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The Lights Fantastic Parade will roll through the city tomorrow night for the 32nd year.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale is offering a limited number of rooms for those visiting the area during the total solar eclipse on April 8
A list of current boil water orders and advisories in the Heartland.
The annual Lights Fantastic Parade is set for Saturday, December 2.
The Southern Illinois University Football team will play the University of Idaho Vandals this Saturday in the second round of the FCS Playoffs.
A new Illinois law requires assault weapon holders to register their firearms with Illinois State Police, but than less than 1% has done so, according to authorities.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) hosted two public information meetings on the U.S. 60 Connectivity Study
Every year, hunters trek out into the woods in hopes of bagging a big buck. When they do, those same hunters bring ‘big bucks’ to local businesses.
Illinois State Police are investigating a crash that killed one person and injured another Wednesday morning on Interstate 57.
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Health care, child care, home care and nursing home workers make up the Service Employees International Union.
As Illinois’ Rainy Day Fund reaches major milestone, state comptroller says it needs to keep growing
Illinois has more than $2 billion set aside in its Rainy Day Fund. It’s a lot of money but State Comptroller Susana Mendoza believes it’s not enough.
A Goreville, Illinois man was arrested on Tuesday for crimes against a child following an investigation by the Ill. State Police.
Today, 48 small businesses across the state of Illinois joined an elite club. And five of those businesses are from here in the Heartland.
Police rescued two people from a burning home Tuesday morning, November 28.
Part of an old building was demolished on Tuesday, November 28 ahead of the building of a new health care resource in southern Illinois.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has awarded more than $5,200 in donated grant funds to five schools in the state for field trips.
A lot of Saluki fans will be making plans to watch the big game back here in the Heartland.
Illinois drivers can now disclose conditions such as autism with the Secretary of State’s Office to enhance communications with law enforcement.
Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 53,348 deer during the first weekend of the Illinois firearm deer season.
An Illinois woman is accused of making threats while on video in online chatrooms with victims across the country.
The Thanks “Giving Back” campus food drive helps students in need at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Shawnee Health recently received a $200,000 grant through the Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation to help pay for the program.
Monday is the first day candidates can submit their petitions and file to be on next March’s Democratic and Republican primary ballots. Many showed up before 8 a.m. outside the Illinois State Board of Elections office in Springfield to file right away.
A man is accused of pointing a gun at a person and threatening to hurt them during a dispute on Thanksgiving.
A man is facing multiple charges, including for assault, after officers responded to a home for a disturbance.
Several people were cited recently when Mount Vernon police conducted compliance checks across Jefferson County.
Illinois State Police is crediting a reporting program for averting potential firearm related tragedies.
Investigators are asking for help in identifying two burglary suspects.
Deputies say multiple people, along with two deputies, were taken to area hospitals.
According to AAA, they are projecting 55.4 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from home over the Thanksgiving holiday travel period.
A man was arrested on a warrant in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian seriously injured.
Some Kentucky legislators are wanting another study done to the north of that existing bridge, for what they’re calling a possible economic development opportunity for western Kentucky.
A small town newsman from southern Illinois helped break the news of the JFK assassin to the world on November 22, 1963.
The world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales are scheduled to make an appearance in the Very Merry Marion Holiday Parade in Illinois.
A deputy is recovering after they were involved in a fight with a man reportedly armed with a knife on Monday afternoon, November 20.
The Marion VA Health Care System will host a Veteran Resource Fair – Town Hall on the campus of John A Logan College next month.
It allows farm mutual companies to offer “adequate” coverage. Previously, the were only allowed to offer unlimited coverage.
Their first Thanksgiving open is coming with challenges. The store is down two coolers, with one of those coolers holding most of their refrigerated food.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) was awarded a $75,000 grant from the National Park Service to recognize African American heritage properties in southern Illinois.
A man is accused of leading officers on a chase while speeding on a motorcycle and then holding a woman against her will.
A shooting investigation in Carbondale leads to the arrest of a Du Quoin man and woman.
Murphysboro hosted Rochester in the Class 4A State Football Semifinal match on Saturday, November 18
Hunters in Illinois have harvested a preliminary statewide total of 262 wild turkeys during the 2023 fall firearm turkey season
This is the seventh year in a row organizers came down to help Cairo families ahead of Thanksgiving.
In the heart of Anna-Jonesboro lies a community that’s not just a place on the map, but a home that molds people into the best versions of themselves.
Shawnee Community College associate degree nursing students and emergency medical technician students worked together in a mock disaster drill
The first season is set for Friday, November 17 through Sunday, Nov. 19.
Just a week before Thanksgiving, these families are celebrating.
A Carbondale man was sentenced to 10 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections