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Shawnee Community College is planning to host a holiday reception on Dec. 7.
The reception is planned from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the K atrium on the college’s main campus near Ullin.
The holiday season event will feature shopping opportunities with a number of vendors who will be on hand,...
A day of festivities is planned for the third annual Light Up Tamms parade, which is scheduled Saturday, Dec. 10, in the Alexander County community.
At 2:30 p.m., a craft/vendor fair will begin in the Tamms Community Center, at the corner of Second and Illinois streets.
There is no entry fee for...
The Dodge Memorial Library in Olive Branch has been at the center of the community since 1984.
The library has made an upgrade that is a huge benefit to the community: fiber-optic internet, provided by Clearwave Communications.
This type of internet, the fastest in the area, is currently only...
The students at Lick Creek School presented a program called "Thank God for our County Life" for their annual Grandparents' Day event Nov. 14-15.
More details about the event can be found here.
The Hands of Faith ladies at Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church in Anna are part of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America called WELCA.
Mt. Moriah’s Hands of Faith group was established to promote the churchwide theme of “God’s Work, Our Hands.”
During the past 2015-2016 year the Hands...
Christmas holiday season events are planned at the Cross of Peace at Bald Knob Mountain near Alto Pass.
“Christmas at the Cross” is planned on four consecutive Saturdays between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
On Nov. 26, Dec. 3, Dec. 10 and Dec. 17, Christmas and gospel music are planned each...
The PAST organization of Union County announces a special exhibition of unique quilted wall hangings during the Christmas Luncheons at Heritage House in Jonesboro.
The collection is inspired by “Christmas Carols” and sets the theme for the annual PAST sponsored luncheons to benefit the Heritage...
Boots and flannel shirts were a common sight at Lick Creek School Nov. 14-15.
The students presented a program called “Thank God for our Country Life” for their annual Grandparents’ Day.
The program is a longstanding tradition which is held each year during the Thanksgiving season at the Union...
A holiday season tradition continues this year at a Union County landmark.
The PAST organization of Union County is planning to host the annual Carols at Candlelight from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, at the historic St. Anne’s Church in Anna.
The church is located along South Main Street in...
Thanksgiving Day high temperatures in the area generally are in the 40s, 50s or 60s, according to statistics recorded by the National Weather Service office in Paducah.
The normal high temperature is in the range of 52 to 55 degrees.
Climate records have been kept since December of 1937 in the...
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