Fred E. Harvey, 98, of Marion passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, at Eden Vista Senior Living in Hoffman Estates, Ill. He was born on May 27, 1927, to Samuel and Elva Sloan Harvey in Huntingburg, ...

The Marion boys basketball team opened the season Friday at Virgil “Cuss” Wilson Gymnasium with a 71-64 South Seven Conference win over Cahokia behind 30 points from new starter sophomore Mahki House ...

Candidates propose solutions on housing, health care and other cost-of-living issues Recent polling by Reuters found that 45% of voters list “cost of living” as their top concern heading into the 2026 ...

Each year, the Illinois State Board of Education releases an annual report card with data showing how students are doing in the basic subjects of reading, writing and math. And each year when those ...

Roseann Morgan, 98, of Bement passed away at 5:03 a.m., Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, at the Clark-Lindsay Village, Urbana. Roseann was born on Nov. 2, 1927, in Bement, the daughter of John and Frances (Kelly ...

First report under new scoring system shows higher proficiency rates, uneven performance The first school report card issued under Illinois’ new, revised scoring system shows higher student ...

The 2025 season for the Marion football team started with quarterback coach Matt Brown still sitting on top of the record list for career passing yardage and touchdown passes and season records in ...

Kamran Mogharreban, 71, of Carbondale, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. He was born on Aug. 7, 1954, to Ismael Mogharreban and Akram (Khorsand) Mogharreban ...

A researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale wants to use agricultural waste products to develop carbon materials specifically designed to trap carbon dioxide, and he has earned a ...

Marion baseball coach Kyle Geiger was hired three years ago and after posting a 20-16 record his first year improved to 25-9 last year winning Marion’s first regional title since 2019 and the South ...

Life itself springs from the ground in the form of water, and a researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is seeking to eliminate PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” from this ...

Herrin came to Marion to open the 2024 high school football season and fought and scrapped its way to a 21-20 lead with a little over 10 minutes left, but the Marion Wildcats rallied to score 22 ...