A Marion man has received the Outstanding Achievement in Workforce and Labor award from Illinois State Treasurer Michael ...

With the score tied and disappointment just 2:07 away the Marion boys basketball team dug deep and held off Mount Vernon to beat the Rams, 39-36, to win its first South Seven Conference championship ...

Jerry Eldon Rich, 89, of Shiloh, born on Jan. 13, 1936, in Eichorn, Ill., passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Feb. 3, 2025. Services were held at Kassly Mortuary in Fairview ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the risk of an outbreak of the bird flu in humans is low, although Illinois’ health department is preparing for the possibility. On Friday, the ...

Betty June Suits, 79, of Rosiclare passed away Feb. 14, 2025, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon. Services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, at Hardin County Funeral Service in ...

Richard Glen Hurford died Feb. 4, 2025, at the age of 57. Richard spent most of his life in Elizabethtown. Services took place Feb. 7 at Hardin County Funeral Service in Rosiclare with interment in ...

Sara “Sally” Schauwecker passed away peacefully Dec. 21, 2024, with her husband, Harry, faithfully by her side along with family and friends. Sally had bravely fought through her dementia and ...

Farms are growing while providing fresh, local food to underserved communities through the Illinois Equitable Access Towards Sustainable Systems (IL-EATS) grant program. Participants in IL-EATS ...

The Marion boys basketball team has hit its stride at the right time heading into the final three games of the regular season on an eight-game winning streak after beating Carbondale, 67-53, and Mt.

The impending closure of a University of Illinois soybean research lab due to federal funding cuts could impede the study of a fungal disease that experts say would decimate the crop if it makes its ...

While it wasn’t exactly saving the best for the last since the Marion boys basketball team still has five games left in the regular season, but senior Kyan Cole made personal history last week with 31 ...