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OLIVE BRANCH — When the rain wouldn’t quit earlier this month and the Mississippi continued to rise, Alexander County officials looked at what is left of the Len Small Levee and knew one thing — water was going to come…

A Michigan man suffered minor injuries Monday in a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 57.

No one was hurt in a structure fire Saturday in rural Pomona.

MARION — The Marion City Council Meeting on Monday approved the purchase of 40 new mobile radios and 40 new portable radios for a total of $56,948.55.

ALBEEDH, Noof, a daughter, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

MAKANDA — On a sunny Saturday morning at the edge of the Shawnee National Forest, the Midland Hills Country Club neighborhood subdivision officially became Illinois’ first nationally designated Firewise Community.

CARBONDALE — Illinois Department of Transportation is alerting motorists traveling Illinois 3 between Illinois 151 and Chester that the route is reopened. This is at the Jackson/Randolph County Line and Cora Levee area.

CARBONDALE — After earning his undergraduate degree in political science and journalism from the University of Arkansas, Cameron Woods knew that he also wanted to earn a law degree and an advanced degree in higher education.

CARBONDALE — Four years ago, Alan Jake Ludlow was graduating from Mount Zion High School, planning maybe to earn an associate degree from community college.

Matt Donkin was hired as district superintendent of Frankfort Community Unit School District 168, according a a news release from Donkin.