One hundred and sixty years ago this month, a fellow who played a rather important role in our nation’s history paid a visit to Union County.
The Illinois State Board of Education, ISBE, recently published a comprehensive suite of solutions for the statewide teacher workforce crisis, backed by state and national research and data.
The “Teach Illinois: Strong Teachers, Strong Classrooms” report addresses the state’s record number of...
Union County Clerk Vonda Benefield reports that her office is offering consumer property protection alerts.
The free service alerts property owners and homeowners about potential fraud.
Benefield said the service is offered through Property Fraud Alert.
Property Fraud Alert is an online...
The 1968 Anna Bunny Bread baseball team recently held a 50-year reunion at Hebrewz CoffeeHouse in Jonesboro.
The team was managed by Don Choate. Don (now 83 years old) managed, and various members of this team played from 1965 to 1973.
This event was attended by eight players, some traveling from...
The Anna-Jonesboro/Cobden co-op high school boys’ soccer team faced Cape Girardeau Notre Dame on Sept. 15 and Harrisburg on Sept. 13.
Cape Girardeau (Notre Dame) 3, A-J 2: Blake Pena scored the two goals for the visitors in the loss Saturday, Sept. 15. Jacob Schaefer played 80 minutes in goal and...
The Cobden High School baseball team won twice in recent action.
Cobden 8, North Clay 3: Bayden Ditterline was 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs to lead visiting Cobden to the win Saturday, Sept. 15.
Landon Britt was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Brayden Clark was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Zane Nance was 1-for-3 with an RBI....
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School golf team topped Pinckneyville 168-196 at the Red Hawk Golf Course in Pinckneyville Thursday, Sept. 13.
A-J’s Luke Lasley and Peter Hauser won medalist honors with 40 apiece.
Carson Reynolds was next for the Wildcats with 41, followed by Trent Mason 47,...
Illinois State Police District 22 is conducting nighttime enforcement patrols in Union County during September.
Plans for the patrols were announced by Capt. Michael Alvey, who is the commander of the district.
Alvey said the patrols allow the state police to focus on preventing, detecting and...
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School’s 2018 homecoming celebration is planned next week.
The student council at the Union County school is overseeing homecoming activities.
The theme for this year’s celebration is “Once Upon a Time.”
Spirit Days for homecoming week, which is planned Sept. 24-28,...
The Carterville High School football team was shut out last weekend 41-0 by Du Quoin.
The Lions, 1-3, are scheduled to host Anna-Jonesboro, 2-2, on Friday, Sept . 21.
Game time is set for 7 p.m. The game will be aired on WIBH radio in Anna.
Carterville’s lone win this season was the opener 20-6...
A high-quality reproduction of a famous Abraham Lincoln photograph was unveiled during a ceremony which was held Thursday morning, Sept. 13, at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro.
The ceremony at the Union County Courthouse was one of four such events held on Sept. 13 in four area counties....
Obituaries
William “Louie” Bryant, 79, of Anna, died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, in the Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. He was born Feb. 17, 1939, in Wolf Lake, the son of Carl “Pee Wee” and Nola (Harris) Bryant. He married Tina (Lazenby) on October 19, 1985, in Anna.
Louie is survived by his loving wife, Tina...
Jan (Baker) Robertson, 54, of Dongola, formerly of Hollister, Florida, died on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, at Union County Hospital in Anna.
She was born Jan. 17, 1964 in Springfield, the daughter of Thomas J. and Bertha Lucille (Trexler) Baker.
Jan was raised in Union County and attended Cobden High...
Woodrow “Woody” Paul Almon, 76, of Marion, died Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, at 7 a.m. at his home in Marion.
He was born on June 4, 1942, in Chicago, the son of Paul Woodrow and Justine Marie Laputo Almon.
He married Margaret Nuber on March 2, 1968, in Downer’s Grove. This year, they celebrated 50...
Carolyn Moore, 78, of Cobden, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
She was born on April 18, 1940, in Jackson County, the daughter of Pearl and Opal Brandon Hagler.
She married Wayne Moore on Aug. 22, 1959, at the First Baptist Church in Alto Pass.
She...
Loren “Jim” Rhodes, 88, of Mt. Vernon, Ind., and formerly of Jonesboro, died Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, at Deacons Hospital in Evansville, Ind.
He was born on Oct. 27, 1929, in Beech Grove, the son of Loren and Fannie Land Rhodes.
He married Mary Rita Collins on June 24, 1951, in San Diego, Calif...
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The Anna-Jonesboro/Cobden co-op high school boys’ soccer team faced Cape Girardeau Notre Dame on Sept. 15 and Harrisburg on Sept. 13.
Cape Girardeau (Notre Dame) 3, A-J 2: Blake Pena scored...
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