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A Chevrolet Bel Air is parked on Lincoln Boulevard Wednesday in Chester.

CARBONDALE — Emergency crews are in Day 2 of search and rescue efforts for a Southern Illinois-based plane that went down near Wetzel and Harrison counties in West Virginia.

CHESTER — Entering it’s 38th year, Chester’s Popeye Picnic has evolved into not only celebrating its namesake, but also about the event’s evolving cast of characters.

WILLIAMSON COUNTY — Williamson County State’s Attorney Brandon Zanotti has tried to become something of a problem solver in facing the opioid epidemic that faces the region.

A plane that went missing Tuesday in West Virginia, may belong to a local couple. Carterville First United Methodist Church posted on their Facebook page that the plane belonging to a family member of a church member went down.

A farm is lit by early morning sun Wednesday off of Ballpark Road near Steeleville.

PINCKNEYVILLE — On the first day that Perry County nominating petitions could be picked up for March 2018 elections, two were picked up for sheriff and one for county clerk, even as the people in those positions have announced their…

SALINE COUNTY — Harrisburg city officials and the Harrisburg Fire Department are asking for the public’s help in collecting badly needed mosquito repellent supplies for communities devastated by Hurricane Harvey.

Folds Of Honor

ADAMS, Laura and Christopher, a daughter, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.