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BENTON – Another wrinkle has unfolded in the high profile dispute between two Southern Illinois banks.

MURPHYSBORO — St. Andrew School in Murphysboro is out of room, but a solution is on the horizon.

WILLIAMSON COUNTY — The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency will hold a one day hazardous waste collection Saturday, May 13 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Aisin Manufacturing, 11000 Redco Drive, in Marion.

A juvenile male from Red Bud suffered major injuries Thursday in a two-vehicle crash in Perry County, according to Illinois State Police District 13.

CARBONDALE — A flood warning by the National Weather Service in Paducah was still in effect for Jackson, Union and Alexander counties as of Thursday, but the worst of the flooding — which threatened levees, forced scores of roadway closures…

ALTO PASS — Signs warn Motorists who regularly travel Illinois 127 south of Alto Pass, from Rhine Road north to Chestnut Street, that the road is closed to all traffic.

One person was killed in a crash Wednesday, Williamson County Coroner Junior Burke said.

EDWARDSVILLE — In a special meeting, the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees on Wednesday authorized a plan to allow the Carbondale campus to borrow from the Edwardsville campus until which time the state of Illinois approves a full annual…

CARBONDALE — The smiles were sometimes bigger than the catch Wednesday morning during the annual Fishing Expedition for Special Populations at Bleyer Lake, near Carbondale, or at least until Andrew from Our Directions in Herrin hooked a turtle.

Officials reopened the Chester Bridge on Wednesday morning, almost a week after it was closed because of floodwaters on May 4.