January 2014

Eight officials from various national and state agencies spent Tuesday, April 8, visiting various Trail of Tears sites in Pope, Johnson and Union counties.

The officials visited locations that have been certified as sites visited or trail segments that were part of the 1838-1839 Cherokee Trail of Tears when the Cherokee Nation was removed from North Carolina to Oklahoma.

The group of visitors who came to Southern Illinois included: 

A full house was on hand for a Culture Night event which was hosted by Cobden Elementary School last Friday evening. The program showcased the cultures of nine different countries which students in pre-kindergarten through 5th grade had been studying. The evening included displays about each of the countries, along with vocal music and a dance, which is featured in the accompanying picture.

Funeral services are planned Thursday, today, for an Anna man whose death has led to murder charges being filed against two Union County men.

Services for James H. "Jimmy" Morrison, 46, of Anna, are planned at 11 a.m. today at Rendleman & Hileman Funeral Home in Anna. Burial will be in the Busby Cemetery in Goreville.

Mr. Morrison died at 4 a.m. Saturday, April 12, at Union County Hospital in Anna.

<strong>High school track action</strong>

<strong>Anna-Jonesboro’s Madison Jacobs, left, and Alivia Miller, second from left, leave the starting blocks in a 100-meter hurdles event during a high school track meet Wednesday, April 16. A-J was hosting the meet, which featured girls’ and boys’ competition.</strong>