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The Illinois State Fire Marshal’s Office announced Nov. 4 that fire departments across the state are beginning the transition to the National Emergency Response Information System, NERIS, which is a secure, cloud-based platform built to modernize how emergency incidents are reported and analyzed....
A new fiscal year budget was on the agenda for a lengthy special meeting of the Union County Board of Commissioners which was held Thursday, Oct. 30. The meeting was at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro.
Funding requests presented by county officeholders and department heads were discussed....
The Aspen Institute on Oct. 28 named Shawnee Community College as one of the 200 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s premier recognition of high achievement and performance among two-year colleges.
The 200 colleges were...
Veterans of Foreign Wars Carroll P. Foster Post No. 3455 of Anna is welcoming entries for this year’s Veterans Day parade in Anna. The parade is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 11, starting at 11 a.m. The theme for this year’s parade is “Service to Our Nation.”
Letters of invitation and application...
The Illinois Department of Public Health, IDPH, joined in the observance of Lead Poisoning Prevention Week Oct. 19-25 and continues to remind all parents and caregivers of young children to be aware of risk factors for lead poisoning and how to prevent it.
IDPH has been steadily expanding the state...
The Friends of the Shawnee National Forest will mark its 15-year anniversary from 6 to 9 p.m, on Saturday, Nov. 8 at Alto Vineyards in Alto Pass.
The Friends will highlight many of its projects that promote and protect the Shawnee National Forest during the celebration.
The event is sponsored by...
Cool autumn temperatures have arrived, offering a reminder that winter is not far ahead. Once again, WIBH Radio in Anna has begun its annual New Coats, New Hope Campaign to buy new coats for kids age 3 to 16 living in the lower 45 counties of Illinois.
Now in its 15th year, the Anna radio station...
Nearly 2 million people in Illinois could lose federal food benefits ahead of Thanksgiving if Congress can’t agree on a budget by the end of the month.
The Illinois Department of Human Services announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture has told states that Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program...
Former U.S. Senator from Illinois Carol Moseley Braun will discuss her pioneering career and her new memoir during an upcoming presentation hosted by Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.
The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled to...
The Arrowleaf human services organization announced that it has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to lead the Southern Illinois Rural Health Special Track Opportunity, SIRHSO, initiative. In a posting on social media, Arrowleaf said the grant...
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