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The 82nd Peach Festival will be celebrated in Cobden on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 2-3, in the Union County village. The event is sponsored by the Cobden Lions Club. Proceeds go to community and charitable projects. The Peach Festival takes place in the Cobden Community Park area along Locust Street...
Chris Egelston, the “Reading Magician,” plans to present his “Reading Is Magic Show” at the Jonesboro Public Library at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 30. Egelston uses magic, comedy and audience participation to teach children about the fun and importance of reading. He encourages them to read both to learn...
The water level on the Mississippi River continued to fall early this week. The National Weather Service office in Paducah reported that the Mississippi River at Thebes is forecast to fall below flood stage on Tuesday, July 30. A flood warning remains in effect until further notice for the...
From left are LiUNA vice president and Shawnee Community College alumnus Edward M. Smith, Jayci Sissom, Laurlin King and Gene Honn, executive director of the Saints Foundation at Shawnee Community College. Shawnee Community College photo.
Shawnee Community College welcomes two students this fall who were selected as the 2019 recipients of the Connell F. Smith-Homer Brown Scholarship Award.   Jayci Sissom of Thebes and Laurlin King of Anna both received the award this year and will be among the many students attending Shawnee...
A Back-to-School Bash is planned Saturday evening, July 27, at the Alexander Free Will Baptist Church near Thebes.  Activities are scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. The church is located at 23335 Brownsville Rd., 2 miles north of Olive Branch. The evening will feature a Bible devotion, a fish fry, a...
More than 117 million visitors traveled to Illinois in 2018. Last year’s number was a record for the number of the visitors to Illinois, state officials reported in early July. Visitors to the state spent $41.7 billion, boosting Illinois’ economy by $2 billion over the previous year, according to...
State Sen Dale Fowler, R-Harrisburg, welcomed dozens of area children and their parents to his first Kids Fishing Derby on July 13.  Fowler hosted the free Fishing Derby at the John A. Logan Pond in Carterville from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.  The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IDNR, attended and...
The annual Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association, IDCCA, County Chairs’ Brunch is scheduled Wednesday, Aug. 14, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield. General admission tickets were scheduled to go on sale Monday, July 15.  Event details and methods of purchasing tickets can be found at...
Further details have been announced for a free swim day which is planned Saturday, July 27, at the Anna City Pool. The event was approved at a July 2 meeting of the Anna City Council.  The free swim day was proposed by Anna City Council member Michael Bigler as a way to give back to the community....
llinois Department of Public Health director Dr. Ngozi Ezike visited the Southern Seven Health Department in Ullin on July 11. Photo provided.
As local agencies struggle against the rising cost of serving people in Southern Illinois, one agency welcomes a closer look into meeting those needs.  On Thursday, July 11, Illinois Department of Public Health director Dr. Ngozi Ezike, assistant director Evonda Thomas-Smith and chief of staff...

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