Recent polling by Reuters found that 45% of voters list “cost of living” as their top concern heading into the 2026 election.

The Marion boys basketball team opened the season Friday at Virgil “Cuss” Wilson Gymnasium with a 71-64 South Seven Conference win over Cahokia behind 30 points from new starter sophomore Mahki ...

Each year, the Illinois State Board of Education releases an annual report card with data showing how students are doing in the basic subjects of reading, writing and math. And each year when those ...

The 2025 season for the Marion football team started with quarterback coach Matt Brown still sitting on top of the record list for career passing yardage and touchdown passes and season records in ...

Don’t veer for deer on the road this fall, the peak time of year for collisions The leaves are changing, the nights are getting longer, the smell of pumpkin spice is in the air — and deer are on the ...

MARION -- Drivers in Marion will need to find an alternate route beginning on Monday when the on-ramp from Main Street/Old Illinois Route 13 to northbound Interstate 57 will be closed on weekdays from ...

MARION - Marion's new "Mural District," will soon see nine more works as the project continues to move forward. Allison Hasler, Director of Community Programs for Marion, announced the awards in a ...

A researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale wants to use agricultural waste products to develop carbon materials specifically designed to trap carbon dioxide, and he has earned a ...

An estimated 70 people attended the dedication ceremony of the John O'Dell/River to River Trail monument at Herod Springs Baptist Church on Saturday morning. O'Dell, who died in November, is ...

Brenda Kay Dunstan, 83, of rural Elizabethtown died on Saturday Nov. 1, 2025, at Hardin County General Hospital in Rosiclare, surrounded by her family. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, ...

SPRINGFIELD - State Sen. Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg) has been named a Champion of Free Enterprise by the Illinois Chamber of Commerce for his contributions to the defense of free enterprise, and the ...

Myrtle Mae (Hight) Choate, age 101 ½ years, a resident of Vienna and a former resident of rural Grantsburg, passed away Sunday morning, Nov. 23, 2025, at 1:37 a.m. at the Hillview Senior Living and ...