For this week, one thing led to another...and another...and another...and then another...
Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative recently presented a check for $1,000 to the University of Illinois Extension office.
The funds will be used for supplies for electricity camps held throughout the seven Southern Illinois counties served by Extension’s AJMPU office.
The co-op said it was...
A discussion about recent and pending constitutional decisions before the U.S. Supreme Court are a part of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Constitution Day activities which are scheduled this week.
The SIU School of Law will livestream the two-hour discussion beginning at 12:15 p.m....
Carroll P. Foster Auxiliary No. 3455 of the VFW in Anna is planning to smoke pork butts on Saturday, Oct. 9.
Pork butts are available for $40 each. A limited supply is available. Orders can be placed by calling auxiliary president Phillip Wright at 967-1374.
Proceeds from sales help to fund awards...
The Anna City Council continues to move forward to establish a Tax Increment Financing, TIF, district in the Union County community.
TIF districts give municipalities in Illinois an opportunity to make improvements without tapping into general municipal revenues or raising taxes.
The city is...
“Of Myth and Fable,” an exhibition of works by Southeast Missouri State University student artists Erin Ashwell and Gwendolyn Sterrett, is available for viewing through Friday, Oct. 1 at The Nest Gallery in the Seminary Building at Southeast’s River Campus in Cape Girardeau.
The exhibition is on...
The Nashville High School football team is scheduled to host Anna-Jonesboro this Friday night. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
The Hornets enter the game 2-1 after last Friday’s 47-6 win over Trenton Wesclin. A-J is also 2-1 overall.
Nashville is the defending Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference...
Veterans of Foreign Wars Carroll P. Foster Post No. 3455 and its Auxiliary in Anna sponsor many programs for school age children.
All of the information has been taken to the Union County schools.
The VFW and Auxiliary noted that if a child has not received the information, they might want to...
Southern Seven Health Department has reported four new deaths as a result of COVID-19 in the region. Three of the deaths involved Union County residents.
The health department serves Union, Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Alexander, Pulaski and Massac counties.
The health department on Sept. 13 reported one...
Sept. 17 marks the 234th anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America in 1787 by the Constitutional Convention, which was meeting in Philadelphia, Pa.
Special events are being planned in Union County in commemoration of Constitution Week, which is celebrated each...
By Kay Shipman FarmWeek
Illinoisans living outside of Chicago and the collar counties receive a higher return on their state tax dollars, as much as $2.88 for every $1 paid, according to a recent study from Southern Illinois University’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.
SIU public...
Obituaries
For this week, one thing led to another...and another...and another...and then another...
The column kind of started one night last week, when Rocky, the Raccoon, paid another visit to our front porch. And, I’ll have to be honest with you, Rocky was pretty brazen about the whole thing.
Rocky...
Patrick “Pat” Edward Wisenbaugh, 74, of Perks died on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, at his home. He was born Oct. 25, 1946, in Wayne, Minn. the son of George H. and Marion Wisenbaugh.
Donald is survived by his children, Aaron (Melissa) Wisenbaugh of South Dakota, David Wisenbaugh and Daniel Wisenbaugh,...
Barbara E. Hayden, 54, of Barlow, Ky., and formerly of Cairo, died at 12:40 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
She was born on March 18, 1967, in Cairo, the daughter of Fred Stanley and Mary Ellen Hafford Hayden.
She graduated from Cairo High School in 1985. She...
Carlos Wayne “Los” McKinney, 52, of Jonesboro, died Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, at his home.
He was born on March 1, 1969, in Anna, the son of Larry Dean and Carolyn Sue McCann McKinney.
He married the love of his life, Tammy Daily, on Aug. 28, 1993, in Jonesboro.
Mr. McKinney is survived by his...
William “Craig” Jackson, 59, of Anna, died Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, at St. Vincent Hospital in Evansville, Ind., following a brief illness.
He was born on Aug. 15, 1962, in Twin Falls, Idaho, the son of Norman K. and Rose Marie Maus Jackson.
He married Patti Eads on June 4, 1988.
He is survived...
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