Once again this week, we’re going to wander around a little bit... Mainly because it’s Monday afternoon and my self-imposed deadline to complete this little gem has long since come and gone. (Then it was Monday evening...Monday night
The Village of Cobden, in partnership with the Illinois Municipal Utilities Association, IMUA, is again offering a scholarship competition program for eligible high school seniors.
Each eligible applicant is asked to submit an application and an essay of 500 words or less addressing her or his...
More than $670,000 in federal grants have been awarded to Anna and Cahokia schools to strengthen security in the classroom.
The grants were announced Monday, Jan. 10, by U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill.
More than 153 jurisdictions nationwide applied and received grants through a Department of Justice...
Rural Health Inc. has announced that it is funding and administering eight healthcare scholarship opportunities.
A $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a high school senior at each of the following high schools:
Anna-Jonesboro, Cobden, Dongola, Goreville, Joppa, Massac County, Shawnee (in Wolf...
The Anna Police Department recorded more than 5,000 calls to service during 2021.
Anna Police Chief Bryan Watkins has released a review of statistics recorded by the Anna Police Department for the year 2021, and for the final three months of the year.
Watkins credited the department’s police...
Out of an abundance of caution and due to the continued high numbers of new COVID-19 cases statewide, Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has announced that all Secretary of State departments, including Driver Services facilities, will resume conducting in-person transactions Monday, Jan. 24....
The nation’s blood supply has reached a dangerously low level.
On Jan. 10, the following statement was issued by AABB, America’s Blood Centers and the American Red Cross regarding the status of the nation’s blood supply:
As the blood community celebrates National Blood Donor Month this January, the...
COVID-19 impacted the Anna-Jonesboro Community High School girls’ basketball team last week.
The A-J girls missed two games due to COVID-19.
The Lady Wildcats’ game with Goreville on Thursday, Jan. 6, and Murphysboro, Jan. 8, both were cancelled. Murphysboro also was dealing with COVID-19.
Plans...
Another special experience happened for four CEO students and an alumnus last week – an opportunity to meet 16 Wounded Warriors, their hunting guides and other people involved in the annual waterfowl hunt at Grassy Lake Hunting Club at Ware.
Encouraged by the phrase, “Successful People Give Back,”...
The Arrowleaf human services organization which serves the Southern Illinois area has opened a new food pantry and office in Cairo.
The client choice food pantry and office are located at 1401 Washington Ave. in Cairo. An open house to celebrate the opening of the facility was held Monday morning,...
The National Weather Service office in Paducah last week issued a flood warning for parts of the Ohio River in the region.
Heavy rainfall during the first weekend of the new year caused water levels to rise along the Lower Ohio River Basin last week.
Minor flooding was in the forecast for the...
Obituaries
Cherie A. Sharp, 70, of Pulaski, died at 3:33 a.m. Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, at Union County Hospital in Anna, Illinois.
She was born on April 12, 1951, in Cairo, the daughter of Edwin Staggs and Helen Polk.
She was a cashier attendant at Harrah’s Casino in Metropolis.
She was preceded in death by her...
Charles McCoy, 84, of Shalimar, Fla., died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center.
He was born in Cache on Nov. 10, 1937, the son of General Lee and Lena Crider McCoy. He graduated from Thebes High School.
He and Minnie Foster were married on May 28, 1955.
He joined the U.S...
Derek Thomas Harvell, 25, of Jonesboro, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022.
He was born on Dec. 10, 1996, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Darryl and Diane Moreland Harvell.
He is survived by his parents; a sister, Jessica (Khyle) Dean; nieces and nephew Aria, Brigham and Adaley Dean; his...
John F. Berry Sr., 70, of Anna, died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, at Union County Hospital in Anna.
He was born on Jan. 13, 1951, in Cobden, the son of Delmar and Vesta Davis Berry.
He married Brenda Poole on Aug. 1, 1969, in Alto Pass.
Mr. Berry is survived by his wife, Brenda Berry of Anna; a son,...
Joyce Ann Sullivan, 80, of Anna, died peacefully at her home on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, surrounded by her loving family.
Joyce was born the daughter of Henry (Frog) and Nora (Davis) Bryan in Mascoutah, Ill.
Joyce married William Joseph (Joe) Sullivan on July 12, 1958, at Joe’s home in Jonesboro, Ill...
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COVID-19 impacted the Anna-Jonesboro Community High School girls’ basketball team last week.
The A-J girls missed two games due to COVID-19.
The Lady Wildcats’ game with Goreville on...
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