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The financial costs of damage caused by flooding during 2019 were addressed at last week’s regular meeting of the Union County Board of Commissioners.
The meeting was Friday morning, July 26, at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro.
Union County Highway Department engineer Kevin Grammer said...
The 82nd Peach Festival will be celebrated in Cobden on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 2-3, in the Union County village.
The event is sponsored by the Cobden Lions Club. Proceeds go to community and charitable projects.
The Peach Festival takes place in the Cobden Community Park area along Locust Street...
Bipartisan legislation to better protect inland waterway navigation and address a gap in current law that has stymied efforts to rebuild the Len Small Levee in Alexander County has been introduced in Congress.
The Levee Rehabilitation Improvements Act was introduced July 23 by U.S. Rep. Mike Bost,...
Tyler R. Edmonds of Anna has been appointed as an associate judge of the First Judicial Circuit in Southern Illinois.
Edmonds is serving in his third term as Union County state’s attorney. He has held the post for 10 years and seven months.
Marcia M. Meis, director of the Administrative Office of...
Father Mark Tracy, a current priest in Effingham, was sworn in as the only Catholic chaplain for the Illinois Army National Guard on April 29.
Father Tracy is the son of Jim and State Sen. Jil Walker Tracy of Quincy and the grandson of Betty Odum of Anna.
Father Tracy also was sworn in as a...
Southern Seven Health Department says that when it comes to supplying a home or business with water, there’s more to it than just turning on a faucet.
That’s where Southern Seven Health Department’s environmental health services division comes in.
The division works to assure rural residents and...
The Anna Blue Dolphins swim team competed in the Salem Pentathlon on Saturday, July 20.
In the pentathlon, each swimmer participates in each swim stroke plus an individual medley.
The combined times of five events were then calculated to place the swimmer in their age group.
The top three...
Cleaning up Wolf Lake is the mission of a group in the Union County community.
The Wolf Lake Project is making plans to host a community event on Saturday, Aug. 3.
The Wolf Lake Project shared information which explains that its mission is “to make the community safer and cleaner for our future...
The community is invited to be a part of a special event which is planned this weekend in Anna.
The City of Anna and Anna-Jonesboro National Bank are teaming up to offer a free swim day at the Anna City Pool to all swimmers 16 and under.
The free swim day is scheduled from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on...
The 82nd Peach Festival will be celebrated in Cobden on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 2-3, in the Union County village.
The event is sponsored by the Cobden Lions Club. Proceeds go to community and charitable projects.
The Peach Festival takes place in the Cobden Community Park area along Locust Street...
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