HERRIN — The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office has launched a new crime-prevention initiative in Herrin. It's in response to what Sheriff Jeff Diederich described as a “troubling rise” in thefts, ...

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 ...