Union County
The Illinois Student Assistance Commission recently announced the names of Illinois high school students who have been named 2017-18 State Scholars for their outstanding academic achievement.
Union County students who have been recognized as Illinois State Scholars are named below by their high...
The PAST organization of Union County extends an invitation to a Christmas open house which is planned this weekend.
The holiday season event is scheduled from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, at the Heritage House Museum in Jonesboro.
Heritage House is located just south of the Jonesboro...
School board elections are slated in April 2017 in Union County.
The filing period for school board elections began Dec. 12 and continues through Dec. 19. Nominating petitions are filed at the Union County clerk’s office in Jonesboro.
Elections are scheduled in each of the county’s seven school...
Two meetings were on the calendar last week for the Union County Board of Commissioners.
Regular meetings were held on Monday morning, Dec. 5, and again on Friday morning, Dec. 9.
Both sessions were held at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro.
Dec. 9 Meeting
Last Friday morning's meeting was...
Union County state’s attorney Tyler R. Edmonds announced Dec. 15 that Travis A. Williams of Charleston, Mo. has been sentenced to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections on one count of aggravated driving a vehicle while under the influence, a class 2 felony.
Williams will also serve...
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IDNR, reports that hunters harvested a preliminary total of 79,429 deer during the seven-day state firearm deer season that closed on Sunday, Dec. 4.
That figure compares to the final total of 86,847 deer harvested during the seven days of the firearm...
‘Tis the season...for Christmas holiday season programs at Union County public schools. The schedule of upcoming programs includes:
Lick Creek School, Dec. 16, 7 p.m.
Cobden Elementary School, Dec. 21, 12:30 p.m.
Cobden Junior-Senior High School, Dec. 18, 2 p.m.
Davie School, Anna, Dec. 13, 7 p.m....
Illinois State Police District 22 conducted special alcohol countermeasure and traffic enforcement patrols during November in Union County.
Lt. Michael Alvey, the interim commander of District 22, announced results tallied during the patrols.
Alvey said that the alcohol countermeasure enforcement...
A Union County man was taken into custody last week in connection with an investigation into three reported armed robberies which had been committed in Anna.
The arrest of the suspect was reported in a message which was posted at 8:53 p.m. on Nov. 29 on the Anna Police Department’s Facebook page....
Union County officials who were elected, or reelected, in November took their oaths of office Thursday morning, Dec. 1.
The oaths were administered during a ceremony held in a courtroom at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro. A large crowd was on hand for the event.
The oaths were administered...
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