Jackson County is continuing efforts to reestablish its animal control operations following the closure of the Humane Society ...

Legend has it, more than a half-century ago, a series of sightings of what would be known as the Big Muddy Monster occurred in Murphysboro.

Early Saturday morning, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office said they responded to a disturbance involving two people who ...

Fire officials say the drastic reduction is the result of changes in modern construction and home furnishings. They say newer materials ignite faster, burn hotter and produce more toxic smoke. That is ...

Terri Bryant, R-Murphysboro, is once again calling for change in the Illinois Department of Corrections. The Southern previously reported dozens of correctional officers being hospitalized since ...

Despite soaking fields in Marion, campers happily participated in drills and training at SIU’s youth soccer camps.

U.S. Rep Mike Bost argues that Illinois law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted after Election Day violates the federal ...

More than a thousand people gathered in downtown Carbondale on Saturday for the largest anti-Trump protest in Southern ...

The former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced on June 13, on federal corruption charges. He was also given ...

U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Muphysboro, and two Illinois delegates to the Republican National Convention first filed the lawsuit against the Illinois State Board of Elections in May 2022 — alleging that ...

The "No Kings" rally at Morton Park drew more than 530 participants, the largest turnout yet for a series of protests against President Donald Trump's administration that have been held at this park ...

The Supreme Court said its ruling will focus on whether Bost, of Murphysboro, in his role as a political candidate, has legal grounds to sue over a state’s election law, rather than if Illinois’ ...