In the 2021-22 school year, 88.5% of Century Community Unit School District 100 students failed the Math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 13.3% of Shawnee Community Unit School District 84 students passed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
There was one offender convicted of a financial crime or fraud living in Union County released on parole during the fourth quarter of 2023, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Southern Illinois News.