Union County News

Authorities say a 57-year-old southern Illinois man died in a weekend accident involving a chain saw on his property.

UNION COUNTY, Ill.-- About 200 volunteers responded to the call to search for Raymond Baggett.

Union County, IL- The search for a missing man resumes full force Wednesday morning in Union County, Illinois.

Union County, IL- The search for a missing man came to an end Wednesday morning.

UNION COUNTY, IL The search is on this afternoon for a missing Cobden man. According to the Union County Sheriff's department 92-year-old Raymond Baggott has been missing since around 6 a.m. Tuesday morning.

The Union county marching band is made from all four Union county schools. Together we will be marching at Disney world in Orlando Florida in March 2010.

David Leija is a Mexican-American student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

But Union County's Dana Pearson adds that there's no need for anyone around Cobden to feel alarmed.

Union county, Illinois, power line damage was not as severe as other places, but road conditions was still very poor in more rural areas.

A Dongola, Illinois, man in jail on other charges is hit with a new count! 21-year-old Langley Smith was charged Monday in connection with an incident that allegedly took place October 11th, 2008.

At least 33 break-ins reported in less than a month, but now police say they have their man.

Union County man charged with 33 counts of burglary and 25 counts of theft. Police arrested Phillip J. Delvalle, 17, of Jonesboro in connection with burglaries of vehicles and residences in Anna and Jonesboro.

On Monday evening school leaders in the Jonesboro Elementary School District put to rest all of the rumors circulating around Union County about the Pre-K program.

This masculine tablescape begins with a camouflaged print tablecloth, made from decorator fabric.

"The timing wasn't intentional," attorney Richard J. Whitney said, "but this has been a great Christmas present" for those concerned with the future of Bald Knob Cross.

The Goff Duncan Castle in rural Cobden will be featured on the TV series WSIU InFocus.

A Union County group aims to preserve the past and invest in the future with the proposed purchase of a historic home in Anna.

No one was injured this morning when a school bus en route to the Jonesboro school district slid off a road southeast of town, a Union County Sheriff's Department representative reported.

A Union County group, focused on historic preservation, will announce Friday an effort to purchase a privately owned home in Anna where President Abraham Lincoln stayed.

Tyler Edmonds, 27, gained a lot in the last year. He and his wife, Cassie, moved back to Union County with their new baby, and Tyler unseated an incumbent to take the office of state's attorney.