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CITY OF ANNA: Choate’s 150th Anniversary Celebration

By Press release submission | Sep 19, 2019

Choate Mental Health Center is celebrating their 150th Anniversary on Friday, October 11, 2019 from 11 a.m.

METROPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT: From the Office of the Director of Public Safety: Arrest Summary, September 8-14, 2019

By Press release submission | Sep 19, 2019

From the Office of the Director of Public Safety: Arrest Summary, September 8-14, 2019;

METROPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT: Subject arrested for Theft from Porch

By Press release submission | Sep 19, 2019

On September 11, 2019, Metropolis Police started an investigation into a theft.

From South Central Illinois News

ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 58: Senator Schimpf's Senate Week in Review: September 13

By Press release submission | 5 years ago

Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, recreational cannabis sales will be legal in Illinois.

From Carbondale Reporter

ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 59: Fowler recognizes National Truck Driver Appreciation Week

By Press release submission | 5 years ago

To celebrate National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, State Sen. Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg) joined Thomason Express Trucking Company to learn more about the Southern Illinois-based business and raise awareness about the critical role of truck drivers.

City of Anna City Council met September 17

By Philip Gonzales | Sep 18, 2019

City of Anna City Council met Tuesday, Sept. 17.

From Prairie State Wire

More than half of Illinois' police and fire pension funds are underfunded, Wirepoints reports

By Amanda Smith-Teutsch | 5 years ago

Financial decay is happening at all levels of Illinois state government, according to the president of state news aggregation and research site Wirepoints.

Vienna SD 55 School District Board of Education met August 13

By Philip Gonzales | Sep 17, 2019

Vienna SD 55 School District Board of Education met Tuesday, Aug. 13.

Vienna SD 55 School District Board of Education met September 3

By Philip Gonzales | Sep 17, 2019

Vienna SD 55 School District Board of Education met Tuesday, Sept. 3.

Century Community Unit School District 100 Board of Education met September 19

By Philip Gonzales | Sep 17, 2019

Century Community Unit School District 100 Board of Education met Thursday, Sept. 19.

City of Rosiclare City Council will meet September 17

By Michael Abella | Sep 16, 2019

City of Rosiclare City Council will meet Tuesday, Sept. 17.

Massac County residents suing IDPH, IEMA for failing to provide documents in nuclear contamination lawsuit

By Shanice Harris | Sep 16, 2019

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) are being sued by residents of Metropolis who allege the agencies have failed to provide documents relating to a nuclear contamination lawsuit in Massac County.