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183  <div class="views-field views-field-field-image">        <div class="field-content"><a href="/news/cobden-masonic-lodge-rewards-young-readers-new-bikes"><span><img src="https://annanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/slide2/public/field/image/Bikes%20for%20books.jpg?itok=NlNbVMd-" width="618" height="350" alt="Miguel Garcia (left) and Lexi Jackson (right) show off their new bikes with Travis Stewart, Secretary of Cobden Lodge No. 466." title="Bike winners " /></span></a></div>  </div>  
184  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <span class="field-content"><a href="/news/cobden-masonic-lodge-rewards-young-readers-new-bikes"><span>Cobden Masonic Lodge rewards young readers with new bikes</span></a></span>  </div>  
185  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <div class="field-content">Students at Cobden Elementary School read hundreds of books this spring as part of the Bikes for Books program, sponsored by Cobden Lodge No. 466.</div>  </div></div>
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191  <div class="views-field views-field-field-image">        <div class="field-content"><a href="/news/freedom-sings-usa-retreat-coming-anna"><span><img src="https://annanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/slide2/public/field/image/41afb8e5-826e-424b-b551-870e897efa2e.png?itok=AyfzFKic" width="618" height="350" alt="Nashville songwriters participating in the Freedom Sings USA retreat will be paired with local veterans to write original songs based on their military experiences. The songs will debut during a free public concert at 6 p.m. April 18 at East Davie Park in Anna." /></span></a></div>  </div>  
192  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <span class="field-content"><a href="/news/freedom-sings-usa-retreat-coming-anna"><span>Freedom Sings USA retreat coming to Anna</span></a></span>  </div>  
193  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <div class="field-content">A three-day retreat aimed at helping veterans share their stories through music will take place April 16 to 18 in Anna.</div>  </div></div>
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200  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <span class="field-content"><a href="/news/williamson-county-ef-4-tornado-had-estimated-peak-winds-190-mph"><span>Williamson County EF-4 tornado  had estimated peak winds of 190 mph</span></a></span>  </div>  
201  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <div class="field-content">A National Weather Service damage survey and analysis by structural engineering experts found that an EF-4 tornado damage occurred in southern Williamson County on Friday, May 16.</div>  </div></div>
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209  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <div class="field-content">This week, we’re going to start with our latest Critter Sighting Updates...</div>  </div></div>
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215  <div class="views-field views-field-field-image">        <div class="field-content"><a href="/opinions/full-moon-any-other-name-and-some-more-stuff"><span><img src="https://annanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/slide2/public/field/image/lunar%20eclipse%20with%20bat%20sept.%2017%20color%201.jpg?itok=pwOHFPf_" width="618" height="350" alt="Bat? Bird? Bug? UFO? Or, maybe, just a bit of dust on the camera’s lens? Can’t be sure. The image was captured during last week’s partial lunar eclipse. " /></span></a></div>  </div>  
216  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <span class="field-content"><a href="/opinions/full-moon-any-other-name-and-some-more-stuff"><span>Full Moon...by any other name...and some more stuff...</span></a></span>  </div>  
217  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <div class="field-content">Seemed like Mother Nature tried to end our drought with a Great Big Ol’ Downpour at about the same time I was heading to The Paragraph Factory in Anna Monday morning.</div>  </div></div>
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223  <div class="views-field views-field-field-image">        <div class="field-content"><a href="/opinions/rocky-gets-ready-weekend-and-other-stuff"><span><img src="https://annanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/slide2/public/field/image/raccoon%20in%20pond%20sept.%206%20color%201.jpg?itok=UZxd6uB-" width="618" height="350" alt="Splish, splash, Rocky was takin’ a bath in the “pond” in the photographer’s backyard...on a Frid
223ay...maybe the critter was getting ready for the weekend." /></span></a></div>  </div>  
224  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <span class="field-content"><a href="/opinions/rocky-gets-ready-weekend-and-other-stuff"><span>Rocky gets ready for the weekend...and other stuff</span></a></span>  </div>  
225  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <div class="field-content">I’m not quite why it crossed it mind Monday evening, but there it was... We’ll come back to that thought in just a bit...
226Meanwhile...
227I know you can’t wait, so here is my latest Critter Sighting (and Smelling) Update...</div>  </div></div>
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246    <a href='#slideshow-1'><img src="https://annanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow_thumb/public/field/image/41afb8e5-826e-424b-b551-870e897efa2e.png?itok=wnH45ST9" width="75" height="45" alt="Nashville songwriters participating in the Freedom Sings USA retreat will be paired with local veterans to write original songs based on their military experiences. The songs will debut during a free public concert at 6 p.m. April 18 at East Davie Park in Anna." /></a>  </div>
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325  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/cobden-masonic-lodge-rewards-young-readers-new-bikes"><span>Cobden Masonic Lodge rewards young readers with new bikes</span></a></h2>  </div>  
326  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <span class="field-content">Students at Cobden Elementary School read hundreds of books this spring as part of the Bikes for Books program, sponsored by Cobden Lodge No. 466.
327The reading incentive program, open to students in prekindergarten through fifth grade, was held March 2-27. Approximately 240 students participated and...</span>  </div>  </div>
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332  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <span class="field-content">The Anna Police Department this week shared a message on social media in recognition of National Law Enforcement Appreciation Week. The commemoration is this week.
333In its message, the department thanked and acknowledged its partner agencies, the Jonesboro Police Department and Union County Sheriff'...</span>  </div>  </div>
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337  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/illinois-earns-top-ranking-emergency-preparedness"><span>Illinois earns top ranking for emergency preparedness</span></a></h2>  </div>  
338  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <span class="field-content">Illinois has been named a “high-performance” state for emergency preparedness, the highest ranking a state can receive, in a newly released report by Trust for America’s Health. The designation was announced May 8 by the Illinois Department of Public Health, IDPH. 
339The annual report evaluates...</span>  </div>  </div>
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343  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/warm-soles-new-hope-campaign-deadline-near"><span>Warm Soles, New Hope Campaign deadline near</span></a></h2>  </div>  
344  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <span class="field-content">A deadline is coming up to help support a local program sponsored by WIBH Radio in Anna. 
345For more than a decade, WIBH Radio in Anna has worked to raise awareness about child abuse and neglect in the Southern Illinois region. Since 2011, the local station has partnered with area child service...</sp
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349  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/blessing-bikes-planned-bald-knob-0"><span>Blessing of the Bikes planned at Bald Knob</span></a></h2>  </div>  
350  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <span class="field-content">The annual Blessing of the Bikes is planned from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 17, at the Cross of Peace on Bald Knob Mountain near Alto Pass.
351Organizers shared that Blessing of the Bikes is one of the largest motorcycle events in the Midwest. The event is coordinated by the Christian Motorcyclists...</span>  </div>  </div>
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354  <div class="views-field views-field-field-image">        <div class="field-content"><img src="https://annanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/41afb8e5-826e-424b-b551-870e897efa2e.png?itok=V9aPl5yN" width="140" height="100" alt="Nashville songwriters participating in the Freedom Sings USA retreat will be paired with local veterans to write original songs based on their military experiences. The songs will debut during a free public concert at 6 p.m. April 18 at East Davie Park in Anna." /></div>  </div>  
355  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/freedom-sings-usa-retreat-coming-anna"><span>Freedom Sings USA retreat coming to Anna</span></a></h2>  </div>  
356  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <span class="field-content">A three-day retreat aimed at helping veterans share their stories through music will take place April 16 to 18 in Anna.
357Freedom Sings USA, a Tennessee-based nonprofit, pairs professional Nashville songwriters with veterans, military personnel and their families to transform personal experiences...</span>  </div>  </div>
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361  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/roller-derby-recruitment-night-set"><span>Roller derby recruitment night set</span></a></h2>  </div>  
362  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <span class="field-content">Cape Girardeau Roller Derby (CGRD) will host its first recruitment of the 2026 season on Monday, Jan. 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the AC Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau. 
363Adults 18 and older are welcome to attend, meet the team and learn what it takes to become a roller derby skater or referee.
364The...</span>  </div>  </div>
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368  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/music-festival-plans-celebrate-%E2%80%98america-250%E2%80%99"><span>Music festival  plans to celebrate  ‘America at 250’</span></a></h2>  </div>  
369  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <span class="field-content">The nationally recognized Southern Illinois Music Festival, SIFest, is planning to celebrate the history of the nation’s music in 2026.  “America at 250” is the theme for this year’s festival. Concert venues for the 2026 SIFest include locations in the Union County area.
370The festival, which is...</span>  </div>  </div>
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374  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/public-libraries-will-be-able-utilize-opioid-reversal-agents"><span>Public libraries will be able  to utilize opioid reversal agents</span></a></h2>  </div>  
375  <div class="views-field views-field-body">
375        <span class="field-content">The Illinois Department of Public Health, IDPH, has issued an updated standing order which adds Illinois public libraries to the list of locations that are permitted to keep a supply of opioid overdose reversal agents on hand and to allow trained staff to administer them in the event of a suspected...</span>  </div>  </div>
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379  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/s7hd-receives-grant-continue-colorectal-cancer-testing-program"><span>S7HD receives grant  to continue colorectal  cancer testing program</span></a></h2>  </div>  
380  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <span class="field-content">Since 2019, Southern 7 Health Department, S7HD, has provided the Fecal Immunochemical Test, FIT, to help residents of the seven southernmost Illinois counties prevent colorectal cancer. 
381Through a subaward grant presented to S7HD by the Illinois Public Health Association, IPHA, through funds made...</span>  </div>  </div>
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404  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <span class="field-content"><a href="/obituaries/beverly-ann-ford"><span>Beverly Ann Ford</span></a></span>  </div>  
405  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <span class="field-content">Beverly Ann Ford, age 60, of Thebes, formerly of Anna, passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2026 at Integrity Healthcare in Anna, after a brief stay, with her mother at her side.
406Beverly was born on August 18, 1965 to Charles Henry Jordan and Vermel (Abbott) Jordan at Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill...</span>  </div>  </div>
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410  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <span class="field-content"><a href="/obituaries/elmer-leroy-tellor"><span>Elmer LeRoy Tellor</span></a></span>  </div>  
411  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <span class="field-content">Elmer LeRoy Tellor, age 67 of Jonesboro, died Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at his home. 
412He was born on June 10, 1958 in Anna, the son of Floyd William and Catherine (Beltz) Tellor. He married Sherry Lynn Newberry on April 18, 1989.
413He is survived by his wife, Sherry Lynn Tellor; longtime girlfriend,...</span>  </div>  </div>
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417  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <span class="field-content"><a href="/obituaries/wilma-j-roach"><span>Wilma J. Roach</span></a></span>  </div>  
418  <div class="views-field views-field-body">
418        <span class="field-content">Wilma J. Roach, age 88 of Anna, passed away Friday, May 22, 2026 at Deaconess Union County Hospital with her loving family by her side. 
419She was born Feb. 20, 1938 in Villa Ridge, the daughter of Theodore and Hazel (Windings) Goins. 
420On Sept. 8, 1956 she married Jack Roach, Sr. in Jonesboro. They...</span>  </div>  </div>
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424  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <span class="field-content"><a href="/obituaries/glenn-e-clutts"><span>Glenn E. Clutts</span></a></span>  </div>  
425  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <span class="field-content">Glenn E. Clutts, age 74 of Cobden, went home to his Lord and Savior, Wednesday, May 20, 2026, surrounded by his loving family. 
426He was born Oct. 31, 1951 in Anna, the son of Earl W. and Dorothy E. (Harrell) Clutts. He married Louise (Dodge) on June 18, 1994.
427Glenn is survived by his wife, Louise...</span>  </div>  </div>
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430  <div class="views-field views-field-field-image">        <div class="field-content"><a href="/obituaries/eunice-lucille-chilman"><span><img src="https://annanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/field/image/Eunice%20Chairman.jpg?itok=MgvoY5TP" width="68" height="100" alt="Eunice Lucille Chilman" /></span></a></div>  </div>  
431  <div class="views-field views-field-title">        <span class="field-content"><a href="/obituaries/eunice-lucille-chilman"><span>Eunice Lucille Chilman</span></a></span>  </div>  
432  <div class="views-field views-field-body">        <span class="field-content">Eunice Lucille Chilman, age 94 of Cobden, Ill., passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 24. 
433She was a dedicated caregiver – with a strong and kind spirit – ready to give love and support to anyone in need. She will be deeply missed by family and friends.
434Eunice was born in Galva, Ill. on Dec. 19,...</span>  </div>  </div>
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