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The 58th annual Pulaski County Fair is scheduled Aug. 13-19 at the fairgrounds in Pulaski. Admission prices to the fairgrounds are $5 per car load or $2 per person for walk-ins. A parade is scheduled Sunday, Aug. 13, at 5 p.m. in downtown Pulaski. Gospel singing and a community worship service are...
Union County State’s Attorney Tyler R. Edmonds reported Aug. 4 that James L. Smith, 31, of Jonesboro, has been sentenced to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Smith was sentenced after admitting to a petition for revocation of conditional discharge for an original offense of...
A Southern Illinois Hummingbird Festival is planned Saturday, Aug. 5, at the Trail of Tears State Forest in Union County. The event is planned from 9 a.m. to noon. The large pavilion and white barn along the Trail of Tears Road (northwest of Jonesboro) have been reserved for the event.   Organizers...
Photo by Amber Filbeck.
Stinson Memorial Library in Anna concluded its annual summer reading program on Wednesday, July 26, with a finale party for young people who participated in the program and their families. The “Build a Better World” themed program ended with a bouncy castle, hot dogs, building activities and a...
The 2017 Cobden Peach Festival queen candidates were joined by the reigning queen for a group photo. From left are 2017 candidates Alejandra Lopez, Jericha Carter, Grace Pitts, Olivia Gordon, Janna Harner, Brooklyn Miller, Kaitlin McWhorter, and reigning queen Karlyn Furry. The pageant is set Friday and Saturday nights at the festival, with a coronation on Saturday. Photo by Tiffiny Dillow for The Gazette-Democrat.
An annual celebration of the local peach harvest is coming up in Union County. The 2017 Cobden Peach Festival is planned Friday and Saturday, Aug. 4-5. Most of the Peach Festival events take place at the Cobden Community Park in Cobden. The Peach Festival is presented by the Cobden Lions Club, with...
The Disney film “Moana” is scheduled to be shown Friday night, Aug. 4, at the Anna City Pool. Hours for the event are slated from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission will be $3 per person. Noodles will be allowed. Concessions will be sold.
Southern Illinois Electric Cooperative plans to have its annual meeting Thursday, today, at Shawnee Community College near Ullin. The meeting will be in the educational center at the college. Registration is planned from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Entertainment is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Kids’...
The Southern Seven Health Department reports that on July 17, a mosquito sample from Union County returned a positive test result for the West Nile virus. The health department reported in a July 26 news release that a positive test result means that one of the mosquitoes tested from the sample was...
An Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IDNR, hunter safety education course is planned Aug. 4-5 at the First Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Anna. The church is located at 315 South St. Hours for the course are from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Aug. 4 and from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 5. Students must...
The Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois plans to have its annual conference and book fair on Saturday, Aug. 12, at John A. Logan College in Carterville. The event is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Ray Hancock Conference Center at the college. The keynote speaker is set to be Mark Lowe,...

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