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Illinois legislation allowing public possession of concealed guns has passed the House Judiciary Committee. It was a compromi...
An Illinois House committee has OK'd a measure to regulate high-volume oil and gas drilling in the state.The House Execut...
Manager Mike Pinto and Media Rep. Mike Ventola stop by the Morning Newswatch to discuss the start of the Southern Illinois Mi...
Although the future of Scott Air Force Base in southern Illinois won't be in question for two more years, state and local...
Dr. Jennifer Badiu and Dr. Donna Crow stop by to discuss the different types of breast cancer along with plans for the new ca...
State universities and community colleges have agreed to gradually pick up their own retirement costs under a preliminary dea...
PERCY, Ill. (AP) — A prosecutor of a man charged with setting a southern Illinois house fire that killed four children ...
Sam Kuhnert is a baseball player with only one hand, and he joined the Morning Newswatch to discuss his organization, NubAbil...
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says control towers at five small airports in his home state of Illinois, including the Southern Illino...
A former business official with the Carterville schools is facing 16 federal counts related to his alleged theft of funds fro...
Southern Illinois residents are bracing for change as the state Legislature considers a regulatory bill that could set off a ...
Jo Poshard stops by to talk about the $70,000 given by the Poshard Foundation to 28 facilities in southern Illinois to he...
An Illinois prison-monitoring group says Menard Correctional Center inmates reported concern about "aggressive cellmates...
21-year-old Tyree McQueen-Johnson of Carbondale will see four years behind bars for illegal sale of firearms.Jackson County S...
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville in Southern Illinois is pairing its parishes so they can be served by one priest.Acc...
State Sen. Bill Haine says he'll push for the ouster of the entire Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees after a...
The warden at the maximum-security prison in Pontiac says there have been no problems or violent incidents with inmates shipp...
The state of Illinois has started sending home inmates early under a revamped sentence-reduction program.Lee Enterprises news...
Congressman Bill Enyart will be in Carbondale today to discuss the recent cuts by the FAA to airports like the Southern Illin...
Budget cuts are to blame for two Southern Illinois school districts voting to cut staff.Carrier Mills-Stonefort District 2, a...
The Board of Trustees for Southern Illinois University may soon be reappointed, if a bill sponsored by State Sen. William Hai...
Tom McNamara of the Southern Illinois Enforcement Group stops by to discuss the upcoming Southern Illinois Meth and Other Dru...
The Illinois House has approved a series of measures that would ban semi-automatic assault weapons in Illinois.One amendment ...
Dr. Masha Ryan and Jennifer Badiu from Southern Illinois Healthcare stop by to discuss the Foundations'dinner gala to sup...
Authorities say icy roads are to blame for a southern Illinois wreck that killed a father and son on Interstate 64.Illinois S...
The Illinois Senate hasn't provided a single vote in favor of three appointments by Gov. Pat Quinn to the Southern Illino...
Investigators say an overloaded electrical extension cord sparked a southern Illinois house fire that killed a 63-year-old di...
The federal sequester could impact Illinois in a variety of different ways, according to a list President Barack Obama’...
CHICAGO (AP) — A coalition of Illinois residents opposed to high-volume gas and oil drilling is criticizing Gov. Pat Qu...
BENTON, Ill. (AP) — An inmate serving a 20-year federal prison term in southern Illinois for drug dealing will have to ...
BENTON, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois woman faces up to a decade in federal prison now that she has admitted stealing...
Two downstate lawmakers have introduced a bill in the House to regulate high-volume oil and gas drilling in Illinois.Marion D...
Federal workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a worker in an underground southern Illinois coal mine.Perr...
A regulatory bill on fracking is expected to be purposed this week, and State Rep. John Bradley says it will make Illinois a ...
Lawmakers from southern Illinois didn't like parts of Governor Pat Quinn's State of the State address Wednesday.One o...
River Radio of Southern Illinois Contest RulesThese are our “Basic” contest rules for all contests broadcasted on...
The State Board of Education honored 624 schools for academic progress and consistent high performance in 2012 by naming them...
A raid Monday morning resulted in the arrests of eight people in White County.Police entered a residence around 5 a.m. Monday...
The Illinois Department of Employment Security has announced it is closing seven offices, including its office in Murphysboro...
Flu is on the upswing in Illinois along with most of the nation.Illinois Department of Public Health spokeswoman Melaney Arno...
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The 11-story Bald Knob Cross of Peace that's among southern Illinois' most popular — and certainly the tallest ...
BENTON, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois dentist has been ordered to spend one year and a day in federal prison for defr...
BENTON, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois woman has been sentenced to five years in prison after admitting she was drivin...
Twenty one registered nurses will be formally recognizedas Southern Illinois Healthcare's first class of RN Nurse Residen...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — It's been a warmer than usual holiday season so far in Illinois, but State Climatologist Jim...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — A new study paid for by the Illinois Chamber of Commerce says the New Albany Shale formation in ...
WALTONVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities are trying to pinpoint what sparked two deadly house fires just hours apart in sou...
TROY, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois high school was locked down for about three hours when two bullets were found.The...
A couple wanted for a Johnson County shooting has been found.Late yesterday John L. Cunningham, 41, and his wife, Janet S. Cu...
Municipal and county leaders will head to Springfield Wednesday, Dec. 5 to demonstrate their opposition to state efforts to c...
CHICAGO –Governor Pat Quinn has announced that $1.3 million in federal funding was awarded to three Illinois not-fo...
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale has received an award for diversity in higher education.The university was awarded...
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - The man who started the geography department at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville more t...
Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka met this month withcity officials from all over southern Illinois to discuss ways that state an...
Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka met this month withcity officials from all over southern Illinois to discuss ways that state an...
(CARBONDALE, IL) – Southern Illinois Healthcare will highlight the plethoraof opportunities for registered nurses at th...
With beautiful fall weather abounding coupled with the arrival of hunting season, the U.S. Forest Service reminds all visitor...
CHESTER, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois judge has ruled that family members can exhume the bodies of a murdered woman and he...
A free paint and motor oil collection will be held in Murphysboro at theSouthern Illinois Airport on Saturday, November 10, 2...
This year’s regional event will be held at6:00 pm on Thursday, Nov. 29 starting at the SIUC Student Health Center on Gr...
HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) - Eight people killed when a tornado tore through Harrisburg earlier this year are being memorialized w...
Event CoordinatorBy the time Nancy Skovgaard graduated from SIUC in 2007 with degree in Marketing and she had 5 years of mana...
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