Union County public schools are preparing to open their doors for the new school year.
Schools will not be in session on Monday, Aug. 21, which is the day of the total solar eclipse.
Anna School District No. 37 will hold teacher institutes Aug. 16-17. The first day for students is on Friday, Aug....
Cross country is set to return this fall at Anna-Jonesboro Community High School.
The A-JCHS District No. 81 Board of Education voted last week at its regular meeting to approve reinstating the cross country program.
Matt Denny will be the volunteer head coach. He will be joined by assistant...
Matt Denny is interested in bringing cross country back to the Anna-Jonesboro Community High School.
Denny attended the June 19 A-JCHS District No. 81 Board of Education meeting.
Denny said he told board members that he wants to be a volunteer coach for the cross country team and that he has...
On Saturday, May 18, over 60 schools were represented in the SIJHSAA state track meet at Herrin Sports Complex.
It was a beautiful day for a track meet, maybe the best all year to this point.
The Lick Creek Lady Eagles battled all day long and ended up with a third place team trophy, in a day...
The Lick Creek School girls’ track team won the Egyptian Junior High Conference meet. The Lick Creek boys took second.
Girls Results
High jump: Kaylee Stover, 3rd place, 4’4”; Hannah Miller, 4th place, 4’2”.
Long jump: Hannah Miller, 2nd place, 14’9.2”; Shea Thorn, 3rd place, 12’9.5”.
Shot put:...
High school graduation and 8th grade promotion celebrations are planned at public schools in Union County.
The schedule for the ceremonies includes:
Anna Community Consolidated District No. 37
8th grade promotion: Thursday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m.
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School No. 81
High...
Lick Creek School eased past rival Goreville to win the 65th Lick Creek Invitational Track Meet April 28.
It was a soggy day due to wet weather but the track was solid, but slick with some falls during the relays.
The meet started with the running events. The running events attracted 168 runners...
Coach Ron Fulenwider’s second book signing fundraiser is planned at Lick Creek School April 29 at 2 p.m.
Coach Ron Fulenwider has been inspired by the recent success of the Lick Creek Lady Eagles Southern Illinois State Champion Cross Country team.
The decision was made to do a second book...
Coach Ron Fulenwider has released his second book, “Cross Country and How to Succeed in Sports and Life.”
Coach Ron has been inspired by the recent success of the Lick Creek Lady Eagles Southern Illinois state champion cross country team.
The contents of the book will include the cross country team...
Tuesday, April 4, was Election Day in Union County. Voters elected candidates who were running for municipal posts, positions on local school district boards of education, seats on two library districts and the Shawnee Community College district board.
Unofficial results recorded at the Union...