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Shawnee Community College agricultural instructor Ed Billingsley has been honored by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for 30 years of service.
Billingsley was recognized for his dedication and generosity to the program for the past three decades.
The Pulaski-Alexander Soil and Water Conservation District’s 69th annual meeting is planned Feb. 23.
The meeting will be in the cafeteria at Shawnee Community College near Ullin.
Registration begins at 5:30 p.m., with dinner served at 6 p.m. followed by a business meeting at 7 p.m.
During the...
Abraham Lincoln, who served as the 16th president of the United States, was born on Feb. 12, 1809, in Kentucky.
The Lincoln Memorial Picnic Grounds in Jonesboro are the home to statues of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas.
Lincoln and Douglas met for a debate in Jonesboro on Sept. 15, 1858,...
Community members are invited to attend an open house next week hosted by the Union County Soil and Water Conservation District.
The open house is scheduled Tuesday, Feb. 14, at the USDA building at 201 Springfield Ave. in Anna. Doors are scheduled to be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Activities all...
Local high school students enrolled in CNA dual credit courses will benefit from new lab and classroom additions at Shawnee Community College’s Anna Extension Center.
The CNA dual credit course, provided through the Five County Regional Vocational System, found a new home inside the college’s...
A Civil War Weekend is planned Feb. 16-19 at the Shawnee Hills Art Council/Anna Arts Center in Anna.
The arts council/arts center has announced that highlights for the weekend include presentation of a play, “Soldier Come Home”; exhibits, which include guns and quilts; reenactors and storytelling...
To make his staff more easily accessible to Southern Illinois residents, state Rep. Brandon Phelps, D-Harrisburg, has upcoming plans to host satellite office hours in three locations within his district.
The first office hours are planned on Tuesday, Feb. 14 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Carbondale...
Dr. Ashley Aylesworth of Marion Eye Center’s Anna office completed her doctorate degree at Nova Southeastern University’s, NSU, College of Optometry in 2016.
Her clinical rotations were at WJB Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, S.C., Easton Eye Care in Oakland Park, Fla., and a pediatric and...
The Illinois School Funding Reform Commission on Feb. 1 approved a framework that allows members of the General Assembly to create a new school funding formula.
“Illinois is another step closer to fixing our broken school funding system,” Gov. Bruce Rauner said in a news release.
“I applaud the...
Community members are invited to attend an open house next week hosted by the Union County Soil and Water Conservation District.
The invitation is extended by the district’s directors: Carlyn Light, Larry Hale, Dana Eddleman, Kent Treece and Bill Littrell.
The open house is scheduled Tuesday, Feb....
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