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Southern Seven Health Department and Head Start welcomed representatives of the regional media and state and local officials to their offices near Ullin for a Census Media Day. Southern Seven emergency preparedness coordinator Bobi Cavins explained the ways communities can be active in making Southern Illinois Count.
The Illinois Public Health Association and the Southern Seven Health Department hosted area government officials and media representatives for an informational meeting about the importance of the 2020 Census.  The event was held on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at Southern Seven’s Pulaski County public...
Tuesday, March 17, is primary election day in Union County. The primary will determine the candidates who face off in the upcoming November 2020 general election. Here’s a look at the candidates Union County voters will see on the ballot (some of the candidates have dropped out but their names...
An “Artifact Day” is planned Saturday, March 14, at Fort Massac State Park in Metropolis. The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Artifact Day” is sponsored by the Kincaid Mounds Support Organization, KMSO. The day will offer an opportunity to view and discuss relics from the past....
More than four dozen students from 15 different schools in Southern Illinois journeyed to Springfield to a meeting of State Sen. Dale Fowler’s Youth Advisory Council. Photo provided.
More than four dozen students from the 59th District in Southern Illinois traveled to the Capitol in Springfield on March 3 to participate in the spring meeting of State Sen. Dale Fowler’s, R-Harrisburg, Youth Advisory Council, YAC. “As an elected official, I have a responsibility to reach out to...
The Carbondale Branch NAACP, in collaboration with the Alexander/Pulaski County Branch NAACP, has been awarded a supplemental grant from the Illinois Public Health Association, IPHA, to support the branches’ efforts to educate, inform and encourage hard to count, HTC, populations/communities to...
Openings are available for the annual Give Kids A Smile Day at Southern Illinois University. The March 27 event is provided by the university’s dental hygiene program. The event is from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the SIU Carbondale Community Dental Center, which is west of Banterra Center. The free...
The Epilepsy Foundation of Chicago has named State Rep. Terri Bryant, R-Murphysboro, as the 2020 recipient of The Inspirational Commitment Hero Award. The foundation said Bryant was honored because of her work in the Illinois House on behalf of individuals living with epilepsy.  Bryant was...
An upcoming symposium at the SIU School of Law in Carbondale is scheduled to feature legal experts from around the country. The symposium will look at the implications of the state’s recently enacted recreational marijuana laws.  Eleven speakers, including Illinois State Police director Brendan...
An Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IDNR, hunter safety education course is planned March 20-21 at the First Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Anna. The church is located at 315 South St. Hours for the course are scheduled from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. March 20 and from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. March ...
The Union County animal control shelter is located along Kaolin Road, between Anna and Cobden.
“Wags to Riches” will be the theme for an upcoming event which will help to support the development of a new Union County animal control shelter. The process for building a new shelter facility took a step forward at last week’s regular meeting of the Union County Board of Commissioners. The...

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