A special holiday season event and a student art exhibit are planned this weekend at the Shawnee Hills Arts Council’s Anna Arts Center.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held in celebration of the grand opening of the new location of Coffman’s Martial Arts Academy in Anna on Saturday, Nov. 9.
The community has an opportunity to be a part of a program which will help to provide gifts to area children during the upcoming Christmas holiday season.
Virginia Erwin, 85, of Cobden, died at 3 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, at Integrity Healthcare of Herrin.
A local charity has received a large donation courtesy of an 80-year-old Union County merchant group.
Robert Swadener, 99, of East Peoria, and formerly of Terre Haute, Ind., died Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, at Lutheran Hillside Village in Peoria Heights.
Jerry Moore, 75, of Jonesboro, died Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, at his daughter’s home.
He was on born Feb. 7, 1944, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Hunter and Pauline Tate Moore.
James “Mike” Smith, 73, of Anna, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, at his home, peacefully surrendering to Alzheimer’s, with his wife Judy at his side.
Kimberly (Kim) Jackson, 45, of Jerseyville, and formerly of Dongola, died at 9:01 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis.
Jerry Ray Mertes, 88, of Indianapolis, Ind., and formerly of Southern Illinois, died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Indianapolis, Ind.
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