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Shawnee Community College on March 10 released the names of four candidates to be interviewed for the college president position.
The college's presidential search committee, with approval of Shawnee Community College’s Board of Trustees, selected Brian Chapman, Brian Van Horn, Peggy Bradford and...
Shawnee Community College has a new music instructor after the retirement of John Windings, who was the music instructor for over 20 years.
Lee VanAlstine has been working in K-12 public education in Southern Illinois since 1997, though he is originally from Central Illinois.
He received his...
South Main Street in Anna is three steps closer to being filled, thanks to the recent building purchases by two Anna women.
Lee Hackney and Susan Whitemountain bought the former Hunting Traditions and the two spaces that made up the Union County Pharmacy. They plan for the three spaces to become...
Illinois State Police District 22 personnel plan to conduct Nighttime Enforcement, NITE, patrols in Union County during March.
Plans for the patrols were announced by Lt. Michael Alvey, who is the interim commander of District 22. The district has its headquarters in Ullin.
Alvey said in a news...
Taxes, University of Illinois Extension activities, tourism and the hiring of a human resources administrator were on the agenda at last week’s regular meeting of the Union County Board of Commissioners.
The meeting was Friday morning, March 10, at the Union County Courthouse.
Supervisor of...
Bids are scheduled to be opened Thursday, today, for a major improvement project which is planned at the Anna City Park in Anna.
Plans for the bid opening were shared at a regular meeting of the Anna City Council which was held Tuesday evening, March 7. The meeting was at Anna City Hall in Anna....
Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, on Monday, March 13, announced that a superseding indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in Benton in the case regarding the May 2014 attempted robbery of the First National Bank in Cairo.
Boyce announced in a...
Snow and cold followed quickly on the heels of 75-degree temperatures during the past week in the Union County area.
Bitter cold temperatures were in the forecast on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings of this week.
The National Weather Service office in Paducah early this week issued a freeze warning...
Women from throughout Southern Illinois are invited to a special event which is scheduled Saturday, April 8, at Anna Heights Baptist Church in Anna.
The church plans to host a live simulcast from Tulsa, Okla., with Priscilla Shirer. Shirer appeared in the movie “War Room.”
Doors are scheduled to...
The Illinois Department of Transportation would like to alert motorists traveling in the Cairo area that the US 60/62 bridge over the Mississippi River will be closed.
The closures are scheduled to begin on Monday, March 27, at 8 a.m. extending through Friday, March 31, at noon, and Monday, April 3...
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