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The mayor of Union County's largest community unexpectedly resigned this week.
The resignation of Anna Mayor Dave Tellor was announced Tuesday night.
Tellor's resignation was announced at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Anna City Council. The meeting was at Anna City Hall.
Announcement of...
Four teams representing Union County high schools played for regional championships last weekend.
All four of the local teams were winners in Illinois High School Association 2009 postseason action.
In a Class 1A softball regional championship game played Saturday in Cobden, the host Lady...
The Cobden Village Board of Trustees covered a wide range of business at a regular meeting held last week.
The meeting was Monday night, May 4, at Cobden Village Hall.
Highlights from minutes of the meeting follow:
Wes Lyerla vacated the seat of village president and gave his keys to newly...
Former Wolf Lake school students, teachers and friends are invited to attend a reunion which is planned Saturday, May 23.
The reunion will be at the First Baptist Church at 409 Morgan St. in Anna.
Dinner will be at 1 p.m. Local residents who plan to attend the reunion are asked to bring a...
The American Red Cross has recognized a Union County school, church and resident for their ongoing support of the community blood program.
The Red Cross honored Anna-Jonesboro Community High School, the First Baptist Church in Anna and Anna community blood drive coordinator Sara Hensch.
Blood...
The Illinois State Police, ISP, and Illinois Department of Transportation, IDOT, are teaming up with more than 500 local law enforcement agencies to conduct aggressive safety belt enforcement efforts throughout the State of Illinois.
During the Memorial Day “Click it or Ticket” mobilization,...
Two of the four Union County teams competing in sectional play advanced Saturday.
Defending state champion Cobden downed Elverado 2-1 in an 11-inning pitching duel to win the Class 1A sectional tournament at Trico. Cobden advances to super-sectional play at Carbondale to meet Cumberland at 4:30...
This week marked the launch of <a href="http://www.annanews.com">www.annanews.com</a>, The Gazette-Democrat’s new news and information web site. Access to the site is free.
“Our new online edition reflects the newspaper’s commitment to remaining Union County’s primary source of news...
Union County officials are ready to move forward in an attempt to collect thousands of dollars in unpaid fines and court costs.
The issue was on the agenda at this week's regular meeting of the Union County Board of Commissioners.
The meeting was May 4 at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro...
Clean-up work and restoration of utility services continued this week in the aftermath of a major storm which struck the region last Friday. Some observers were describing the storm as an inland hurricane.
Even as the recovery effort continued, weather forecasts were calling for the possibility...
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