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Epsilon Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Sorority Inc. plans to sponsor its 16th annual Karen M. Adkinson Sickle Cell Anemia Walkathon on Saturday, Sept. 24.
Registration for the walk is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. at Cairo Junior/Senior High School on the day of the event. The walk is...
Shawnee Community College plans to offer five community education courses.
Courses are scheduled at the college’s main campus near Ullin and at Shawnee’s extension center in Anna. The schedule includes:
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Sept. 22, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the college’s extension center in Anna.
The...
An event planned this fall at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will help young women explore careers in science and mathematics.
The annual Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics conference is set for Saturday, Nov. 19, at the SIU Student Center.
The 26th annual event provides...
A 2017 event billed as The Great American Eclipse will be the focus of two upcoming informational planning workshops which are scheduled in Southern Illinois.
The Great American Eclipse will occur on Aug. 21, 2017.
The Southernmost Illinois area is predicted to have the longest duration of totality...
Always wanted to be a Disney princess? Peter Pan? Glinda the Good Witch?
In November, an “Evening with the Stars” event is being planned in the local area – and it needs actors for the occasion.
“Evening with the Stars,” is a fundraising dinner for the performing arts.
An interest meeting is...
The Cache River Days beauty pageant took place at the Leona Brust Civic Center in Ullin on Friday, Sept. 9.
The pageant featured a Little Miss, a Junior Miss and a Miss category.
Photos by Lindsey Rae Vaughn.
High school and 8th grade band students from throughout Southern Illinois and the surrounding area will have a unique opportunity this school year.
Jim Childers, the director of bands at Marion Junior High School, plans to organize and host a regional honor band called The Honor Band of Southern...
Union County chief information officer Rollie Hawk presented an annual report last week.
Hawk presented the report at a regular meeting of the Union County Board of Commissioners.
The meeting was Friday morning at the Union County Board of Commissioners.
The report highlighted what Hawk described...
In the late summer and fall of this year, the Anna-Jonesboro Water Commission will be constructing the first major upgrades to its water treatment facility since the mid-1990s.
The water treatment facility supplies water to customers of the City of Anna, the City of Jonesboro, the Shawnee Valley...
Plans are moving forward on the establishment of a joint 911 communications system which will serve Union and Alexander counties.
The move, however, is not being made without some concerns.
The establishment of the joint system was addressed at a special meeting of the Union County Board of...
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