and Ruby C. Hobbs McCann.
She married Darrel Hartline on Sept. 4, 1999, in Alto Pass.
She is survived by her husband, Darrel Hartline of Cobden;...
Shielda Wheaton, 71, died on Nov. 28, 2022, surrounded by family and dear friends.
She was born on Feb. 20, 1951, in Anna, the fourth child of Olin Frank and Clara Edna Wright Wheaton.
She is survived by two daughters, Angela (Scott) Horn of Carterville and Michelle (Keith) Bono of Anna; eight...
Sharon Hunter, 79, of Dongola, died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, at her home.
She was born on April 1, 1943, in Anna, the daughter of Lester “Buck” and Wilma Wright Aden.
She married Robert Hunter on July 8, 1976, in Anna. He preceded her in death on Aug. 10, 2012.
She is survived by her daughter,...
Helen Louise Williams, 82, of Auburndale, Fla., and formerly of Jonesboro, passed on to be with our Heavenly Father at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, at Winter Haven Hospital in Winter Haven, Fla.
She was born on Jan. 9, 1940, in Jonesboro, the daughter of William Russell and Maude Ellis...
Shirley Ilene Prater Hale, 86, of Thebes, died on Nov. 26, 2022, at Aspire Senior Living Advance in Advance, Mo.
She was born on July 19, 1936, in Gale, the daughter of Herbert and Ollie Busby Prater.
She married James E. Hale Sr. in 1954. They had one son, James E. Hale Jr. on Jan. 2, 1958.
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