Massac County

During November, Illinois State Police District 22 personnel worked to promote public safety as a way to improve the quality of life in the state. The officers in District 22 patrol and handle calls for service in the Southern Illinois counties of Union, Johnson, Pope, Massac, Hardin, Pulaski and...
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IDNR, reports that hunters harvested a preliminary total of 79,429 deer during the seven-day state firearm deer season that closed on Sunday, Dec. 4.  That figure compares to the final total of 86,847 deer harvested during the seven days of the firearm...
Harvest totals for hunters in Illinois were down significantly during the first weekend of this year’s firearm deer season, which was Nov. 18-20. The second part of the season is scheduled for Dec. 1-4. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources reports that hunters in Illinois harvested a...
The Anna-Jonesboro  Community High School girls’ golf team finished in third place at the Class 1A regional hosted by Zeigler-Royalton and played at the Franklin County Country Club Wednesday, Oct. 5. Massac County won with a score of 341. Carterville was second with 379. The Lady Wildcats finished...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team wasted little time taking charge in a win over host Massac County Friday night, Sept. 9. The Wildcats scored on their opening drive on the  way to a 34-7 win in the game. A-J improved to 3-0 on the season. “Our kids played really well again,” A...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team travels to Massac County this Friday. Game time is set for 7 p.m. The game will be aired on WIBH radio in Anna. The Patriots enter the game 1-1 after nipping Nashville 14-13 last weekend. Quarterbacking Massac County is senior Micah Skidmore, 5...
The Illinois State Police reported in a news release that 26 year-old Justin Oliver, of Metropolis, and 33 year-old Brittany Miller, of Brookport, died in a car crash that occurred in Massac County on Monday, Aug. 29 at 6:15 p.m. Miller was traveling southbound on Pell Road. Oliver was traveling...
The Illinois State Police and the Massac County Sheriff’s Department is asking the residents in the Brookport, Unionville, Mt. Sterling, and Hamletsburg areas of Massac County to be on the look out for an armed and dangerous suspect threatening individuals in the area.  He is describes as follows...
The 2016 Massac County Youth Fair was scheduled to start Friday, July 15, at the Youth Fairgrounds just west of Massac County High School at 4476 Korte Rd. in Metropolis. Kids from throughout the southern 13 counties of Illinois will choose their best livestock and projects to bring to the fair to...

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