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CARTERVILLE — When the late James and Rosemary “Dee” Childress became high school sweethearts in Carterville in the 1940’s, they did not know their relationship would be so successful it would enable them to make a $1.5 million bequest to…

CARBONDALE — It’s been exactly six months since Ginger Rye’s young grandson witnessed a fatal shooting in the northeast neighborhood of Carbondale while he was walking home from track practice.

BARRINGTON, Brista and Justin, a daughter, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

ENFIELD — As the dust settles in the controversial battle to issue the first high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing permit in Illinois, people in Enfield, where the first operational well will begin production, are waiting to see what drilling will…

Another Carbondale business was robbed early Saturday, again by suspects wearing Halloween-style masks.

BENTON — Many sleepy towns in Southern Illinois are about to wake up as the corn and beans in the fields make their way on trucks to market. Not uncommon are lines down the road of farmers and hired help…

When US Army Capt. (P) William “Will” Thorne, 37, graduated from Massac County High School in 1998 he was looking for a change.

The Southern Illinoisan is in the process of compiling hurricane relief efforts that local businesses and nonprofits are putting together.

Carbondale Park District employee David Nalley scrapes paint from the cupola atop Hickory Lodge on Friday in Carbondale. The historic building houses the park district's administrative offices.

WILLIAMSON COUNTY — The Illinois Department of Transportation is alerting motorists of upcoming lane closures on Interstate 57 in Williamson County beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, Sept. 11 and lasting through Nov. 15.