Sports
Fast pitch softball players from throughout Southern Illinois and bordering states who want to become part of a softball program with a winning tradition are invited to attend tryouts for Southern Express softball.
The Southern Express organization plans to have tryouts for the 2016-2017 season...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School football team begins preparation for the 2016 season next week.
The Wildcats are slated to open football practice on Monday, Aug. 8.
For the first five days, three-hour practice sessions are scheduled beginning at 5 p.m.
Prospective players should have...
Union County Counseling Service, UCCS, plans to host an Inside Out 5K run/walk Saturday, Oct. 22, at 9 a.m. at the Anna City Park in Anna.
Funds raised at the event will be used to support activities for UCCS clients of all ages in activities which include school athletics, homecomings, summer...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School Athletic Department will once again be offering reserved parking/tailgating spaces for all home varsity games. The procedure will be the same as previous years.
Fans will be able to submit sealed bids, with payment included, for the 54 available reserved...
A Little Wildcat cheerleading/ dance clinic is planned Aug. 15-17 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. each day at Anna-Jonesboro Community High School.
The clinic is for children ages pre-kindergarten to 8th grade. Registration for the clinic is on Monday, Aug. 15, starting at 5 p.m. The cost is $30 per...
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IDNR, on July 25 announced proposed waterfowl season dates and bag limits for the 2016-2017 seasons.
The recommendations include 60-day duck seasons in each of the state’s four waterfowl hunting zones, along with 107 days of Canada goose hunting in...
Former Cobden Junior High School baseball coach Jared Clutts has been named as the new Cobden High School baseball coach.
Clutts was hired to fill the post Monday night at a regular meeting of the Cobden Unit School District No. 17 Board of Education.
Clutts succeeds Craig Partridge, who resigned...
Sole Camp, a summer running camp for girls in 4th through 8th grade, is coming to Union County starting the week of Aug. 15.
Camp participants will meet twice a week to run and gradually build up to a run in the Sole Challenge on the first Saturday of October with their coaches.
The camp aims to...
The Anna-Jonesboro Marching Wildcats trained at an annual band camp which began July 25 and is scheduled to continue through Aug. 2.
The camp is taking place on the school's practice football field.
The high school students fought off insects and the hot and humid weather to practice marching...
The Union County Country Club golf course in Anna hosted the Brian S. Tucker Memorial Scramble on Saturday, July 23.
The family of Brian Tucker, Brandon Bierstedt and the Elks voiced appreciation to the 36 teams that turned out to play in the scramble.
The teams raised money for the Brian Tucker...
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