Union County News

A suspect in a murder investigation made his first appearance at the Union County Courthouse Monday morning in Jonesboro.

Two Union County, Illinois, residents are behind bars on Meth-related charges. 24-year-old Stephen Marr of Reynoldsville and 27-year-old Sacha Brown of Ware at in the Tri-County Detention Center following a year-long investigation by the county sheriffa s office and drug task force.

Changing the way legislative districts are drawn has been likened to asking lawmakers to do surgery on themselves.

Willis E. Bates UPDATE: 8:05 p.m. Willis E. Bates is now charged with four counts of attempted murder for the assault of two women at the First Baptist Church in Anna, Illinois.

The district superintendent in Union County hopes the state comes through with financing soon.

Pat Meller of Anna, who serves on the board of directors for the Union County Historical and Genealogy Society, looks into one of the many glass cases that house Kirkpatrick Brothera s Pottery at the Union County Museum in Cobden.

Union County, IL-Before your kids learn ABC's and 123's, early childhood classrooms are the launching pad for future success.

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.