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 ...

Heaven's Kitchen Marion continues to serve hot meals to go via curbside pickup every Thursday beginning at 4 p.m. at the Marion Ministerial Alliance, 103 E. Calvert Street. Everyone is welcome. Marion ...

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 ...

While Patricia and Tom, a Navy vet, both have roots in southern Illinois - Patricia is from Waterloo and she and Tom met in West Frankfort - they spent 35 years on a Marine base in San Diego, CA, ...

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 ...

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STONEFORT - A Carrier Mills man died in a utility vehicle wreck early Saturday morning that left two others with major injuries. According to a news release from the Saline County Sheriff's Office, ...

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 - 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...