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The Illinois Green Party plans to hold a state membership meeting on the Southern Illinois University Carbondale campus this Saturday, Sept. 24, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The meeting will be held in the Mississippi Room at the SIUC Student Center, followed by a fundraising dinner at Hunan...
A proposed Shawnee Parkway project will be the topic of a meeting which is scheduled Friday, Sept. 23, in Carbondale.
The meeting is set for 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall at the First United Methodist Church, which is located at 214 W. Main St.
The event is free and open to the public and is...
St. John’s Church near Dongola celebrated its 200th anniversary Sept. 17-18 with an open house and a celebration service.
Sunday’s celebration included a service, lunch, games and surrey rides.
The church welcomed visitors to an open house on Saturday. Visitors could tour the church and learn about...
The Union County Ambulance Service has been awarded $1,625 from the Illinois EMS Assistance Fund for the purchase of a new stair chair with tracks for the service.
Application for the funds was made by ambulance service director Grant Capel in September 2015 and funding was completed for the...
Union County State’s Attorney Tyler R. Edmonds joined prosecutors, police chiefs and sheriffs from across the country recently in Washington, D.C., to encourage lawmakers to fund programs for children that prevent crime.
Edmonds and other members of the Illinois delegation met with Illinois...
The Southern Illinois Plane Pull will take place this Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Southern Illinois Airport. The challenge is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. on Saturday.
The teams will face off with Southern Illinois University Aviation’s 737 at the airport in Murphysboro for the benefit of Special...
Cairo High School Beta Club members Rameisha Smith, Ke’Ron Jackson, Jaeanna Pritchard, Hezekiah Brown, Malia Lester and Breona Childs participated in the Cairo Blues Festival parade on Saturday, Sept. 10.
Beta Club members worked to decorate the float as the Cairo Blues Festival approached.
The...
Epsilon Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Sorority Inc. plans to sponsor its 16th annual Karen M. Adkinson Sickle Cell Anemia Walkathon on Saturday, Sept. 24.
Registration for the walk is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. at Cairo Junior/Senior High School on the day of the event. The walk is...
Shawnee Community College plans to offer five community education courses.
Courses are scheduled at the college’s main campus near Ullin and at Shawnee’s extension center in Anna. The schedule includes:
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Sept. 22, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the college’s extension center in Anna.
The...
An event planned this fall at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will help young women explore careers in science and mathematics.
The annual Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics conference is set for Saturday, Nov. 19, at the SIU Student Center.
The 26th annual event provides...
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