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Junior high school and homeschooled students are invited to attend free poetry workshop sessions which are scheduled at Shawnee Hills Arts Council’s Anna Arts Center. The arts center is located at 117 W. Davie St. in Anna.
The theme for the workshop is “Who I Am and Who I’m Yet To Be.” Tom Caldwell...
An Illinois State Police, ISP, Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 7 investigation has resulted in the conviction of 35-year-old James A. Merritt of Morehouse, Mo. on multiple charges, including second degree murder.
The state police reported in a March 13 news release that the charges in...
Rain which fell Monday night in the region brought some relief to very dry conditions in the Southern Illinois area.
The U.S. Drought Monitor reported on March 21 that all of Union County was experiencing moderate drought conditions.
March has been an extremely dry month in Union County.
Through...
April’s observance of National Child Abuse Prevention Month is scheduled to kick off with a special event next week.
In 2011, a Union County Child Abuse Prevention, UCCAP, planning committee was co-developed by WIBH Radio in Anna and the Children’s Medical and Mental Health Resource Network, CMMHRN...
Anna-Jonesboro Elks Lodge No. 1641 is planning to host the 11th annual Theresa Pearl-McKinney Easter egg hunt on Saturday, March 30.
The egg hunt is scheduled from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, which is located at 427 E. Jefferson St. in Anna.
Age groups include 1 to 4, 5 to 8 and 9 to 12....
A program which strives to keep juvenile offenders from facing incarceration and an update on a new animal control facility were discussed at last week’s regular meeting of the Union County Board of Commissioners.
The meeting was Friday morning, March 22, at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro...
Union County voters cast ballots in the 2024 primary election on Tuesday, March 19.
Results tallied at the Union County clerk's office in Jonesboro showed that a total of 2,971 out of 11,574 registered voters cast their ballots on Tuesday.
Voters who went to the polls selected candidates in the...
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, a time when healthcare providers increase their patient/provider conversations about regular colonoscopies.
But for patients who are hesitant to begin the process or needing an in-between screening, Southern 7 Health Department, S7HD, continues to...
More than 500 high school students and teachers from around Southern Illinois visited Shawnee Community College’s main campus near Ullin Feb. 22 for the college’s annual Career and Technical Education Day.
Ninth and 10th grade students got hands-on experiences in professions like nursing, welding...
Hunters in Illinois harvested a statewide total of 803 wild turkeys during the 2023-2024 fall archery turkey season.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IDNR, reported the total compared to a 2022-2023 harvest of 801 turkeys and the five-year average of 750 birds harvested.
This season,...
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