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The Cobden High School boys’ basketball team won a pair of games last weekend.
Cobden 49, Odin 46: Joe Brumleve scored a basket and Chandler West and Noah Franklin had a pair of free throws apiece to close out the scoring and lift Cobden to a double overtime win over Odin at the Pinckneyville...
Former Cobden High School basketball player Harold Blunt and the 1987 Appleknocker baseball team were inducted into the Cobden school’s Hall of Fame prior to the basketball game between Cobden and Goreville on Friday, Jan. 25.
Blunt, a 1989 Cobden graduate, finished with a career high 1,800 points...
Three Southern Illinois state representative are planning to host a legislative town hall and listening session in Marion.
The town hall session is scheduled from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, at the Midwest Event Center, which is located at 11580 State Route 37.
The event will be hosted by...
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, DCEO, on Jan. 25 announced that income qualified households can apply for winter heating assistance through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, LIHEAP.
DCEO shared the following information about the program:
If your last 30-...
An exhibit featuring hundreds of photographs taken in caves by professor emeritus Charles A. Swedlund is planned at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
The photographs featured in the exhibit were taken over a span of 35 years. The exhibit is titled “Art & Fact:35 Years of Cave Photography...
The VFW’s Carroll P. Foster Post No. 3455 of Anna plans to serve a fish fry on Friday, Feb. 1.
Serving is planned from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the post, which is located at 70 VFW Ln. near Anna.
The menu will include fish, potato salad and slaw for a $10 donation.
The fish fry is open to the public and...
Family Fun Night is set for Saturday, Feb. 2, at Jonesboro Elementary School. The family event is planned from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
All proceeds from Family Fun Night go to the 8th grade class.
A number of special events are planned during the night.
In the junior high science room, several local...
The Illinois General Assembly convened its 101st session this week in Springfield – and State Sen. Paul Schimpf, R-Waterloo, is beginning his third year representing the 58th District.
Part of Union County is in the Southern Illinois legislative district served by Schimpf.
With this new start,...
Each year, as the cold of winter continues, more and more families are turning to local agencies for warm coats for their kids.
In response to this need, WIBH Radio in Anna held its annual New Coats, New Hope Campaign. The campaign raised more than $5,000 to buy 294 new coats.
Since 2011, WIBH...
Illinois Senate Republican Committee assignments were announced for the new 101st General Assembly, State Sen. Dale Fowler, R-Harrisburg, reports.
Fowler highlighted the assignments in a week in review news release for Jan. 21-25.
The legislator also shared news about plans for traveling office...
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