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GRAND TOWER — Rescuers are still searching the Mississippi River for a teen and a man who were reportedly caught up in a current and pulled underwater Sunday afternoon.

ABSHER, Sarah and Barrett, a daughter, Monday, June 26, 2017, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

CHRISTOPHER — News of a new, independent brewery opening in Southern Illinois has almost become commonplace — as the new wave of the independent beer movement pours its way into a second decade, it’s no longer cause for tremendous buzz…

A Canadian man suffered minor injuries after a single-vehicle crash Friday in Union County, according to Illinois State Police district 22.

Carbondale Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that took place at about 10:59 p.m. Friday at a business in the 1900 block of South Illinois Avenue.

A Ewing man suffered major injuries after a motorcycle crash at about 2:18 p.m. Friday in Randolph County, according to Illinois State Police district 13.

Divers recovered the body of a man who fell from a boat while fishing Friday morning in the Johnson Creek area of Kinkaid Lake, according to an officer with the Illinois Conservation Police.

A Mulkeytown woman suffered severe injuries after she was involved in a traffic crash on Sunday.

HARRISBURG — Saline County Sheriff Keith Brown will head back to the fiscal drawing board after officials met Wednesday in Harrisburg to try to stop impending Sheriff's Office layoffs from occurring.

A West Frankfort man has has died as a result of injuries suffered in a collision Tuesday between a motorcycle and an automobile, according to a Wednesday news release from Williamson County Coroner Mike "Junior" Burke.