<strong> Mr. Anthony “Tony” W. Winsor, age 50 of Marion, died at 5:30 pm, Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Marion. Tony was born on February 12, 1963 in Anna, the son of Gordon Dale and Donna L. (Childers) Winsor. He was married to Angela Kimmel on January 29, 1994.</strong>
(Note: The following item was submitted by Lee Hackney of the Anna Arts Center.)
The fifth annual Shawnee Hills Spring Arts Festival was April 26-April 28 at the Anna Arts Center in Anna.
Rain moved Paint the Town to inside the Center Stage Gallery (the old fire station), but it did not dampen anyone’s fun.
The festival began Friday, April 26, at 6 p.m. with the Best of the '50s and '60s show with the Soda Fountain Singers (Vanessa Holloway, Jessica Hall, and Joey Johnson) and special guest Crystal Davis, Miss Marion Main Street.
The Union County Hospital Senior Circle chapter plans to offer an Arthritis Foundation aquatics program this summer at the Anna City Pool.
The program is a recreational exercise opportunity for adults. The program is designed to accommodate the abilities of individuals with arthritis and other related diseases.
Union County State's Attorney Tyler R. Edmonds on May 8 announced the sentencing of three persons to the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Valco D. Penn, 34, of Little Rock, Ark., was sentenced to three years in prison on one count of identity theft, a Class 2 felony.
Penn is alleged to have used a credit card belonging to an Anna man to fraudulently obtain various items from Walmart.
Mason D. Kurtz, 26, of Mound City, was sentenced to four years and two months in prison on one count of aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony.
<p class="Body1">Mr. Arthur Lynn “Red” Burchyett, age 70 of Jonesboro, died at 5:28 p.m. Sunday, May 12, 2013 at his home in Jonesboro. He was born March 10, 1943 in McClure, the son of Leon and Ida Johnson Burchyett.</p>
The latest update on construction of Union County's new courthouse in Jonesboro was shared last week.
The update was presented at a regular meeting of the Union County Board of Commissioners. The meeting was Friday morning at the courthouse.
Courthouse construction project manager Mike Smith reported highlights for the period from April 12 through April 26 which included:
The last load of debris from the old courthouse was loaded and taken away. At that point, only holes in the ground and dirt were left from the 1857 courthouse.
Nearly 60 years of combined service to Cobden Unit School District No. 17 were saluted Monday night.
Four outgoing members of the district's board of education were honored at the meeting, which was held at Cobden Junior-Senior High School.
The board members who received recognition were Charles Stewart, Wes Wilkins, Larry Hackethal and Danny Windings. All four chose not to seek reelection in April.
Stewart had served on the board for 33 years, Wilkins for 10, Hackethal for eight and Windings for seven.
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School softball team was 1-2 in recent action.
A-J 12, Sparta 0: Haley Inman was 3-for-4 with an RBI to lead the visiting Lady Wildcats to the Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division win Friday, April 26.
Brooke Chamness was 3-for-5 with an RBI. Katie Edwards was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Amanda Conaway was the winning pitcher, scattering 4 hits.
Helen Fay Foster, 81, of Carlinville, died Monday, April 22, 2013, at 11:53 p.m. at Carlinville Rehab and Nursing Care in Carlinville, with her family surrounding her.
She was born on July 1, 1931, in Fidelity, in Jersey County. She was the daughter of Freab Matthew Wise and Martha Pearl Greenstreet Wise.
She was raised in Medora, in Macoupin County, where she attended grade school and high school.
She met James Edward Foster at the Victory Family Restaurant in Carlinville where Helen was employed.
<p class="Body1">Mrs. Fannie Lutrell “Lou” Parmly, age 85 of Alto Pass, died at 12:49 p.m. Monday, May 6, 2013 in Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born December 3, 1927 in Jonesboro, the daughter of James “Good Buddy” and Pearl Tompkins Shelton. She married Kenneth E. Parmly on October 26, 1946 in Oceola, Arkansas. He preceded her in death on October 25, 2009.</p>
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