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, ...

Justice Amy Sholar has officially announced her candidacy for continued service on the Illinois Fifth District Appellate ...

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.

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Southern 7 Health Department (S7HD) has confirmed a positive test for West Nile Virus (WNV) in mosquitoes for the southern ...

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

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

City leaders got a firsthand look Monday night at a tourism initiative aimed at putting Benton’s historic square on the map — ...