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An update about property taxes and an animal control project were shared at last Friday morning’s regular meeting of the Union County Board of Commissioners.
The meeting was Friday morning at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro.
The county is planning to advertise a request for qualifications...
For more than a decade, WIBH Radio in Anna has raised awareness of child abuse and neglect in the Southern Illinois region.
Since 2011, the local radio station has partnered with area child service agencies to raise funds to buy new coats through its New Coats, New Hope Campaign.
In April 2022...
Those in need of help with answering legal questions are invited to attend a free Lawyer in the Courthouse event which is planned March 24 at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro.
The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon in the community room at the courthouse, which is located at 309 W....
Stinson Memorial Public Library plans to offer a Lawyer in the Library program from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 18. The library is located at 409 S. Main St. in Anna.
The Lawyer in the Library program offers an opportunity for self-represented litigants to sit down with attorney Gene Turk for a...
The Illinois Department of Public Health, IDPH, on Friday, March 10, announced the CDC was reporting 26 counties in the state were at medium community level for COVID-19 last week, compared to 14 a week earlier.
No counties were reported at high level, compared to four the previous week.
Union,...
A meet the candidates forum is planned Thursday evening, March 16, at Anna-Jonesboro Community High School.
The forum is set for 7 p.m. in the media center at the Union County school.
Candidates for the A-JCHS District No. 81 Board of Education in the April 4 election have been invited to attend...
A Southern Illinois legislator has been selected to serve on the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture for the 118th Congress.
U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill. announced in a news release that his Republican colleagues had selected him to serve on the committee.
Bost will be a member of the Subcommittee...
A regional food bank recently received grant funding to help with its operations.
Ameren Illinois community relations representative Tina Gibbs on Feb. 23 made a presentation of a $2,500 check at Arrowleaf’s Client Choice Food Pantry at 101 Oliver St. in Vienna.
Arrowleaf operates food pantries in...
The Union County Museum in downtown Cobden is scheduled to reopen at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 4.
The museum, which is located at 117 S. Appleknocker, has been closed for the winter season. Several new exhibits are planned at the museum.
A Log Cabin tied quilt, jewelry and other items from the Lockard...
Hunters in Illinois harvested a statewide total of 801 wild turkeys during the 2022-2023 fall archery turkey season between Oct. 1 and Jan. 15.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IDNR, reported that the total compared with the statewide fall archery turkey harvest of 683 in 2021-2022....
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