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Halloween will be celebrated on Wednesday, Oct. 31.
Trick-or-treat, as well as other Halloween activities are planned throughout the Union County area.
Union County State’s Attorney Tyler R. Edmonds and Union County Sheriff Scott Harvel remind the public to review the Illinois Sex Offender Registry...
Funding was released on Oct. 15 for a number of recreational trail development projects throughout the State of Illinois.
Included in the allocated funding was $200,000 for the Southern Illinois University Touch of Nature Center to begin construction on a 5-mile multi-use mountain bike trail.
State...
Sixteen games are on tap as the 2018 Illinois High School Association, IHSA, Class 3A football postseason gets underway this Friday and Saturday.
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School Wildcats are scheduled to host one of the opening round games.
A-J, 7-2, is slated to host West Frankfort, also...
Veterans will be honored at two upcoming events which are scheduled in Union County.
Alto Pass
The Alto Pass Area Veterans Memorial Organization plans to have a ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 3.
The ceremony is set for 11 a.m. at the veterans memorial which is located in downtown Alto Pass.
The...
A National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is planned Oct. 27.
Organizers of the event note that National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s, DEA, National Drug Prescription Take Back Day events...
Saturday, Oct. 27 from 2 to 4 p.m., Giant City State Park will be celebrating the holiday season early with a Trek N’ Treat Halloween celebration.
Participants can hike the Devil’s Standtable Trail and meet costumed creature characters along the way who will teach visitors fun facts about the...
A National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is planned Oct. 27.
Organizers of the event note that National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue.
According to the 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6.2 million Americans misused...
Union County Women in Business, UCWIB, are planning to sponsor a “meet the candidate” event.
The event is set for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, in the auditorium at Anna-Jonesboro Community High School.
The event comes just ahead of the Nov. 6 general election in Union County.
The format for the...
Close to $2.8 million in state capital funding has been released to benefit Fort Massac State Park in Metropolis.
The funds are being released as part of the Fiscal Year 2019 capital budget, which was approved in late May.
“I’m encouraged that we continue to see key funding being invested in...
A statewide poll of registered voters by Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute showed Democrat J.B. Pritzker with a comfortable lead in the race for Illinois governor.
Results of the Simon Poll, which were released in early October, also showed a relatively...
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