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The 2019-2020 academic year is scheduled to get underway this week at Union County public schools.
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School Student Council already is busy working on plans for the 2019 homecoming celebration.
This year’s theme is “Dancing Through the Decades.”
Homecoming week is...
Kids of all ages are invited to do the “Agriculture Scavenger Hunt” at this year’s Union County Fair in Anna.
The event, sponsored by the Union County Farm Bureau, provides children ages 8-18 with an opportunity to learn about agriculture as they enjoy the sights and sounds of exhibits and...
Fair time is almost here. The 2019 Union County Fair is scheduled to begin with activities on Friday, Aug. 16.
County fair activities continue through Sunday, Aug. 25.
The fair once again will be at the Anna City Park in Anna.
Here’s a look at the schedule for the 2019 fair:
Friday, Aug. 16
9 a.m...
This week, local, state and federal damage assessment teams will shift their focus to a review of the residential and commercial damage and costs incurred from the Great Flood of 2019.
Local officials will lead the joint assessment teams to areas most impacted by this devastating event.
State...
Tyler R. Edmonds of Anna took the oath of office as a First Judicial Circuit associate judge during a ceremony which was held Friday afternoon, Aug. 9, at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro.
Edmonds had been serving as Union County state’s attorney before he was appointed to the judicial post...
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IDNR, is reminding the state’s dove hunters to scout sites before applying for permits.
Some hunting areas were unable to plant sunflowers due to an unusually cool, wet spring, IDNR noted.
“Unfortunately, this spring’s weather just didn’t cooperate with...
A Southern Illinois state legislator has been appointed to serve on a task force which he helped to create.
State Rep. Patrick Windhorst, R-Metropolis, has been appointed to the Rural Economic Development Task Force.
During the spring 2019 session of the Illinois General Assembly, Windhorst was the...
A new queen of the Cobden Peach Festival was crowned last weekend.
Addison Osman is the new festival queen.
The festival was Friday and Saturday, Aug. 2-3, in Cobden.
Meredith Flamm was first runner-up in the pageant. Lauren Lyerla was second runner-up. Lexi Miller was named Miss Congeniality....
State and federal damage assessment teams on Friday, Aug. 2, began their fifth day of what is expected to be a lengthy and extensive review of the damage and costs incurred from the Great Flood of 2019.
The devastating spring storms and record flooding affected more than 40-percent of the state’s...
A new era of competition and gaming is coming to Southern Illinois University Carbondale with the unveiling of a long anticipated Esports Arena.
Set on the first floor of the SIU Student Center, the 1,200-square-foot facility is scheduled to launch Aug. 16 with an open house and welcome. The...
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