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Golf tournament raises funds for kids across southern Illinois
BENTON, IL — The local community is golfing for a cause to raise money for kids in southern Illinois. The 33rd Annual Fundraiser and Golf Scramble starts at 7 a.m. on Monday, July 22, at the Franklin County Country Club south of West Frankfort, raising money for the Coats for Kids program.
Sunday Night Swatting Incident in Carrier Mills under Investigation
CARRIER MILLS – A swatting incident is under investigation in Saline County. Carrier Mills Police Chief Scott Isaacs says the Saline County Sheriff’s Office received a phone call around 8:15 Sunday night from an individual who had claimed he had shot and killed his father. The caller further...
Vienna-Goreville Cancels Season; CWC to Receive Forfeit Week 3
For the 3rd time in the last 4 seasons, Vienna-Goreville will not play a varsity football schedule. The announcement came last week as BDC teams scrambled to find another opponent to fill the empty week on their schedule. For Carmi-White County, they will once again have a bye week during week 3.
Carbondale Local Liquor Control Commission and City Council to hold Tuesday meeting
CARBONDALE, Ill. — The Carbondale Local Liquor Control Commission and City Council will hold a meeting at 6 p.m., Tuesday, July 23, in the City Council Chambers. See the attached PDF for the meeting's agenda.
Carbondale Police search for a missing person
The Carbondale Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing person. Officers say 20-year-old Mandy Pope of Carbondale was last seen in the 1000 block of East Walnut at about 4 p.m. on Saturday. Pope is described as a white female, approximately five feet tall,...
6 new members to enter the Saluki Hall of Fame
SIU athletics announced the 2024 Saluki Hall of Fame class on Monday. The six-person class features former Swimming and Diving Coach Rick Walker, swimmer Jorge Delgado, football defensive back Korey Lindsey, baseball third baseman Rick Murray, women's basketball player Rishonda Napier and athletic trainer Sally Perkins. They will be formally...
In Small-Town Illinois, A Little Church Says Goodbye
First Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, Illinois, survived a tornado, church schisms and a pair of worldwide pandemics in its more than a century and a half of ministry in this small Southern Illinois town, about an hour east of St. Louis. For 156 years, church members gathered to sing...
Applications Open for the 2024 Carbondale Steering Committee
CARBONDALE – Do you love Carbondale? Do you have ideas about how Carbondale could continue to thrive? If so, you have an opportunity to be involved in shaping the City of Carbondale’s future. Since the 2010 plan, Carbondale has evolved, along with market preferences. Now is the time to update the plan to reflect the changes the city is experiencing and set a positive course of action for the future.
NWS Says At Least 27 Tornadoes In Chicago Area On July 15th
During the evening hours of July 15, a well-organized and long-lived complex of thunderstorms rolled across Iowa, Illinois and parts of Indiana. Widespread damaging winds of 60 to locally 100 mph were observed within the line, especially from eastern Iowa, northern Illinois, and central Illinois. In addition, at least 27 occurred in the NWS Chicago County Warning Area.
Authorities finding skimmers in Kentucky retail, grocery stores
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky authorities are warning the community about credit card skimmers appearing in retail and grocery stores. In a post on social media, Elizabethtown Police said over the past few months, they've had three cases of skimmers being set up in retail stores at both self checkout and staffed checkout counters.
Push for natural gas detectors grows in Illinois a year after Oak Park explosion
OAK PARK, Ill. - A year has passed since a massive explosion in Oak Park leveled an apartment building, claiming the life of one man and displacing 12 residents. In response, there is a growing push to install natural gas detectors in every home across Illinois. Proponents argue that the...
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