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Editor's Note: Throughout February, The Southern will run a series of profiles of Civil War veterans on Sundays. The profiles are from a special exhibit at the John A. Logan Museum in Murphysboro called "Forgotten Soldiers: Jackson County's African-American Civil…

ALBERTINI, Angela and Mark, a daughter, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

MARION — Veterans Honor Flight of Southern Illinois is looking for donors, veterans, guardians and volunteers.

CARBONDALE — The most storied season in Southern Illinois University athletics history nearly ended with a whimper 50 years ago this March.

CARBONDALE — The Southern Illinois Metropolitan Planning Organization (SIMPO) will host an open-house informational meeting this upcoming Tuesday to gauge public interest in possible roadway improvements between Reed Station Road and U.S. 51.

Two deer mounts are on display in the Hamilton County State's Attorney's office after an investigation found the deer unlawfully harvested in the county, according to a news release from State's Attorney Justin Hood.

It is tax time again, so it’s also time to be vigilant about identity theft and tax refund fraud, according to Union County State’s Attorney Tyler R. Edmonds.

CARBONDALE — Drive by Orlan and Chasity Mays’ garden on Sycamore Street in Carbondale, and there is evidence of a garden.

MCLEANSBORO — A road closure will begin at 7 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, on Illinois 242 (North Washington Street), north of Illinois 14 in McCleansboro, due to railroad crossing repair work. Repairs to the crossing are expected to be completed…

HERRIN — After a tour of Herrin Junior High on Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Bruce Rauner applauded the increase in state funding allocated for K-12 schools this fiscal year and the recent work of a bipartisan commission on school funding reform…