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The Illinois Department of Human Services, IDHS, has been awarded a federal grant for over $16 million to fight the state’s opioid crisis.
The grant is funded through the 21st Century Cures Act which includes an estimated $1 billion to states over the next two years to combat the nation’s opioid...
Students from area schools were honored in an annual young writer’s competition sponsored by Shawnee Community College near Ullin.
The competition was designed to encourage local high school students to submit their own works of non-fiction, short fiction and poetry.
Winners in the competition...
Students from an area school are scheduled to be in attendance at the annual Students for the Information Age TECH 2017 event, which is planned Tuesday, May 9, at the Illinois State Capitol Building in Springfield.
Hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Hundreds of...
Residents of the Elmwood and McBride public housing complexes in Cairo are being forced to move because the deteriorating buildings they lived in were deemed unlivable and beyond repair.
The Cairo Citizen newspaper reported that U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD, officials said...
Century Community Unit School District No. 100 in Ullin hosted its annual spring concert May 2. For the first time since the 2009-2010 school year, band performances were part of the program.
A lack of school funding led Century to cut the band program back in 1999. A revival attempt was made in...
Area residents once again face the impact of major flooding.
Rivers rose to flood levels after very heavy rain fell in the region.
Flood warnings were in effect late last week for rivers throughout the region.
Heavy rain was falling in Union County Thursday morning, when this issue of Monday’s Pub...
A new edition of a book about Union County history was featured during a presentation held last Sunday afternoon at Stinson Memorial Library in Anna.
Local historian and author Darrel Dexter has written a new edition of the book titled “Pioneer Sketches of Union County, Illinois.”
The PAST...
Students from Union County were among those receiving honors in an annual young writer’s competition sponsored by Shawnee Community College near Ullin.
The competition is designed to encourage local high school students to submit their own works of non-fiction, short fiction and poetry.
Winners in...
A State Emergency Operations Center, SEOC, in Springfield was activated May 1 to ensure that state personnel and equipment are ready to be quickly deployed if needed to help local emergency responders with flooding-related public safety issues in several areas of the state.
“Several inches of rain...
The Union County Animal Control, located between Anna and Cobden, deals with animals in several ways, such as abuse cases, relocation and adoption.
UCAC officer Dirk Wright said that animal abuse is not a major problem in Union County, but it does occur, most being repeat offenders.
He said if...
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