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CALVERT, Justine and Brandon, a son, Sunday, March 26, 2017, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

PINCKNEYVILLE — Perry-Jackson Child Advocacy Center hosted its 15th annual Family Fun Day at Pinckneyville Fairgrounds grandstand. The event promotes Child Abuse Awareness Month, as well as positive family relationships.

PINCKNEYVILLE — Investigators and child-welfare advocates want the public's help in helping children who might be facing abuse or neglect.

WEST FRANKFORT — A former West Frankfort resident was the victim of an apparent murder-suicide Tuesday in Creve Coeur, Illinois. At approximately 3:55 p.m. April 4, Creve Coeur Police Department received a request to check the welfare of the residents…

A 51-year-old missing man being sought by the Highland Police Department was found dead in Franklin County, according to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.

CAIRO — Lights will soon be on in one more building on Cairo’s Sycamore Street. If all goes as planned, a new grocery store will open in town this fall.

BENTON — Even after protectors intervene, children in Illinois too often end up being abused again, and in some cases they wind up dead.

CARBONDALE — On a technicality, one board member stopped the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees on Thursday from taking up a proposal to allow the Carbondale campus to borrow money from the Edwardsville campus.

Leon S. Johnson, 41, of Herrin pleaded guilty on Thursday to a one-count indictment of possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine, according to U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Donald S. Boyce.

The National Weather Service confirmed on Thursday that a tornado touched down Wednesday in Williamson County.