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TAMMS — Bats looking to spend the colder months in the Magazine Mine in Tamms can sleep easy this winter. Their hibernaculum is being donated to the Organization for Bat Conservation.

ABELL, Destiny and VEACH, Dustin, a daughter, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

DU QUOIN — While the midway at the state fairgrounds in Du Quoin on Saturday afternoon shook itself awake to the sound of rumbling generators and rock music, a day of competition was well underway in the cattle barns behind…

A person is dead after being struck by a vehicle while riding a bicycle in Carterville.

CHESTER — With barely a moment to catch a breath from Monday’s eclipse celebrations, Randolph County officials begin the countdown to the Illinois Bicentennial on Saturday. Local leaders are seeing this as a point of reflection — recognizing the hard…

One person was injured after a semitrailer collided with a farm tractor Thursday in Hardin County, according to Illinois State Police.

ZEIGLER — The city treasurer is on administrative leave after FBI agents raided City Hall on Thursday morning.

MARION — The center aisle in Goddard Chapel in the Marion City Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon was strewn with rose petals. Light poured through the stained glass windows and the pews were banded by ribbons in preparation for a wedding.

One man was injured Tuesday in a crash near railroad tracks in Percy.

ORIENT — The city of Orient and its nearly 350 residents quietly saw a milestone come and go last week — on Aug. 17, the settlement turned 100.