opinion
To the editor,
On Saturday, March 20, the Anna-Jonesboro Rotary Club will be cleaning up our mile of Highway 51. That of course leaves the approximately 699 other miles of Union County road ways needing some attention in addition to the miles of city streets and the thousands of acres of public...
To the editor,
I would like to share a follow up from this past week Anna-Jonesboro Rotary clean up project.
Saturday morning, Rotary members met at the Rotary mile on new Highway 51 North.
Our mile begins at the lower Cobden exit and includes the area on both sides of the road south to the top...
Small business is a key component of the economic engine which helps to keep Union County growing.
This weekend, area residents will have an opportunity to learn more about some of the small businesses which are so important to our community.
The 2010 Union County Business Expo is planned...
Some of the region's unsung heroes were saluted last Thursday at an event hosted by Shawnee Community College near Ullin.
Several hundred people gathered for a "Lunch with the Best" event hosted by the college, Reppert Publications (the publisher of this paper) and other local sponsors.
The...
To the editor,
This letter is in response to the news story that appeared in last week’s Gazette-Democrat, “Resident reiterates his concerns about county road, bridges.”
I am a resident on Lingle Creek Road and although Brian Moreland is the individual who has appeared at county commissioners’...
We had an opportunity to cover several special, but totally unrelated, events during the past week. In our view, each of the events reflected the wide range of activities which are so important in the life of our community.
Last Friday morning, the FFA chapter at Shawnee High School at Wolf Lake...
Faith is important to the people of Southern Illinois. And one of the major symbols of that faith can be seen on top of Bald Knob Mountain near Alto Pass.
The Cross of Peace which stands atop Bald Knob Mountain is a tribute to the living faith of thousands upon thousands of people. In recent...
To the editor,
(Note: The following letter originally appeared in The Advocate in Baton Rouge, La.)
“Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere….On the 18th of April of ‘75, hardly a man is now alive who remembers that famous day and year.”
I slept lightly, but...
To the editor,
As a reader of The Gazette-Democrat newspaper and also a subscriber (for many years) I wish to express to you and the Union County area a total injustice that I feel has happened at the Cobden school.
Most of you know that my daughter Lisa Ann Gott was in an accident that resulted...
The recent approval of a 1 percent sales tax increase to fund a new courthouse provides the citizens of Union County with a unique opportunity.
First, the fact that the current facility is functional, although not ideal, enables the county to take all the time necessary to develop an economical...
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