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The Barkhausen Cache River Wetlands Center near Cypress announces plans for three upcoming events. For more information, or to make reservations, for the upcoming events call 618-657-2064. Glass Hill Hike: A hike at Glass Hill in the Cache River State Natural Area is planned from 10 a.m. to noon on...
Donated canned food items will be used to create unique art works – and to help feed the hungry, thanks to a unique project which is planned in the community. The Lick Creek 4-H and Union County Robotics are participating in University of Illinois Extension’s I CAN Construction 4-H competition. The...
The seventh annual Pulaski Pecan Bonanza is planned Saturday, Oct. 19. The event will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Pulaski County Fairgrounds in Pulaski. Admission and parking are free.  The day starts at 8 a.m. with a pecan pancake breakfast. Entertainment under the pavilion is scheduled from...
A flood warning continued this week along the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau and Thebes. The latest round of flooding is the result of heavy rain which has fallen in the upper Mississippi River basin. The National Weather Service office in Paducah reported on Monday night, Oct. 14, that the...
Michelle Nichols, right, helped visitors to get an up-close look at rocks from the moon and Mars during  a program presented Friday morning, Oct. 11, at Stinson Memorial Library in Anna. Nichols is director of public observing at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.
Stinson Memorial Library in Anna hosted an outreach program presented by representatives from Chicago’s Adler Planetarium Friday morning, Oct. 11. The library welcomed Michelle Nichols and Adriana Guzman from the planetarium. Nichols is the planetarium’s director of public observing. Guzman is an...
Illinois State Police District 22 is planning to conduct nighttime enforcement patrols during October in Pulaski County. Plans for the patrols were announced by Capt. Michael Alvey, who is the commander of District 22. The nighttime enforcement patrols allow the Illinois State Police to focus on...
Three special hunting adventures await veterans this fall courtesy of Veteran Adventures at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Touch of Nature Environmental Center. Registration is underway for a sporting clays event, a pheasant hunt and a deer camp. Sporting clays The sporting clays event...
Colorectal cancer screening, prevention and awareness were highlighted during a “Strollin’ Through the Colon” event which was held Friday, Oct. 4, at Shawnee Community College’s extension center in Anna.
On Friday, Oct. 4, Southern Seven Health Department and its partners, Hope Light Foundation and the University of Chicago Medicine Center for Asian Health Equity, Union County Hospital in Anna and Shawnee Community College hosted a community event, “Strollin’ Through the Colon.” “Strollin’ Through...
Cobden is the home of a new disc golf course. A ribbon cutting for the new course is set for 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26. The course is located in the Cobden Community Park area and already has proven to be quite popular. Also on Oct. 26, a random draw, 18-hole doubles disc golf tournament is planned...
Students from the 4-H Tech Wizards and Teen Teachers program show off the projects from that day’s class. Participants used the 3D digital design program Tinkercad to design pumpkin models and then printed them with one of the school’s digital printers. Photos by Benjamin Marxer.
For four years, the Cobden School District has helped cultivate the minds and capture the imaginations of students in the fields of science and technology with their 4-H Tech Wizards and Teen Teachers program.  The extracurricular club teaches unique, advanced lessons and hands-on tutorials on...

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