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PERCY — Maura Ayala has lived a unique American experience.

ADAMS, Brittany and Sean, a daughter, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

METROPOLIS — The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan’s #ThirtyDays tour of America landed him in Southern Illinois on day three. His day trip to Metropolis proved nostalgic, humorous and emotional for the singer who was elevated to fame in the…

John Metzger, commander of VFW District 15 and Benton VFW Post 2671 has announced the names of winners in the district’s 2016-17 Voice of Democracy, audio essay contest. The contest is open to students in ninth through twelfth grades.

HERRIN — After a long, bitter election cycle fraught with mudslinging, fake news and some of the most negative campaigns ads ever to created, some schools and teachers chose not to watch the inauguration in their classrooms. Kolbie Stuck, reading…

A 21-year-old Chicago woman suffered major injuries in a crash Thursday on Illinois 148 in Williamson County, according to Illinois State Police.

While Aur Beck was working on a solar project in the Caribbean last year, he was asked by friends to attend a meeting of "100 Men Who Give a Damn."

CARBONDALE — When Kimberly L. Dahlen was appointed the first female associate judge in the First Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois in 1990, not everyone was happy to see a woman on the bench.

A call indicating an "(expletive) terrorist" event against Sesser-Valier School was received at about 5:20 p.m. Tuesday, according to the school's website.

During the 35th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast on Monday, Jason Short of Short Enterprises was given a certificate of appreciation by Linda Flowers and Ed Dorsey, incoming and outgoing NAACP Carbondale Branch presidents.