Municipal elections
<p class="p1">Filing is scheduled to begin Monday, Dec. 15, for municipal elections which are planned next year in Union County communities.</p><p class="p1">Candidates can file nominating petitions from Dec. 15 through Dec. 22 for the April 2015 elections.</p><p class="p1">Anna voters will elect a mayor and four city council members.</p><p class="p1">Anna incumbents whose terms are expiring include Jim Cross, the current mayor; and city council members Michael Bigler, David Isom, Al Kamp and Martha Ann Webb.</p><p class="p1">Voters in Jonesboro will elect aldermen in three wards next year.</p><p class="p1">Aldermen whose terms are expiring include Jimmy Watkins in Ward 1, Bill Bowen in Ward 2 and Mike Stegle in Ward 3.</p><p class="p1">Also in Ward 3, the term of Scott Abernathy is expiring. Abernathy was appointed to the post.</p><p class="p1">In Cobden, the terms of village trustees Pat Brumleve, Alma Gomez and Frances Swedlund are expiring.</p>