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Carbondale Police investigating home invasion

May 21, 2018 @ 8:22 am

Carbondale Police say they’re investigating a home invasion in which a resident was injured. It happened around 8:00 Friday night in the 2800 Block...

Large Portion of Southern Illinois affected by water outage

May 18, 2018 @ 8:26 am

A large portion of Southern Illinois is currently dealing with a water outage. The Rend Lake Conservancy District has a line break it is...

Murphysboro man charged with heroin distribution

May 18, 2018 @ 8:17 am

A man from Murphysboro, Illinois, has been charged with Unlawful Distribution of Heroin and Unlawful Distribution of Cocaine, Dwayne Watson is accused of selling...

Terri Bryant calls for SIU President Dunn to resign

May 18, 2018 @ 8:14 am

Hours after an opinion column written by SIU professor Kathleen Chwalisz criticizing SIU President Randy Dunn and his recent handling of a proposal to...

Illinois Senate votes to raise teacher pay

May 18, 2018 @ 7:53 am

The Illinois Senate has voted to raise the minimum salary for teachers. The previous minimum of $9,000 was set back in the 80’s. State...

First African-American justice on Illinois Supreme Court retiring

May 18, 2018 @ 7:45 am

The first African-American justice to serve on the Illinois Supreme Court is retiring. Justice Charles E. Freeman will retire effective June 14. The 84-year-old...

John A Logan closing at 10:00 am due to water outage

May 17, 2018 @ 9:30 am

The water line break at the Rend Lake Conservancy District plant has caused John A Logan to close today May 17th at 10:00 am....

On death penalty reinstatement, Rauner expands definition of law enforcement off...

May 17, 2018 @ 9:19 am

Those convicted of killing Department of Corrections officers would be subject to the death penalty, according to Governor Bruce Rauner. On Monday, Rauner issued...

Marion City Council increases number of of liquor licenses

May 16, 2018 @ 8:16 am

At their Council meeting Monday night, Marion city leaders approved an expansion of city liquor licenses. With the unanimous vote, the number of licenses...

Murphysboro Police arrested man for attempted burglary

May 16, 2018 @ 8:08 am

Murphysboro Police have arrested a man they say is responsible for a string of home burglaries. 18-year-old Darion Smith was arrested yesterday on the...