Cairo News

Even though Illinois was considered a slavery-free state, Lydia Titus had to win her freedom four times while living within the state's borders.

From the Village of Downers Grove website : The Illinois Emergency Management Agency encourages everyone to take part inA "The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut" A earthquake drill on February 7, 2012 at 10:15 a.m. More than two million people in the eight-state Central region are expected to participate.

The commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recognized the end of an era as he presented nine students from its lock operator class with graduation certificates at J. Percy Priest Lake, Jan.

The number of candidates for the 12th U.S. House District seat dropped to six Thursday, when the Illinois State Board of Elections removed Republican Teri Newman's name from the March 20 primary ballot.

February marks the start of Black History Month, and SIU Carbondale has several events planned to honor the occasion.

Concerns about rising waters in the Mississippi River have prompted engineers to step up investigations of the Birds Point levee, only partially rebuilt after the government intentionally blew it up last spring, officials said on Tuesday.

Inspectors with the Army Corps of Engineers are performing daily inspections of the area where the Birds Point levee was intentionally breached in May.

More than 200 years ago, a series of major earthquakes struck the Mississippi River Valley along the New Madrid Seismic Zone.

Two former members of the Cairo, Illinois, auxiliary fire department will go to court this winter for arson.

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The explosion of the steamship Sultana on April 27, 1865, was the worst shipwreck in American history.