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CARBONDALE — Staff from Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis and St. Louis Children’s Hospital on Tuesday participated in a drill designed to make Southern Illinois moms and babies a little safer.

MARION — Everyone is invited to join the Veterans Honor Flight of Southern Illinois welcome home celebration for Flight 2, from 8 to 10 p.m. today at Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois.

ZEIGLER — An audit report from accountant Dennis Uhls provides a final number of how much former Zeigler treasurer Ryan Thorpe allegedly stole from the city and recommends a change-up in commissioner seats.

ELKVILLE — Most Americans have shoes they no longer wear hiding in a corner of their closet or somewhere in their homes. Maybe the toes pinch or heels slip. Maybe the color wasn’t as perfect as it seemed in the…

ANDERSON, Jessie and Anthhony, a daughter, Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

COBDEN — A decade ago, Linda Austin and Bob Hageman visited the Union County museum in Cobden and were having a frank discussion about when they'd get around to starting that art gallery they'd always dreamed of opening.

Officials say a preventative drug now offered by the Jackson County Health Department has the potential to virtually eliminate new cases of HIV in the region within a generation.

A vulture perches in a tree along the shore of Crab Orchard Lake in the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge on Friday morning.

Keith Fletcher, pastor of Johnston City Free Will Baptist Church, was sworn in Tuesday as chaplain for Johnston City Police Department during the city council meeting.

MARION — Shawnee Preparedness and Response Coalition hosted its seventh annual Southern Illinois Regional Disaster Conference Weathering the Storm 2017 on Tuesday in the Pavilion of the City of Marion.