A 44 year old Creal Springs man was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a child. Lowell Lewis...

School at Marion High School was dismissed early yesterday because of a bomb threat. School officials closed the school at 11 a.m. to be...

Backpacks, food and books were distributed to homeless school children in 27 Illinois counties yesterday – in a partnership between charity organization Feed the...

Bowen Gym in Carbondale has been hit with more vandalism – painted with graffiti for a third time in just a handful of months....

One woman was seriously injured in a crash in Ava on Friday. Police say 50 year old Eileen Paquette was thrown out of her...

The Illinois Department of Transportation has a part of Highway 37 reduced to one lane from Dix to the northern Jefferson County line. The...

Southern Illinois University officials say they are down to the final four candidates for the position of chancellor at the school’s Carbondale campus. The...

The polls are now open for today’s municipal elections. Several mayoral races are happening in the area – as well as city council seats...