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CARBONDALE — Due to road construction, College Street at the west side of Illinois Avenue will be closed through Friday, July 27.

With weather forecasts predicting temperatures to be well above 90 degrees and high humidity through the weekend, those in animal welfare warn to give some thoughts to pets.

HARRISBURG — Despite the heat, over 60 young people gathered Thursday morning for the 15th Annual Fowler-Bonan Foundation Clothes for Kids Jr. Golf Day at the Shawnee Hills Country Club in Harrisburg.

One person is dead and two people are injured after a crash involving three semitrailers on Interstate 57 that closed a southbound portion of the interstate for seven hours Thursday.

WILLIAMSON COUNTY — The Illinois Department of Transportation is alerting motorists of a ramp closure effective today through Monday, July, 24 for the Illinois 148 on ramp to northbound I-57.

GALATIA — When Jim and Dan Harris laid their mother to rest this spring, little did they know that her grave site would be disturbed within a matter of months as the cemetery was prepared for undermining.

Helping to relieve the heat and provide fun for children from the Alice Wright Early Childhood Day Care and other children in the neighborhood, Carbondale Fire Department firefighters opened a hydrant at Parrish Park for kids to run through cool…

MURPHYSBORO — Dozens of people crowded into a Jackson County Board meeting Tuesday night, pleading for and arguing against a proposed resolution that would have designated the county as “safe and welcoming” to immigrants.

MURPHYSBORO — Routine mosquito testing has identified the first batch of mosquitoes positive for West Nile virus in Jackson County in 2017. The mosquitoes were collected July 12 near Murphysboro.

A man was arrested Tuesday on charges including unlawful restraint after an incident at First Bank, according to Carbondale Police Department.