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CARRIER MILLS — In 1993, the Sahara Coal Co. closed its doors and some 300 miners lost their jobs.

MARION — On Monday, Carterville Community Unit School District No. 5 followed through with its threat to file a lawsuit in Williamson County Court if the Village of Cambria adopted its proposed Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District Redevelopment Project Plan,…

A Colp man won a $650,000 lottery prize with a winning ticket he bought in Herrin.

CARTERVILLE — Former Williamson County State’s Attorney Charles R. “Chuck” Garnati died at 2:10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, in St. Louis University Hospital. Garnati was 65.

POMONA — A boulder-climbing competition brought more than 300 climbers to Pomona in early November. They call themselves "boulderers," and their bouldering temple they call “Holy Boulders.”

The 981-mile Ohio River begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and borders or runs through six states, including a 133-mile leg along the southern border of Illinois. The Ohio enters the state near Uniontown, Kentucky, which is about 15 minutes from Old…

BIELEMA, Catherine and RICE, Isaiah, a daughter, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

I recently had the privilege of speaking at the World War Museum in New Orleans to a group of veterans and later as part of a panel on the captured German Submarine, the U-505. I was asked to be part…

With a Creative Placemaking Grant from the Delta Regional Authority, one Southern Illinois historic site will be given new life.

Retired Vice Adm. Nancy Brown of Marion said her 35-year Navy career grew out of a suggestion from her father and a less than enthusiastic recruiter.