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Learning came to life for a group of 3rd grade students at Anna Junior High School when they got a visit from the Union County Sheriff Office’s newest officer on Wednesday, Feb. 15.
Newly acquired K-9 Kaiser stopped by with his handler, Union County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Eric Ralls, to give the...
An annual job fair is planned March 15 at Shawnee Community College near Ullin.
The event is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to noon in the Edward M. Smith Center on the college's main campus.
The job fair is open to the public and will be hosted by the Shawnee Community College Career Services Center....
The visitors center at Giant City State Park near Makanda is hosting an exhibit by photographer and nature enthusiast Mike Pyrtel during February.
The photography exhibit highlights flora, fauna and sunsets in Southern Illinois.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Touch of Nature Environmental Center plans to host the Student Experiential Environmental Education Conference, SEEEC, March 10-12.
The conference is designed to give students, professional teachers and informal educators a unique and practical...
Century Elementary School at Ullin plans to have its annual kindergarten registration and Child Find screening on March 9-10.
The school advises that all students who are going to kindergarten in the fall should register on those days.
In addition to registration, children will be screened for...
The Illinois Native Plant Society's Southern Chapter plans to present a program about an endangered dragonfly on Tuesday, Feb. 21, in Anna. The free program is set for 6 p.m. at Stinson Memorial Library at 409 S. Main St.
Guest speaker Bruce Henry is scheduled to present a program titled "Fen...
Open auditions for "Scenes From Alice" are scheduled Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 20-21, with call-backs on Wednesday Feb. 22, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at the Anna Arts Center in Anna. A variety of roles are available.
"Scenes from Alice," is an adaptation combining materials...
Emergency preparedness officials plan to unveil an interactive kiosk aimed at educating the public on earthquake safety, developed in part by a Southern Illinois University Carbondale researcher.
Harvey Henson, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at SIU and manager of the project,...
A free, six-week diabetes self-management course is scheduled to begin on Feb. 28 at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro.
The Live Well, Be Well with Diabetes course is scheduled from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. each Tuesday in the community room at the courthouse. The courthouse is located at 309 W....
A sign language class taught by Beth Schumacher is planned at the Anna Arts Center in Anna.
Schumacher graduated from MacMurray College with a deaf education degree. She then went straight to the Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind and taught there for 13 years.
Classes are six weeks starting...
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