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Registration is open for a Fellowship of Christian Athletes Power Camp which is set this summer in Anna.
The camp is planned July 5-7 at Anna Junior High School. The camp will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.
Registration information can be found online at http://sifca.org/powercamps.php....
Five students in Anna and Jonesboro were recently recognized at the Southern Illinois Reading Council’s Short Story Spring Celebration.
The celebration was held earlier this spring at the Carbondale Civic Center in Carbondale.
Schools from the 15 southermost counties in Illinois were invited to...
The New Chicago Chamber Orchestra is scheduled to perform at the Anna Arts Center in Anna.
The performance is part of the 2017 Southern Illinois Music Festival.
The orchestra’s performance is set for 7:30 p.m. on June 5 in the performing arts auditorium at the center, which is located at 125 W....
Damaging winds accompanied storms which swept through the Union County area last Saturday evening.
The National Weather Service office in Paducah reported on its website that multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms impacted the Middle Mississippi Valley on the first day of the Memorial Day holiday...
The Egyptian Area Agency on Aging, EAAA, is planning to have three public hearings in the region to discuss a major reduction in federal and state funding and a plan for services for senior adults for the southern 13 counties in Illinois.
The agency reported in a news release that discussion at the...
Four Southern Illinois police officers have been honored for on-duty valor and life-saving actions.
Two Carbondale police officers and two officers from Du Quoin received awards from the Fraternal Order of Police, FOP, State Lodge.
“These officers put their lives on the line to protect and save...
(Editor’s note: the following article is shared by Susan Odum, who is a University of Illinois Extension community economic development educator.)
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Early June is a great time to enjoy the excellence of Southern Illinois’ grape and wine industry at one of the many vineyards within the boundary of...
Flood warnings continued this week for the Mississippi and Big Muddy rivers in Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri.
Union County is bordered by both of the rivers.
The National Weather Service office at Paducah reported early this week on its website that a flood warning for the Mississippi...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School girls’ track team had two first place finishes at the Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference Mississippi Division track meet at Carterville Friday, May 5.
Julia Lasley won the pole vault with a 9-0 jump and Brooke Miller won the high jump with a 5-0...
The Union County Chamber of Commerce welcomed Southern Illinois University Carbondale men’s basketball team head coach Barry Hinson as a guest speaker on Thursday, May 4.
Hinson addressed a gathering of about 30 people at a monthly meeting of the chamber of commerce.
The meeting was held at The...
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