Pageant

Participants are being sought for the 23rd annual Cache River Days Pageant in Ullin. Cache River Days organizers also are seeking participants for a baby contest, as well as slow-pitch softball teams. Pageant The pageant is scheduled Friday evening, Sept. 8, at the Leona Brust Civic Center in Ullin...
Young women from Union County are invited to participate in the 2017 Cobden Peach Festival queen pageant. Coronation of a new queen will be one of the highlights of this year’s Cobden Peach Festival. The festival is planned Aug. 4-5 at the Cobden Community Park.  The community celebration again...
Janna Harner
Union County’s Janna Harner has achieved several accomplishments both in and outside the pageant world. She recently made the county proud by finishing as first runner-up at the Miss Illinois pageant. Harner is no stranger to pageants; she’s been competing since she was 14. However, it was her...
The 2016 Littlest, Junior and Pre-teen Snow Angel Pageant is planned Saturday evening, Nov. 19, at Shawnee Community College near Ullin. The pageant is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. and will be in the education center at the college. All contestants must be Illinois residents. The Littlest, Junior...
A deadline is approaching soon for those who want to be contestants in the upcoming Cache River Days beauty pageant in Ullin. The pageant is scheduled on Sept. 9. Organizers noted that contestants are needed for all age groups. The deadline to enter the pagant is 4 p.m. on Aug. 12. For more...
A sign in Cobden announces the upcoming 2016 Peach Festival.
The 79th edition of the Cobden Peach Festival is planned Friday and Saturday, Aug. 5-6. Most of the Peach Festival activities will be at the Cobden Community Park in Cobden. Activities begin at 5 p.m. each day. The park is located along Locust Street in the Union County village. The Peach Festival...
The Pulaski County Fair is seeking candidates for the 2016 Junior and Little Miss Pageants. The pageant is planned Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 7 p.m. under the entertainment pavilion. In order to participate, the candidate must reside in Pulaski County or a bordering county. Entry fee is $40 per candidate...
Participants are being sought for the 22nd annual Cache River Days Pageant.   The pageant is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at the Leona Brust Civic Center in Ullin.  Contestants must be a resident of Pulaski, Union, Alexander, Johnson or Massac county.   Organizers of the pageant noted that...

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