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Unimin Specialty Minerals and its Tamms and Elco plants have been recognized for outstanding community involvement and support activities, as well as safety performance by the Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers, IAAP.
A Community Relations Award and Rock Solid Safety Awards were presented...
The Future Teachers Organization, FTO, at Shawnee Community College near Ullin conducted an annual school supply drive as a new academic year got underway.
As part of the drive, the FTO issued a Pack-A-Backpack Challenge to all full-time faculty and staff at the college.
A total of 43 backpacks...
A recent attack on prison guards at Pontiac Correctional Center serves to highlight the shortsighted decision to close a prison in Southern Illinois, an area legislator says.
The Tamms Correctional Center, a “supermax” prison that housed Illinois’ most dangerous criminals, closed its doors in 2013...
The Anna Police Department responded to more than 250 calls during July.
The statistic was shared in Anna Police Chief Mike Hunter’s monthly report for July.
Here’s a look at the July statistics:
Activities
Number of calls requiring response, 256. Number of walk in requests, 95.
Number of traffic...
First Christian Church of Anna led a prayer walk through the halls of Anna-Jonesboro Community High School on Tuesday, Aug. 16.
Prayers focused on student and teacher safety and the completion of various projects at A-JCHS.
The Union County Alliance of Churches sponsored the event, along with...
He has served as an educator, coach, mentor and state lawmaker.
Now, David Luechtefeld will add grand marshal of the Du Quoin State Fair twilight parade to his list of accomplishments.
Luechtefeld announced last year that he would retire from the Illinois Senate at the end of his term. ...
Union County's annual ColorFest celebration is coming up in October.
Plans also are being made for the 2016 Pumpkin Town display on the grounds of Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna.
Pumpkin Town
Pumpkin Town has been a popular part of ColorFest for a number of years.
The event...
The next phase in an Anna downtown improvement project is scheduled to begin soon.
A bid for the project was approved at a regular meeting of the Anna City Council. The meeting was held Tuesday evening, Aug. 16, at Anna City Hall.
The city received two bids for the project. An engineer’s estimate...
Ivy Roach knew that after her husband’s death, and after she learned that a family member was the victim of a violent crime, that words would never be enough to show her gratitude to the Union County Sheriff’s Office and all the other police departments in Union County.
Her husband, Shane Roach,...
The 2016 Union County Fair queen was crowned Sunday night in Anna.
The new queen is Clare Bunyan, 20, of Cobden. She is the daughter of Chris and Jill Bunyan.
First runner-up in the queen pageant was Brookelyn Cast, 18, of Cobden. She is the daughter of Melodie and Buddy Cast.
Second runner-up was...
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