Union County
Several Union County animal control program workers and volunteers recently made a special trip to South Dakota.
Dr. Ray Heinrichs, a local veterinarian, his wife Debbie, Union County animal control program deputy administrator Derk Wright and program volunteer Ashley Trexler all made the journey...
The 2016 Union County Fair in Anna is scheduled to get underway Friday, Aug. 19.
Fair activities continue through Sunday, Aug. 28, at the Anna City Park, which is the home of the fair each year.
Here’s a look at the schedule of events at this year’s fair:
Friday, Aug. 19
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Open show...
Union County public schools plan to open their doors to students in August.
Here’s a look at plans by the county’s school districts to open the 2016-2017 academic year:
Lick Creek Community Consolidated School District No. 16
A teacher’s institute is scheduled on Thursday, Aug. 18.
The first day...
The Union County CEO program began its second year with an orientation event hosted by Anna-Jonesboro National Bank at its Anna facility on Leigh Avenue.
Students Erin Dillow of Shawnee Hills Christian Academy in Anna, Jessica Glasco of Anna-Jonesboro Community High School, Dillon Harris of A-JCHS...
A pattern of hot and humid – and sometimes very hot and very humid – weather prevailed in Union County as July came to an end.
Heat index values went well over 100 degrees on a number of days during the period from July 19 through Aug. 1 in Union County.
The National Weather Service explains that...
A local organization is helping the Union County Sheriff's Office in an effort to acquire a new law enforcement resource.
The sheriff's office last week received a $750 donation from the Union County chapter of Whitetails Unlimited for the office's newly launched K-9 police dog fund.
Union County...
Union County State’s Attorney Tyler R. Edmonds reported the sentencing of six persons to the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Alex E. Pulliam, 21, of Tunnel Hill has been sentenced to three years after pleading guilty to aggravated battery, a Class 3 felony.
Pulliam struck a Union County...
Union County Sheriff's Office deputies are now equipped with body worn cameras.
Union County Sheriff Scott Harvel said that deputies who are assigned to the department's patrol division have been issued and equipped with the body worn cameras since July 1.
Harvel said in a news release that sheriff...
Firefighters from throughout Union County gathered last week for a training exercise in Anna. The training event was held Thursday evening, July 14, at the Anna City Park.
Anna Fire Department Chief Gary Rider organized the event. Nearly 30 firefighters from the Anna, Alto Pass, Cobden, Dongola and...
Union County State’s Attorney Tyler R. Edmonds has been reappointed to the Board of Governors of the Illinois State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor for a second term.
Edmonds was reappointed to the post during a quarterly board meeting which was held in Chicago on Wednesday, June 29.
He is the...
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