The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School softball team will host a Class 2A regional tournament May 15-20.
The tournament schedule follows:
Chester plays Vienna on Monday, May 15, and the winner advances to play Pinckneyville at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 16.
On Wednesday, May 17, A-J takes on Red Bud...
Students from area schools were honored in an annual young writer’s competition sponsored by Shawnee Community College near Ullin.
The competition was designed to encourage local high school students to submit their own works of non-fiction, short fiction and poetry.
Winners in the competition...
The Cobden High School baseball team won two games in recent action.
Cobden 6, Vienna 1: Trevor Middleton was 2-for-3 with an RBI to lead host Cobden to the South Egyptian Conference win Wednesday, April 19.
Dylan Duty was 1-for-2 with a double and 2 RBIs. Bayden Ditterline was 1-for-2 with a...
The Lick Creek Lady Eagles won their season opener April 18 at the annual Jonesboro-Goreville Track Invitational.
The meet was run at the Anna-Jonesboro Community High School track.
With 12 teams on hand Lick Creek met the challenge with a convincing win. There were some very fine athletes on hand...
A high school business skills competition was held recently at Shawnee Community College near Ullin.
Six local high schools competed at the event, including Cairo, Century, Egyptian, Goreville, Massac and Vienna.
The competition featured 14 business related categories.
Students who finished in...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School boys’ track team finished in third place at the Massac County Meet to open the spring season Friday, March 28.
Harrisburg won the meet with 91 points, followed by West Frankfort with 37.5, A-J 35, Massac County 23.5, Vienna 23 and Goreville 17.
First place...
Several Union County student athletes have been named to the Southern Illini All-Conference basketball teams.
The boys’ first team includes Noah Franklin, Cobden; Lane Ross, Vienna; Jalen Illeraza, Egyptian; Takevon Williford, Meridian; John David Bigler, Anna; and Brendan Dahncke, Vienna.
The...
The Anna-Jonesboro Community High School softball team struggled in recent action with five losses.
Trico 5, A-J 1: Lexi Macy was 2-for-3 to lead the visiting Lady Wildcats in the non-conference loss Saturday, April 8.
Makenzie Carter was 1-for-3 with a home run for A-J. Morgan Wendling was 1-for-3...
For the first time in nearly 15 years, Johnson County has a Master Gardener graduate.
Carmen Dixon completed the 11-week training and will be completing volunteer hours over the next year.
Part of her volunteering will include submitting articles to local papers, giving presentations to groups...
Shawnee Community College near Ullin on March 23 hosted an annual high school regional band performance.
The regional band featured high school students from Anna-Jonesboro Community High School, Cairo High School, Cobden High School, Egyptian High School at Tamms, Goreville High School, Shawnee...