Shawnee Development Council

An annual job fair is planned March 15 at Shawnee Community College near Ullin. The job fair is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to noon in the Edward M. Smith Center on the college’s main campus. The event, which is open to the public, is being hosted by the Shawnee Community College Career Services...
Paula Stairs of Cobden received an angel from a friend when her husband, Bill, died three years ago. She now has 700.  Stairs, the Union County coordinator for the Shawnee Development Council, said something about that first angel was so inspiring that she feels she has to get everyone she comes...
Paula Stairs was presented with the Sarah Jane Community Service Award recently. With Stairs are William Hall, left, of Anna, who is a member of the Shawnee Development Council board; and Bobby Toler Jr., who is the county commissioners’ representative on the council board.
Paula Stairs recently received the Shawnee Development Council’s Sarah Jane Community Service Award. The award was presented in recognition of compassion for others and dedication to the community. Stairs, of Cobden, is Shawnee Development Council’s county coordinator for Union County. The council’...
The Union County Board of Commissioners acted last week to support a food program which benefits local senior citizens. The action came at a regular meeting of the county board which was held Friday morning, June 24. The meeting was at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro. The county...

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