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BEASLEY, Debra and NEAL, Kyle, a daughter, Sunday, March 19, 2017, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

COBDEN — When they’re roaming Cobden’s wide-open pastures, the buffalo of Bison Bluff Farms are perfectly docile, gentle giants. Enclosed in a steel pen and prodded along for shots and deworming, they have a tendency to get irritable.

SIU will celebrate innovation and creativity with Da Vinci Days from April 3 to April 7.

The state has placed on indefinite probation the license of a medical doctor who runs a clinic in Marion that advertises it is sympathetic to patients seeking access to the state’s medical marijuana program.

HERRIN — Carterville Boy Scout Gabriel Ballard is helping give child abuse a voice through his Eagle Scout project.

CARTERVILLE — April’s consolidated election will see the vacancy of two spots on the John A. Logan College Board of Trustees, and four candidates have stepped up to fill them.

VIENNA — Darius Saddler has already planned what he'll be wearing April 7: A tan-and-white-striped polo shirt, beige khaki pants, his own jacket and a pair of his own shoes.

COLP — Although Thursday morning was rainy and overcast, the rain cleared in time for a groundbreaking at 11:30 a.m. at the site of a new playground to be erected in Colp.

HERRIN — Because several residents have expressed interest in having chickens in their backyards, Herrin City Council hosted a public hearing to allow citizens to comment on the issue.

The sun rises on a grain mill March 15 in Steeleville during the last week of winter. Spring began Monday.