September 2021

Flonelle Bunker Goines

Fri, 09/03/2021 - 1:02pm admin

Flonelle Bunker Goines, 86, of Grand Chain, died at 7:20 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at her son’s home in Grand Chain.

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Calvin Barnett

Fri, 09/03/2021 - 12:58pm admin

Calvin Barnett, 89, of Karnak (the Hillerman Community in Massac County) died at 3:23 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, at the Massac Memorial Hospital in Metropolis with his family by his side.

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Oliver J. (OJ) Taake

Fri, 09/03/2021 - 12:57pm admin

Oliver J. (OJ) Taake, 91, of Olmsted, died at 7:35 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, at the Illinois Veterans Home in Anna.

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A-J hosts Murphysboro for football home opener

Fri, 09/03/2021 - 9:31am admin

Murphysboro High School football coach Gary Carter still has vivid memories from last season when the Anna-Jonesboro football team overcame a 27-7 deficit to rally for a 28-27 win.

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Midwest Monsters Strongman Competition Set For Saturday In Anna

Thu, 09/02/2021 - 6:03pm admin

Rise Performance 618, the area’s newly opened athletic training facility, is planning to host a strongman event at their location in Anna on Saturday, Sept. 4.

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277 new confirmed cases over three days in region

Thu, 09/02/2021 - 11:36am admin

Southern Seven Health Department reported a total of 277 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region serves over the period which included Aug. 26, Aug. 27 and Aug. 30.