Carterville News

As the Oberg children stood bundled up on Mill Street beside the SIUC Touch of Nature float and waited for the start of the 2009 Lights Fantastic Parade Saturday, only two words were on their minds: "The lights," said 12-year-old Zamora, 10-year-old Grace and seven-year-old James, almost simultaneously.

Last updated on 11/17/2009 at 9:33 p.m. The Student Association is moving closer to providing a rental car service for NIU.

Administrators are hoping the launch of a new Web site will help stop the trend of declining enrollment.

The city is under a boil water order until further notice. According to a press release from the Water & Sewer Department, you may experience water outages until repairs are complete to a large break on Virginia Street.

As the flu spreads, folks in some areas are rushing to doctors offices and flooding local pharmacies.

Marion, Ill. a ' Marguerite L. Koehler, 91, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009, at her home.

A motorcycle accident in Carterville claimed the life of a Cambria man. Deputies say the accident happened at the intersection of Greenbrier road and Vermont road, a little before noon Saturday.

One of the largest construction projects in the state is set to start soon in Williamson County.

A fire caused a scare at an S-I-U research lab this Wednesday afternoon. It happened at the coal technology lab in Carterville.

Three and a half years. Such a short amount of time in this journey that is life, but for me it quickly came to mean so much more.

New Country, Z100 is teaming up with Starview Vineyards in Cobden to raise money for St.

Vincent Hill, 8, left, and Micah Traylor, 6, spray paint disks cut from fallen tree limbs with the help of Darin Drummond, a senior from Quincy studying accounting and member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, at the Carbondale Boys and Girls Club Saturday.

A court in southern Illinois today will begin determining custody of Richard "Ricky" Chekevdia, the little boy found hidden in a wall at his grandmother's house two years after disappearing with his mother.

A workforce initiative in Southern Illinois hopes to ensure the number of nurses remains steady for the next decade.

It's been a hot topic of conversation for nearly a week among parents and politicians, and this morning, President Barack Obama addressed American school children.

" September 1, 2009. Governor Pat Quinn was joined by Representative John Bradley , Senator Gary Forby and other officials in Marion today to announce the Illinois Route 13 six-lane expansion project.

Everyday it's part of the commute for thousands but soon it will be the site of a massive expansion project.

Ground will soon be broken to widen Route 13. However, it will take FIVE fucking years and nine figures to add 12 piddley feet of concrete to each side of 13 between Marion and Carterville.

It's full speed ahead for a major highway expansion project in Southern Illinois.

The Whirlpool workers will be down for a little while, but they can't let it continue to get them down." Evansville may be wise to borrow a page from Herrin, Ill.'s playbook for surviving the loss of a major manufacturer.