News
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Nearly 300 new Illinois laws take effect in 2025Dec 27, 2024 1:51 pm - They include digital driver’s licenses, salary transparency and health insurance changes
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Carbondale man charged with murder of motherDec 20, 2024 8:18 am - A Carbondale man is in jail on charges that he killed his mother earlier this year. A judge on Monday ordered that William L. Walters, 65, be detained pending his Jan. 7 ...
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Monarch butterflies proposed as threatened speciesDec 20, 2024 8:16 am - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is proposing federal protections for the monarch butterfly. The service Thursday, Dec. 12, proposed to list the monarch butterfly a...
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Electoral Board upholds objections to city council candidatesDec 13, 2024 7:58 am - Two candidates for Carbondale City Council were removed from contention Tuesday after the city's Municipal Officers Electoral Board upheld objections to their candidacies...
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SIU, Aisin partner to provide employees with degrees, experienceDec 13, 2024 7:57 am - The School of Applied Engineering and Technology at SIU Carbondale is cooperating with a Marion electronics manufacturer to educate workers. The university and AISIN Elec...
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Little Grassy Lake to be completely drainedDec 13, 2024 7:57 am - U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials plan to drain Little Grassy Lake this month, saying the dramatic step is needed to stave off a potential "cascade of infrastructure failu...
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City acquires three blighted propertiesDec 06, 2024 8:46 am - The city is purchasing three blighted residential properties with the goal of seeing them become new homes. At its late-November meeting, the Carbondale City Council vot...
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Birding at Rend LakeDec 06, 2024 8:44 am - Rend Lake is the largest lake in southern Illinois; the 18,900 acres of water and 21,000 acres of surrounding parks and protected lands provide outstanding habitat for wa...
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11 charged in regional meth ringDec 06, 2024 8:42 am - Nearly a dozen individuals from across the region have been arrested and charged in connection with distributing methamphetamine across a five-county area. The U.S. Attor...
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Conservative group asks U.S. Supreme Court to review Bost challengeDec 06, 2024 8:40 am - The conservative group Judicial Watch is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case filed by U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro, challenging Illinois’ law allowing ma...