Originally from the Baltimore area, Anthony Copeland has spent the last two decades in western Kentucky where rose up the ranks at the Paducah Police Department.

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, ...

Justice Amy Sholar has officially announced her candidacy for continued service on the Illinois Fifth District Appellate ...

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 ...

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

Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary of the President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the law that created Medicaid and Medicare.

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

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

Just a few weeks after 34 teams descended upon Marion for the Pinto 8U International Baseball Classic, the Colt World Series ...