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Lake Egypt Water District has issued a boil water order for customers at the following locations in Goreville: Friendship Loop, Happy Hollow Road, Sullivan Road, Vail Drive, Toler Lane, Goreville Road from Friendship Loop west to Southern Equine Sale Barn.

BENTON — The Fourth of July holiday was business as usual, according to local law enforcement, with many saying they saw little to no bump in incident reports from the holiday weekend.

The story of Miller Grove, a small community of freed African-Americans who settled in Pope County in 1844, is slowly coming into focus through the work of the US Forest Service and students from the SIU Center for Archaeological Investigations.

Three people suffered major injuries in a Williamson County crash on Sunday, Illinois State Police District 13 said in a news release.

A semitrailer rolled over on Interstate 57 South in Franklin County Sunday morning, leaving the driver with non-life-threatening injuries, according to a news release from Illinois State Police District 13.

BEVELY, Tanya and Keith, a son, Friday, June 23, 2017, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

A West Frankfort man was arrested and charged with child pornography and grooming Friday, according to a Franklin County Sheriff's Office news release.

A 19-year-old Casey woman suffered minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash Friday in Williamson County, according to Illinois State Police, district 13.

The victim of a fatal shooting Friday has been identified as Matthew R. Reed, 51, of Herrin.

BELLEVILLE — During the June 19 presentation of the Illinois Society of Sons of the American Revolution Law Enforcement Award, the Lewis and Clark chapter of the SAR honored fallen Chester Police Officer James Brockmeyer.