A longtime state legislator was recognized by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at SIU yesterday. State Sen. Dave Luechtefeld (R-Okawville) was given the...

WASHINGTON (AP) – A portrait of former Speaker Dennis Hastert has been removed from a hallway outside the House chamber. Just last week, the...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Some vendors who provide Illinois services say the budget impasse costs the state more in the long run. The Springfield...

  CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Halloween has returned to Carbondale after a 15-year city crackdown prompted by previous holiday troubles in the home of...

A third-party candidate has thrown his hat into the ring in the race for the 117th District seat in the House. Libertarian Scott Schluter...

An Olive Branch lawyer working in Benton is running for Alexander Co. State’s Attorney. Joshua McCain announced on Friday that he will run for...

The IL Fraternal Order of Police has joined with other groups of police officers saying that citizens should boycott Quentin Tarantino’s films ffter comments...

A new Carbondale fire chief has officially been named.   Chief Ted Lomax was declared the fire chief of Carbondale yesterday.   Lomax has...

A former Southern Illinois mayor is suing the governor along with the chairman of the state parole board after claiming that he has been...