Let’s start this week with some football. After all, nothing says football like 90-degree temperatures, with a whole bunch of Southern Illinois humidity thrown in just for the heck of it.
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School’s 2023 homecoming celebration is underway this week.
Homecoming activities have been organized by the A-JCHS Student Council.
The theme for this year’s celebration is “Beneath the Blue.”
Spirit days are being held all week. The theme for Thursday, today, is...
A celebration of Constitution Week in Union County is scheduled to begin Saturday, Sept. 16, with special activities which are planned at the Lincoln Memorial Picnic Grounds at 521 N. Main St. in Jonesboro.
Constitution Week is celebrated each year from Sept. 17 through Sept. 23.
The picnic grounds...
SB1818, which creates the Illinois Flag Commission for the purpose of exploring the creation of a new state flag and developing new state flag designs, was signed into law in early August by Gov. JB Pritzker.
The commission will make recommendations to the Illinois General Assembly concerning...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School girls’ and boys’ cross country team competed in two recent events.
Murphysboro Invitational
A-J freshman Jadyn Gerardi won the Murphysboro Cross Country Invitational hosted by the Red Devils Wednesday, Aug. 30.
A-J cross country head coach Matt Denny said...
The Daniel Chapman Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution invites area students to enter an essay contest celebrating “Stars and Stripes Forever,” the patriotic march composed by John Philip Sousa.
The essay is open to students in grades 5 through 8. Entries are to be between 300 and...
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IDNR, is reminding waterfowl hunters about key dates and other information regarding the 2023-2024 waterfowl seasons.
Season Update
This is the third year of a five-year waterfowl season plan that was developed in 2020.
Early Canada goose and teal...
Plans are being made for the 2023 Veterans Day parade in Anna.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Carroll P. Foster Post No. 3455 of Anna again is sponsoring the parade, which is set for 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11.
The theme for this year’s parade is “Korean War – The Forgotten Victory.”
Letters of...
A Cancer Warriors Walk of Hope is planned Saturday, Sept. 23, in Metropolis.
The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Dorothy Miller Park, which is located next to Harrah’s Casino.
Health care providers and businesses serving area cancer families and those impacted will host the one-day...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School Student Council is making plans for the Union County school’s 2023 homecoming celebration.
Homecoming week is planned Sept. 18-22. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Beneath the Blue.”
Spirit days for the week include Beach Bums (PJs) on Monday, Glow...
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IDNR, on Saturday, Aug. 19, recognized recipients of the 2023 Outstanding Volunteer of the Year awards.
The department expressed gratitude to individuals and members of outdoor organizations for their volunteer service to IDNR and the people of Illinois...
Obituaries
Mervyn Tripp, of rural Anna, Illinois, 77 years of age, departed this world mid-morning Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, at home and quietly with family after a lengthy and exhausting journey with metastatic prostate cancer.
Merv was born, a twin, on the 20th of February, 1946, to Earl and Sarah...
Frank Tinsley, 80, of Mounds, died Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
He was born on July 28, 1943, in Anna, the son of William and Hazel Dailey Tinsley.
He married Frances Murphy on May 24, 1980. She preceded him in death on June 1, 2004.
Mr. Tinsley was a...
Mary Ann Steinhouse Simpson, 93, of Carlinville, and formerly of Cairo, died at 11:40 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, at the Carlinville Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.
She was born on Feb. 25, 1930, in Cairo, the daughter of Edwin and Ruby Roberts Steinhouse.
She married her high school...
John Thomas “Tom” Sill, 88, died peacefully at home in the early hours of Saturday, April 29, 2023.
He was born on Feb. 16, 1935, the son of John D. and Madge Rendleman Sill, and raised in Carbondale, Illinois.
At the age of 5, he was enrolled in the University School on the campus of Southern...
Ruby Jean Middleton, 93, of Vienna, and formerly of Jonesboro, died Saturday, June 3, 2023, at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion.
She was born on Nov. 21, 1929, in Anna, the daughter of Willie Everett and Mildred Viola Nimmo Landis.
She married Charlie Leslie Middleton on Feb. 19, 1951...
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