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In what they said is an effort to maintain sustainability, organizers of the fair announced the establishment of a minimal admission fee for the 2016 Du Quoin State Fair in Du Quoin.
The fair is scheduled Friday, Aug. 26, through Monday, Sept. 5. All adult fairgoers who want to attend the 2016 Du...
The Illinois Farm Bureau experts plan to meet with Union County farmers at 8 a.m. on Monday, July 11, at the USDA building Anna to share information about protecting water quality.
Lauren Lurkins, director of Natural & Environmental Resources division of the Ill. Farm Bureau, will be the guest...
The Shawnee School District No. 84 Board of Education recognized students of the quarter at its regular monthly meeting for June.
The meeting was June 21 at Shawnee Junior-Senior High School in Wolf Lake.
Students who were honored for the fourth quarter included:
Kelci Baber, 3rd grade; Rayah...
University of Illinois Extension is teaming up with area farmers to provide four evening “twilight meetings.”
The goal of the evenings is to highlight and demonstrate diverse farming enterprises across Southern Illinois.
Organizers said that anyone who is involved in, or interested in, local...
(Editor’s note: the following article was shared by Sanford Keller of Houston, Texas.)
Sunday, June 12, was a joyous day for the Gospel Truth Pentecostal Church of 1624 W. 34th St. in Houston, Texas.
Mayor Silvestor Turner of Houston, Texas, declared the day Gospel Truth Day.
The mayor’s...
Union County Sheriff Scott Harvel wants to alert residents to another phone scam.
According to the Illinois Sheriffs' Association, a phone campaign is fraudulently using the name of the Illinois Sheriffs' Association in their solicitation.
The Illinois Sheriffs' Association never solicits by phone...
The 2016 Cobden Peach Festival is just around the corner.
This year's festival is planned Friday and Saturday, Aug. 5-6. Most of the activities will be at the Cobden Community Park in Cobden.
The Peach Festival is an annual community celebration which is sponsored by the Cobden Lions Club.
The...
Kids from pre-kindergarten to 8th grade flexed their super skills at the second week of the Stinson Library summer reading program in Anna. The theme this year is "Every Hero Has a Story." The program uses superhero activities and stories to motivate kids to continue reading even when school is not...
A stopgap Illinois budget was approved June 30. The Illinois News Network reported that the budget funds K-12 education for the entire year and road construction projects, some human services and government operations through the November election.
Southern Illinois state legislators shared their...
Pamela Hearon of Anna has a new book coming out titled “Gaining Visibility” in October.
This book is a different genre from her past novels. Instead of romance, her new book is considered women’s fiction and is published through Kensington Publishing Corporation.
“It’s a different and exciting...
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