State Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) and State Rep. Paul Jacobs (R-Pomona) hosted their annual Summer Reading Club ...

MARION - In what they described as "a bittersweet decision," team owners Jayne and John Simmons announced on Wednesday that they would be retiring from Frontier League baseball ownership. That makes ...

With the fellowship scheduled to begin in October, Talapatra can take up to two years to complete his work, which aims to establish the feasibility of such materials. If successful, the materials ...

SALINE COUNTY - A crowd of people gathered outside of the Saline County Sheriff's Office Thursday during a preliminary hearing for a Galatia woman charged with the murder of her 8-month-old daughter.

SALINE COUNTY - A former Harrisburg doctor received a 40-year prison sentence Tuesday for the 2016 murder of his estranged wife. Brian T. Burns, 61, was arrested in March of 2016 following the discov ...

Dr. Hussein Elsaid, 88, of Carbondale passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, surrounded by his loved ones. A private burial took place on May 9, 2025. A family-hosted Celebration of ...

MARION - Marion Unit 2 school board president Joe Bleyer addressed recent bizarre social-media rumors that the district was adding litter boxes to the restrooms for students who wished to dress up in ...

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SALINE COUNTY - These are the Saline County Primary election results. According to these unofficial results, 4,235 voters of 15,945 registered voters cast ballots, meaning 26.56 percent of registere ...

The City of Du Quoin last week began offering a convenient online water bill payment service which, at this writing, is free of charge. Water customers can go to the city's website at duquoin.org and ...

Board president Brad Wilson, Doug Collins, and former coach Rich Herrin pose for a photo with the plaque presented to Collins at the dedication ceremony of the Doug Collins-John Malkovich Event Center ...

Six fallen police officers were honored at an annual memorial service outside the State Capitol last Thursday. The Illinois Police Officers Memorial occurs annually on the first Thursday of May to hon ...