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The deadline is approaching for those who would like to participate in the upcoming Veterans Day parade in Anna.
The parade is planned for Saturday, Nov. 11, in Anna and is sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars Carroll P. Foster Post No. 3455 of Anna. The parade begins at 11 a.m.
Entry forms are...
Union County residents had an opportunity to view the Harvest Moon – and a supermoon – in the night sky late last week.
September’s full moon, known as the Harvest Moon, was also was the fourth successive supermoon of 2023, the space.com website reported. It also was “the final supermoon of the...
Jonesboro School’s first spooky 5K event to help raise funds for the Jonesboro School Beta Club is planned Saturday evening, Oct. 21.
The 5K is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. The event will begin and end at Jonesboro School, which is located at 309 Cook Ave.
Event organizers shared in a news...
The National Weather Service office in Paducah is looking for people in Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri and Western Kentucky who enjoy recording weather conditions in their own backyards to join the CoCoRaHS network.
Every morning, CoCoRaHS observers record measurements of how much rain, hail...
Haunted Hollow, a family friendly festival, is planned Oct. 22 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Touch of Nature Outdoor Education Center. The center is located near Carbondale.
The festival is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. All ages are welcome, and participants are...
The Arrowleaf human services organization has announced that it is expanding into a new location in Massac County.
Arrowleaf’s new Massac County office will be located at 511 Catherine St. in Metropolis, just across from the Dairy Queen.
“We’ve had a lot of staff interest in opening an office in...
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School’s 2023 homecoming celebration is underway this week.
Homecoming activities have been organized by the A-JCHS Student Council.
The theme for this year’s celebration is “Beneath the Blue.”
Spirit days are being held all week. The theme for Thursday, today, is...
A celebration of Constitution Week in Union County is scheduled to begin Saturday, Sept. 16, with special activities which are planned at the Lincoln Memorial Picnic Grounds at 521 N. Main St. in Jonesboro.
Constitution Week is celebrated each year from Sept. 17 through Sept. 23.
The picnic grounds...
SB1818, which creates the Illinois Flag Commission for the purpose of exploring the creation of a new state flag and developing new state flag designs, was signed into law in early August by Gov. JB Pritzker.
The commission will make recommendations to the Illinois General Assembly concerning...
The Daniel Chapman Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution invites area students to enter an essay contest celebrating “Stars and Stripes Forever,” the patriotic march composed by John Philip Sousa.
The essay is open to students in grades 5 through 8. Entries are to be between 300 and...
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