An anti-LGBTQ flyer recently circulated the halls of Anna-Jonesboro Community High School — with a poll attached asking students if they are comfortable allowing LGBT students to use the restroom with them.
Centerstone will host free mobile vaccination clinics in Marion and Anna for individuals age 18 and older. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be administered at both clinics.
JONESBORO — On Feb. 12, Illinois celebrates the birthday of one of its favorite sons, President Abraham Lincoln. This year, the U.S. Senate passed a bill celebrating the legacy of Lincoln on his birthday. They expanded the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area to include sites in Jonesboro …
ANNA — Anna’s city council will see some fresh faces this year, as residents will vote to fill four seats, with just two incumbents seeking reelection.
COBDEN — Union County Historical Society’s 16th annual Christmas Shop is open for the season. The shop opened at 8 a.m. on Black Friday in the resale shop next to Union County Museum, and will continue to operate through Dec. 15.
MAKANDA — PAWS’ (Pets Are Worth Saving’s) 25th annual auction fundraiser will offer everything from a five-night getaway to a new bed for your favorite fur baby.
ANNA — PAWS (Pets Are Worth Saving) has some exciting news. Work began on the group’s new facility on Monday. The new building will be located on Dog Walk Road, just off Lick Creek Road.
ANNA — PAWS (Pets Are Worth Saving) has some exciting news. Work began on the group’s new facility on Monday. The new building will be located on Dog Walk Road, just off Lick Creek Road.
ANNA — Illinois Department of Transportation would like to alert motorists traveling on Illinois 146 and Main Street in Union County of an upcoming road opening beginning at 7 p.m. July 27. The four-way intersection at Illinois 146 and Main Street in Anna will be reopened.
COBDEN — Cobden is gearing up for the 81st Peach Festival on Aug. 3 and 4 at Cobden Community Park on Locust Street. The festival is sponsored by Cobden Lions Club.
ANNA — A lot has happened since Karee Sweitzer, president of PAWS (Pets are Worth Saving), wrote in the group’s summer 2016 PAWPRINTS newsletter that the property for a new animal shelter on Dogwalk Road was paid off in her column titled “We Just Gotta Believe!”
JONESBORO — Keith Reinhardt, superintendent of Jonesboro Elementary School District, is one of dozens of school superintendents across the state who learned in June that their districts would not receive grant funding for preschool programs for next school year.
“Students come in on Day 1 to a crime scene, and spend a year trying to figure out a cause of death.”
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An Anna man is going to prison for a sex abuse offense, according to a Tuesday news release from Union County State’s Attorney Tyler R. Edmonds.
ULLIN — Peggy F. Bradford grew up in Pulaski, the middle child among nine children, in a family that strongly valued education. Her parents were both teachers and aunts and uncles were also educators, some principals in the bunch.
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JONESBORO — Should Union County's State's Attorney win the judicial circuit judgeship he is seeking, the person chosen to serve the remainder of his term would be selected by Union County Commissioners.
JONESBORO — Several dozen people came to Saturday's bicentennial celebration of Union County, most of the presenters dressed in period dress, as they shared the early founding of the county.
JONESBORO — Duane Hileman wore a red and white checkered shirt that was opened at the neck, slate grey warm-up pants and dark boots, completing his period look as he sought to portray John Grammer, the man credited with donating 20 acres to build the county courthouse in Jonesboro.
JONESBORO — Union County turned 200 years old this week, and the official kickoff of that bicentennial celebration is Saturday afternoon.
JONESBORO — Union County officials are getting set to host a stalking awareness event to call attention to this crime and the fact that January is National Stalking Awareness Month.
JONESBORO — Union County's chief information officer is headed to another job, leaving open the county's top government transparency job.
Union County government officials have added a link on their web page to FOIA requests, including those that have been denied.
JONESBORO — Union County officials have rescheduled the Friday, Dec. 22nd meeting of the Union County Board of Commissioners to Thursday, December 21, 2017.