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A special Southern Illinois holiday season tradition was scheduled to continue this week.
Tuesday morning, Dec. 15, Illinois State Police District 22 personnel planned to don their Santa hats and joined together to load squad cars with food and gifts like elves loading Santa’s sleigh.
The state...
To the editor,
I was asked to buy tickets for a fundraiser for the Anna-Jonesboro boy’s basketball team. It is a worthy cause to support our young athletes, but I have several objections to the way this particular fundraiser was handled.
First, the tickets one buys will offer price reductions in...
(Editor's note: The following item is reprinted from the website for the Newseum in Washington, D.C.)
Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis...
The holiday season has come to an end. A few hours are still left in 2009.
And the 2010 election season has begun in earnest.
Voters could begin casting absentee ballots this week for the February 2010 primary election.
As Election Day draws ever closer, ever so quickly, we encourage Union...
To the editor,
We’d like to express our deep appreciation for the assistance we received on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 5.
Early that morning (the coldest of the season) we were awakened to a knock on our door.
One of our neighbors (unfortunately, we don’t know his name) stopped to let us...
To the editor,
Here in the world we have countries that have these fancy and expensive government buildings and offices, but yet they have millions of people that are poor, hungry and no medical help.
Where is their morals? Is this justice? No.
Signed, Paul H. (Doc) DuBois, Cobden
To the editor,
Since we are now in the firearm deer season, perhaps it would be interesting to review some of the laws and regulations with which hunters are already (presumably) familiar.
I paraphrase these from the IDNR publication “Illinois Digest of Hunting and Trapping Regulations 2009-2010...
To the editor,
Enclosed please find a copy of a letter I wrote to Congressman Costello regarding Social Security cost of living adustments.
Congressman Costello,
I am writing in response to your letter and the likelihood that there will be no Social Security cost of living adjustment for 2010...
Following is a letter I emailed today to Congressman Costello, Sen. Durbin and Sen. Burris.
Letter to Congressman and Senators:
I recently was seen at the emergency room at Union County Hospital, where I was treated for the first time since I became Medicare eligible.
While there it was...
Local history came to life at two separate events held last Saturday afternoon in Union County.
The Union County Historical and Genealogy Society hosted a program about the story of a World War II hero. The program was at Veterans of Foreign Wars Carroll P. Foster Post No. 3455 near Anna.
The...
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