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Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White last week announced that driver services  facilities would be closed to the public for in person transactions effective Tuesday, Nov. 17, and will reopen on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic. A driver services facility is located in...
The Union County CEO program is creating and selling “Christmas Around the Community” gift boxes.
Union County CEO program students have been posing a couple of questions to the community as part of their work on a special project for the upcoming Christmas holiday season. The questions: Do you want to support your local businesses in Union County?   Wouldn’t you love to safely holiday shop...
Southern Seven Health Department reported a cumulative total of 2,535 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in its service area as of Monday, Nov. 16. The health department serves Union, Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and Pulaski counties. Southern Seven Health Department on Monday confirmed a...
The Mound City National Cemetery Preservation Commission, MCNCPC, reports that it has been informed by the Veterans Administration’s Artis Parker that because of the COVID-19 situation, there will not be a program for this year’s Wreaths Across America ceremony.   Parker is executive director of...
A portrait of Abraham Lincoln is on display at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro, where a “Vote Here” sign was seen on the night of Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Nearly 70 percent of Union County’s eligible registered voters went to the polls on Election Day 2020, which was Tuesday, Nov. 3. The 2020 election took place amid the ongoing coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.  Union County Clerk Lance Meisenheimer said he was pleased with how smoothly the election...
By Jerry NowickiCapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Backers of a graduated income tax constitutional amendment conceded defeat Wednesday, Nov. 4, for Gov. JB Pritzker’s marquee policy proposal which was projected to bring in more than $3 billion annually to state...
An Illinois State Police, ISP, Division of Internal Investigation, DII, investigation has led to the arrest of an employee of the Illinois Department of Human Services, IDHS, Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna. The state police said in a news release that  Teresa Smith, 57, of...
Southern Seven Health Department reported a cumulative total of 2,176 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in its service area as of Monday, Nov. 9. The health department serves Union, Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and Pulaski counties. Southern Seven Health Department on Monday confirmed a total...
Southern Seven Health Department shares that according to the American Cancer Society, ACS, roughly 32.4 million American adults still smoke cigarettes – and smoking remains the single largest preventable cause of death and illness in the world.  Smoking causes an estimated 480,000 deaths every...
The Illinois Department of Agriculture, IDOA, has received more than $591,000 through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s, USDA, Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.  Producer groups, trade associations, nonprofits and colleges and universities were eligible to apply for grant funds through the...

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