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Tuesday, April 5, is Election Day in Union County. Voters will have an opportunity to elect those who will serve on local municipal governing bodies and on the boards of education which serve the seven school districts in Union County.
We encourage everyone to take the time to do some exercise...
On April 5, we as voters again have the opportunity to place a vote to elect our representatives in government.
For many, apparently voting is an annoyance and don’t bother for one reason or another.
You have heard it said, “if they don’t vote then they shouldn’t complain," but some do anyway....
To the editor,
Just a little over a year ago, Anna Church of the Nazarene, under the direction of Mrs. Tedra Cook Miller, organized the Apron Society.
The mission of this group of women was inspired by their director to serve disadvantaged children, families and other worthy organizations.
One...
The Union County Museum in downtown Cobden is scheduled to reopen this weekend for its 2011 season.
In February 1961, The Gazette-Democrat carried a page one article which announced that a "brick building just southeast of the bridge in Cobden is being converted into a museum and craft center....
A second Southern Illinois levee summit was held last Saturday at Shawnee High School near Wolf Lake.
The focus of the gathering again was on the status of the levee system which protects many of the communities at the southern tip of Illinois.
Last Saturday's levee summit, and a similar...
Let’s face it. The government really doesn’t want you, the taxpayer, knowing what it’s doing with your money. It really doesn’t.
In the newspaper business, we deal with it all the time. A police department won’t release an arrest record. A school district fires a superintendent and pays him a...
To the editor,
Here I go again, a letter on litter and the continuing and growing problem in our area.
It has been a few weeks since my last letter, but to no avail. I feel like I do all I can to help with the problem by picking up on my daily walks in the city and county and on the street where...
Union County residents are encouraged to be a part of a free electronics recycling event which is planned this Saturday.
Electronic equipment will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the parking lot at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro.
This free service is open to anyone who is...
To the editor,
Sometimes as a boy grows up a man comes along who changes his whole life.
My son has been doubly blessed. For the last four years, two such men have been active in his life.
Coach Rick Bittle and Coach Kevin Stephens took a wild, raw boy and formed a champion athlete, a...
To the editor,
The employees of the Anna Post Office would like to thank our customers for their help during the recent severe winter storm.
Many of you offered our employees a place to stay when they couldn't get home safely or gave them a ride to the post office.
Some of you helped clear snow...
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