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Everyone is invited to come gather ’round the fire at the Trail of Tears State Forest near Jonesboro at 7 p.m. Monday, April 29, for Shawnee Chapter Illinois Audubon Society’s Under the Stars & Around the Campfire program.
Southern Illinois’ own local folk duo Carter and Connelley will provide...
A small earthquake was reported to have occurred in the early morning hours of Monday, April 22, in the Union County area.
The University of Memphis Center for Earthquake Research and Information reported on its website that the earthquake happened at about 3:52 a.m. 0.839 of a mile west of Mill...
It is said that Harriet Kirkpatrick of the famous Anna Pottery family discovered Annabelle hydrangeas in 1910 while riding her horse in the woods near Anna.
She and Amy Kirkpatrick went back and dug up some of the plants and took them home to put in the family’s yard.
The Kirkpatrick family...
Mary M. Richardson, 81, of Anna, died Friday, April 5, 2024, at her home.
She was born on May 31, 1942, in Anna, the daughter of Elmer and Lena Bruner Gibbs. She married Jerry Richardson on April 30, 1960.
She worked for over 20 years at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna as a...
Illinois’ overall respiratory virus level remains at a moderate level according to the latest CDC data, while COVID-19 hospitalizations have continued to decline in recent weeks, the Illinois Department of Public Health, IDPH, reported Friday, March 15.
The total number of COVID-19 hospitalizations...
By Peter Hancock
Capitol News Illinois
phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com
SPRINGFIELD – The 2024 primaries in Illinois were largely uneventful, due mainly to a lack of competition in races at the top of the ballot and historically low turnout among voters.
That’s the analysis of two former Illinois...
The 2023-2024 Illinois bobcat season concluded Feb. 15, with 370 bobcats harvested by hunters and trappers.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources reported a total of 214 (55 percent) of bobcats were taken by hunting, while trapping accounted for 156 (40 percent) of the harvest.
Nineteen (5...
Junior high school and homeschooled students are invited to attend free poetry workshop sessions which are scheduled at Shawnee Hills Arts Council’s Anna Arts Center. The arts center is located at 117 W. Davie St. in Anna.
The theme for the workshop is “Who I Am and Who I’m Yet To Be.” Tom Caldwell...
An Illinois State Police, ISP, Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 7 investigation has resulted in the conviction of 35-year-old James A. Merritt of Morehouse, Mo. on multiple charges, including second degree murder.
The state police reported in a March 13 news release that the charges in...
Rain which fell Monday night in the region brought some relief to very dry conditions in the Southern Illinois area.
The U.S. Drought Monitor reported on March 21 that all of Union County was experiencing moderate drought conditions.
March has been an extremely dry month in Union County.
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