January 2012

Shawnee Community College is planning to host an annual job fair Wednesday, April 4.

The job fair will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Edward M. Smith Center on the college's main campus near Ullin.

The event is being held by the college in cooperation with the Shawnee Development Council, the Shawnee Community College Small Business Development Center and SMART Transportation.

Thirty-five businesses plan to be at the fair.

Transportation to the event is available through SMART.

Operation of a muncipal swimming pool could become an unaffordable luxury for the City of Anna.

The cost of operating the pool was on the agenda at last week's regular meeting of the Anna City Council.

The meeting was Tuesday evening, Feb. 21, at Anna City Hall.

City clerk Chris Jones shared a presentation about city pool policies, procedures and fees which he had drafted.

Jones and city administrator Steve Guined shared several key issues of concern about the pool.

The latest update on construction of Union County's new courthouse was presented last Friday morning.

The update was given at Friday morning's regular meeting of the Union County Board of Commissioners.

The meeting was at the community center in Jonesboro.

Courthouse construction project manager Mike Smith reported that since Feb. 17:

On level 1, the small, only remaining floor was poured.

Union County State’s Attorney Tyler R. Edmonds is alerting the public regarding identity theft and tax refund fraud associated with April’s tax filing deadline.

Tax refund fraud commonly occurs when stolen identity information is used to file a tax return in the victim’s name and the thief then obtains the refund that would be due to the victim.

Tax refund fraud was reported last year in Union County. The state’s attorney’s office urges the public to protect identifying documents and information as the tax deadline approaches.