With a unanimous vote Monday, Williamson County commissioners hired Baker Tilly as the county’s new external auditor, selecting one of the nation’s largest accounting firms for the role.

HERRIN — The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office has launched a new crime-prevention initiative in Herrin. It's in response to what Sheriff Jeff Diederich described as a “troubling rise” in thefts, ...

The Manhattan district attorney’s office says John Woeltz, a Paducah native, was fitted with an electronic monitor and ordered to home confinement Thursday.

SESSER — The City of Sesser has been awarded nearly $589,000 in federal funding to replace an aging water main. This major infrastructure upgrade, city officials say, will improve service for both ...

Around 130 people representing school districts in the lower 16 Southern Illinois counties participated in the "School Lunch ...

Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary of the President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the law that created Medicaid and Medicare.

Tom and his son, Colton Weber, cover a Saluki football game at BYU together. Tom retired as SID to help generate Name, Image, ...

The Boys and Girls Club of Southern Illinois is in the midst of an ambitious campaign to raise $860,000 for operations and ...

With a healthcare industry in constant need of workers and a workforce of seniors and retirees looking to get involved, the ...

CARTERVILLE — John A. Logan College Softball has received a commitment from one of the top players in all of Southern ...

A second arrest has been made in connection with Sunday’s deadly shooting in Mount Vernon that left two men dead and five ...

The Jefferson County Historical Society invites the community to its annual Ice Cream Social from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Historical Village in Mount ...