The third annual Annabelle Street Festival is planned Saturday, June 11, in downtown Anna.
The festival is held to celebrate the Annabelle hydrangea plant. The plants were discovered in 1910 near Anna.
For the festival East Davie Street in downtown Anna is scheduled to be closed to traffic from 10...
An annual Springfest celebration is planned Saturday, May 28, in downtown Alto Pass.
Springfest is presented by local sponsors and the Alto Pride Community Group.
Funds raised at the celebration will help to pay the remaining balance of the cost of construction for restrooms in the park in downtown...
Services are planned in several Union County communities to commemorate the observance of Memorial Day.
Memorial Day is Monday, May 30. All of the services which are planned in the area are open to the public.
The Alto Pass Veterans Organization has scheduled three services in commemoration of...
Commencement ceremonies for members of the graduating classes of 2016 are underway at Union County high schools. Cobden High School hosted its graduation ceremony last Friday night, when the accompanying picture was taken. Ceremonies are scheduled this week at Anna-Jonesboro, Dongola and Shawnee...
Angry bird? Perhaps. This one was keeping a close eye on her baby, which was on the ground nearby.
Southern Seven Health Department is planning to participate in a State of Illinois strategic national stockpile mass dispensing full scale exercise in June.
As part of its ongoing emergency preparedness activities, the health department plans have a mock dispensing clinic from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on...
Flood warnings were in effect early this week for the Mississippi and Big Muddy rivers in Southern Illinois.
Recent heavy rainfall caused water levels to rise on both of the rivers.
Union County is bordered on the west by the Mississippi River.
The northwest part of the county is bordered by the...
The Union County Board of Commissioners has voiced support for plans which are being made for an upcoming special celebration.
The celebration was on the agenda at a regular meeting of the county board which was held last Friday morning. The meeting was at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro....
Union County has been issued a final property assessment equalization factor of 1.0000, the Illinois Department of Revenue, IDOR, reports.
The property assessment equalization factor, often called the "multiplier," is the method used to achieve uniform property assessments among counties, as...
The third annual Blessing of the Cars is planned May 14 at the Cross of Peace on Bald Knob Mountain near Alto Pass.
Organizers said that the Blessing of the Cars is a family-style event and, in many ways, a small car show at Cross of Peace.
The event begins at 10 a.m. and concludes by 3 p.m. ...