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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Rend Lake College invites students and community members to an open house and meet and greet reception in honor of President ...

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

Rend Lake College Athletic Director Tim Wills is searching for a new head baseball coach and assistant athletic director ...