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With the start of the summer boating season underway, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IDNR, and the Illinois Conservation Police are reminding people to wear life jackets anytime they’re on the water and to only operate boats while sober.
National Safe Boating Week was May 20-26, the...
An air quality alert was in effect for much of Southern Illinois, including Union County, on Friday, June 2.
The National Weather Service forecast office in Paducah reported that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency was forecasting unhealthy conditions for sensitive groups for ozone for all...
No-cost health and medical services will be offered through an upcoming program which is scheduled in Union County and Southeast Missouri.
The U.S. Department of Defense is planning to offer Operation Healthy Delta Innovative Readiness Training clinics June 11-20 in Anna, Sikeston, Mo., and Poplar...
The City of Anna and Union County Chamber of Commerce & Economic Development invite the community to attend the upcoming Annabelle Festival.
The festival is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 10, in the downtown Anna area.
The festival celebrates the story of the Annabelle hydrangea...
A registration kickoff party is planned for the upcoming summer reading program at Stinson Memorial Library in Anna.
The party is planned from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, June 2, at the library. The library is located at 409 S. Main St. in Anna.
Registration for the program is underway through June 10...
The Anna City Pool is scheduled to open for the season on June 2, weather permitting.
Pool hours are scheduled from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Daily admission is $3 per person.
Lap swimming is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Private parties are available....
Stinson Memorial Library in Anna once again is planning to host a summer reading program. Activities are planned in June and July.
A registration kickoff party for the program is planned from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, June 2, at the library. The library is located at 409 S. Main St. in Anna....
A Southern Illinois state legislator has passed a bill with hopes to keep renewable energy components like wind turbines and solar panels out of landfills.
“With Illinois turning to wind and solar as a main source of energy, we need to find a way to properly dispose of these items safely to help...
Rural Health Inc. has awarded a $1,000 scholarship to a high school senior from high schools in its service region.
Scholarship recipients were chosen based on their desire to pursue a career in healthcare.
Rural Health Inc. announced the following scholarship recipients, along with their schools...
A poetry reading is planned Sunday afternoon, May 21, at the Shawnee Hills Arts Council’s Anna Arts Center.
“Random Reflection, A Reading of Steve Falcone’s Poems by Steve Falcone and Lee Hackney,” is set for 2 p.m. at the arts center. The center is located in the 100 block of W. Davie St. in Anna...
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