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CAIRO — Cairo Public Utility Co. General Manager Larry Klein said he’s heard it all where it concerns utilities in Cairo. In a small town, rumors echo loudly, and there’s no such thing as anonymity.

CAIRO — Countless theories abound as to what or whom marred Cairo, a once-thriving river town grappling with a public housing crisis, which is only the latest in a century-long string of tragic events to hit this small city in…

CAIRO — Visiting Cairo earlier this month, Sen. Tammy Duckworth said she was alerted to concerns about the utility company and requested 10 years of financial audits from Cairo Public Utility Co. General Manager Larry Klein.

CAIRO — Deena and Harry Williams' 2,400-square-foot craftsman home sits in what they describe as their own corner of Cairo. Nestled quietly in the 2000 block of Elm Street, it has been their family home for more than three decades.

CAIRO — Maren Kasper, HUD Secretary Ben Carson’s senior adviser on Cairo and the Alexander County Housing Authority, and other senior federal housing officials, recently traveled to Cairo to meet with the Cairo Public Utility Co. to seek rate relief…

CAIRO — Cairo Public Utility Co. has found itself in the spotlight related to the housing crisis in Cairo, but utility executives and their consultants say the fingers should be pointing in another direction — toward Springfield.

CAIRO — Cairo Councilman Danny Brown said he’s concerned that there’s another brewing crisis in Cairo that isn’t getting enough attention — this one at City Hall.

BAILEY, ShéNequia, and HUGHES, Appollo, a son, Thursday, July 6, 2017, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

A car crashed into a house Saturday morning in Carbondale, leaving the driver with non-life threatening injuries, according to a news release from Carbondale Police Department.

Marion Police Department responded to a bomb threat at 2:20 p.m. Saturday at Kroger in Marion, according to a news release from Marion Police Chief Dawn Tondini.