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St. John’s Church near Dongola celebrated its 200th anniversary Sept. 17-18 with an open house and a celebration service.
Sunday’s celebration included a service, lunch, games and surrey rides.
The church welcomed visitors to an open house on Saturday. Visitors could tour the church and learn about...
Executive Order 2016-10 to create the new Illinois Bicentennial Commission and the Governor’s Office of the Illinois Bicentennial to lead the planning for the celebration of the state’s 200th anniversary was signed Sept. 20 by Gov. Bruce Rauner.
Illinois became a state in 1818. Union County also...
The Pumpkin People are coming to visit the Clyde L. Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna this October.
Organizers report that 15 businesses/organizations have committed to setting up displays, which are scheduled to be available for viewing Oct. 7-16.
The trail of pumpkin people...
A fall tradition will be renewed next week when Anna-Jonesboro Community High School has its annual homecoming celebration.
Homecoming week activities are planned for Sept. 26 through Oct. 1.
Highlights include a homecoming football game, a parade, coronation of a queen and king, and other special...
A little bit of rain didn’t seem to put a damper on Ladies Nite Out last Friday in Cobden.
The popular event, presented by the Cobden Community & Business Association, CCBA, welcomed more than 80 visitors.
Ladies Nite Out featured food, shopping discounts, raffles, giveaways and other...
National Adult Education and Literacy Week, which runs from Sept. 26 – Oct. 1, underscores the continued demand for programs and services for adult students who need to improve basic skills in reading, writing, and math and obtain a high school equivalency certificate.
More than 36 million adults...
The Illinois Green Party plans to hold a state membership meeting on the Southern Illinois University Carbondale campus this Saturday, Sept. 24, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The meeting will be held in the Mississippi Room at the SIUC Student Center, followed by a fundraising dinner at Hunan...
A proposed Shawnee Parkway project will be the topic of a meeting which is scheduled Friday, Sept. 23, in Carbondale.
The meeting is set for 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall at the First United Methodist Church, which is located at 214 W. Main St.
The event is free and open to the public and is...
St. John’s Church near Dongola celebrated its 200th anniversary Sept. 17-18 with an open house and a celebration service.
Sunday’s celebration included a service, lunch, games and surrey rides.
The church welcomed visitors to an open house on Saturday. Visitors could tour the church and learn about...
The Union County Ambulance Service has been awarded $1,625 from the Illinois EMS Assistance Fund for the purchase of a new stair chair with tracks for the service.
Application for the funds was made by ambulance service director Grant Capel in September 2015 and funding was completed for the...
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