The first school report card issued under Illinois’ new, revised scoring system shows higher student proficiency rates in ...

The leaves are changing, the nights are getting longer, the smell of pumpkin spice is in the air — and deer are on the move. The Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois Department of ...

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 ...

Eighth grade: Maggie A. Caby, Alyssa J. Coffey, Callie J. Davis, Addison M. Gottschammer, Brayden C. Juenger, Erin A. Liefer, Rylie D. Myers Diego Perez, Trayton I ...

The Beaucoup Creek Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution named their 2022 Good Citizens. Winners are Landen Swiney of Du Quoin; Alexis Degler of Pinckneyville; Emily Guest of Nashville; ...

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 ...

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 ...

Junior Callahan Roper etched himself firmly in the annals of Marion football history with a record-breaking performance by throwing seven touchdown passes to lead the Wildcats back to the playoffs ...

MARION - Marion Unit 2 school board president Joe Bleyer addressed recent bizarre social-media rumors that the district was adding litter boxes to the restrooms for students who wished to dress up in ...

Ellen Annette Skelton, age 91 years, a former resident of rural Vienna, passed away Friday afternoon, Oct. 3, 2025, at 12:20 p.m. at River’s Bend Retirement Community of Kuttawa, Ky. Annette, as she ...

Nate Beeler cartoon on Donald Trump splitting the GOP.

"We are trying to maintain continuity," said Knight Hawk Coal Co. president Steve Carter this week after the reserves at the south portal of the Prairie Eagle mine were depleted in July, while the ...