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A special thanks to Don Michel for telling us who Walter Cronkite was coming to Anna to see in 1936.
Don Michel interviewed Walter Cronkite for his WRAJ “Insight” program when he came to Carbondale to interview Buckminster Fuller on Oct.18, 1966.
Moneada Karraker was Don’s WRAJ bookkeeper at the...
Union County property taxes are scheduled to be out early this year.
Union County Treasurer Bobby G. Myers said taxes are scheduled to be mailed around June 22.
Approximately 12,000 bills will be mailed.
The first installment of tax payments will be due on July 23. The second installment will...
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School Student Council officers have been elected for next year.
The officers are Leslie Donna, president; Lindsey Carter, vice president; Lauren Capel, president-elect.
Katie Mosby, parking secretary; Katelyn Brush, secretary; Mackenzie Housman, treasurer....
They're back! The famed pink cookies from Davis Pastry in Anna, along with donuts, rolls, cookies and cakes, are available once again.
Davis Pastry, closed since early this year when an ice storm crushed part of the building it had occupied on South Main Street for more than a half century,...
A new hotline opened Saturday, May 1, to provide Illinois residents with easy access to information about the H1N1 flu (swine flu).
The hotline (866-848-2094 for English, 866-241-2138 for Spanish) is scheduled to operate daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily for as long as needed.
Hotline...
The Anna City Pool is scheduled to open Saturday, June 6, for the 2009 summer season.The pool will close on Friday, Aug. 14.
This year's pool schedule follows:
Public swim
Sunday through Saturday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $3 for those ages 5 years and up.
Thursdays will be dollar days....
As some of the top students in the high school class of 2009 prepare to graduate in a world which depends on the latest in technology, they were encouraged to not forget about their humanity during a program presented in Union County.
The message was delivered by Dr. Larry Peterson, the president...
A wide range of summer classes are scheduled at the Anna Arts Center.
Classes are scheduled to start during the week of June 8.
Students can register for classes at the center, which is located at 125 W. Davie St. in Anna.
The schedule of classes includes:
Poetry critique. Joanne Blakley...
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