Carbondale News

Efforts during the past 7 years to bring next-generation 911 service to southern Illinois was extolled as a blueprint for others to follow as they contemplate similar migrations during a recent webinar presented by the National 911 Program Office.

"It's been a long road," Sheldon Turner told them, adding that he and Meghan Grant will be in touch, even after the seniors graduate.

Egyptian Revival Day Spa & Wellness Center has announced it will close at the end of August.

Louis Regional Airport, in Bethalto, and Southern Illinois Airport, in Carbondale, will remain open.

Cadet Ben Donohoo of the U.S. Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 205 at Southern Illinois University of Carbondale has been awarded the Commander's Scholarship.

A Jackson County girl is among those representing southern Illinois in the upcoming Arthritis Foundation Walk.

Warmer weather means more panhandlers are popping up on street corners in Carbondale.

' 1863: Lincoln's Pivotal Year ' edited by Harold Holzer, Sara Vaughn Gabbard and Michael B. Ballard 216 pages, $32.95 President Lincoln, shown sitting with members of his Cabinet, was the pivotal historical figure in the pivotal year of 1863.

A Matteson, Ill. man was arrested early Friday morning after someone reported at person with a gun to Carbondale police.

People in the Carbondale area can receive free limited dental work on May 31 as part of Free Dentistry Day.

Governor Pat Quinn is expected to fill a couple of empty seats on the board of trustees for Southern Illinois University.

On Tuesday, police responded to the 200 block of South Wall Street in reference to a report of a burglary from someone's car.

A Southern Illinois University assistant political science professor in Carbondale is accusing the university of sex discrimination, claiming she was wrongly passed over for tenure that ultimately went to three men.

The FBI is asking for the public's help in solving a series of threats against the SIU campus last fall.

The FBI is asking for the public's help in identifying who made threats against Southern Illinois University in Carbondale last fall.

Like scores of other airports across the country, St. Louis Downtown Airport near Cahokia has been coping with federally mandated furloughs for its one-dozen air traffic controllers.

The Southern Illinoisan reports Jake Baggott is to begin his new role as executive director of the University of Alabama-Birmingham's health & wellness program in July.

The Southern Illinoisan reports Jake Baggott is to begin his new role as executive director of the University of Alabama-Birmingham's health-and-wellness program in July.

But, what if city councils, village boards and township boards had the authority to approve an ordinance that protected those incumbents from losing? What if an ordinance could be written and approved to protect one party or faction at the expense of other parties or factions? It's called redistricting.