State Sen. Dale Fowler, Harrisburg, visited with Anna-Jonesboro Community High School seniors on Tuesday, Oct. 31, to discuss work as a legislator in the Illinois General Assembly.
Veterans Day will be commemorated with special events which are scheduled in the Union County area. The Veterans Day holiday is observed on Nov. 11.
The Vandalia High School football team is scheduled to host Anna-Jonesboro in the quarterfinals of the Illinois High School Association Class 3A playoffs Saturday.
For the second game in the Class 3A playoffs, the Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team stymied an opponent with a potent offense.
A Veterans Day program is scheduled at Egyptian School in Tamms on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 2 p.m.
There will be a reception for veterans from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Imogene Eddleman Closser, 97, of Dongola, died Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, at Union County Hospital in Anna.
Christina “Evelyn” Rumfelt, 71, of Wickliffe, Ky., and formerly of Anna, died at 11:25 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, at her home.
Nina A. Merriman, 91, of Anna, died at 4:48 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, at the River to River Community of Anna.
Edward M. Smith recently dedicated a new men’s locker room in honor of former teammate Calvin Johnson at Shawnee Community College near Ullin.
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