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Paula Stairs was honored at last Friday morning’s regular meeting of the Union County Board of Commissioners. From left are county commissioner David Gould, county board of commissioners chairman Max Miller, Paula Stairs, county commissioner Kent Pitts, county board of commissioners vice chairman Bobby Toler Jr. and county commissioner Dale Foster.
The Union County Board of Commissioners has honored the long-time coordinator of a local Community Action Agency. Monday, July 1, was proclaimed as Paula Stairs Day in Union County. Stairs is retiring after 50 years of service with the Shawnee Development Council. She is the agency’s Union County...
Celebrations are being planned throughout the area in observance of the Independence Day holiday. Independence Day is Thursday, July 4. Here’s a look at some of the events which are being planned: Tamms An Independence Day celebration is planned Thursday, July 4, at the community park in Tamms. The...
Students in the regions surrounding Southernmost Illinois who are looking to save money on college costs have a new option available from Shawnee Community College. Public colleges and universities typically charge different tuition rates for district residents and another, much higher rate for...
Illiois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, in cooperation with the Federal Trade Commission, FTC, has announced a major crackdown on illegal robocalls.  The sweep includes 94 actions targeting operations around the country that are responsible for more than 1 billion calls pitching a variety of products...
From left are Owen Westbrooks, Anna Thompson, U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., Caleb Thurston and Caleb Kaufman. Photo provided.
What do you get when 62 students from 26 Illinois electric and telephone cooperatives join 1,800 of their peers across the United States?  You get the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, NRECA, Youth to Washington Tour. Four students from  the Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative’s,...
From left are Lyle and Tammy Woodrum, owners of The Davie School Inn & Suites in Anna, and Alice Kerns, secretary of the Friends of Stinson Library Board. They are holding books for a new Little Free Library which is located on the grounds of the Anna bed and breakfast business.
Readers have a new opportunity to check out a book to read thanks to the owners of a Union County bed and breakfast business. A Little Free Library has been set up on the grounds of the Davie School Inn at 300 Freeman St. in Anna. Lyle and Tammy Woodrum are the owners of the business. On Friday,...
Southern Seven Health Department, along with Union County Farm Bureau, plan to host a Shred & Med Disposal Day in Union County. The event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon on July 20 at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro. Organizers said the event will offer free and confidential document...
With near-record flooding and a serious delay in the planting season, Governor JB Pritzker has convened appropriate members of his cabinet to ensure that Illinois farmers can access all available state resources, including pooling efforts and resources between the Illinois Department of Agriculture...
State Sen. Dale Fowler, R-Harrisburg, spent time during the week of June 17-21 in East Cape Girardeau, where he continued  to closely monitor the high flood levels affecting areas across the region. Fowler said that efforts are ongoing to ensure the residents and communities impacted by the...
June 27 is National HIV Testing Day – an annual occasion with a goal of encouraging people to get an HIV test, to know their status and to get linked to care and treatment if they have HIV.   The theme for this year’s observance, Doing it My Way, Testing for HIV, serves as a reminder that each...

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