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G-K Food Pantry extends thanks
The Genoa-Kingston Food Pantry would like to extend its thanks to those who so willingly donated food during the Genoa Days parade.
News 3 has compiled a list of Independence Day Celebrations in southern Illinois.
Bowhunters strike it big on Kaskaskia
The first big bowfishing tournament on the lower Kaskaskia River was such a hit Saturday, more events of its ilk may be on the way.
Bowfishing tourney slated for Kaskaskia River
The first major bowfishing tourney on the lower Kaskaskia River will commence Saturday at the break of dawn.
Children's museum, other ideas voiced for old YMCA
Members of the committee set up to determine what to do with the old downtown YMCA building tossed around ideas Wednesday submitted by Belleville residents.
Engineer wins legal award for helping disadvantaged
Larry Thomason said he gets so much satisfaction from volunteering legal work for the less privileged that he doesn't need awards but he still will be pleased to accept the Robert B. Teitelman Distinguished Service Award from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri on Thursday.
10 Illinois State Historic Sites Open 7 Days a Week
During this bicentennial year of 16th President Abraham Lincoln's birth, 10 Illinois state historic sites, many with Lincoln connections, will open seven days a week this month for the summer tourist season.
Historian finally decifers meaning of a pimiteouia
A Chicago-area historian has helped the Tazewell County Museum and Education Center decode a Native American word that has been known in the Peoria area for a long time but not totally understood.
Water, flood control projects receive stimulus funds
U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello announced Tuesday that water and flood control projects in Southwestern Illinois have received more than $147 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Re-opening state historical sites is a happy time for site managers
I don't know how people will react to the re-opening of several state historic sites around the area Thursday, but I know there were some happy site managers even with short notice for preparations.
ELLIS GROVE, Ill.-- Fourteen of the state's tourist sites are now open again. They were closed late last year by former governor Rod Blagojevich.
14 state historic sites to reopen
Randy Jackson never really left his job when the Lincoln Log Cabin near Charleston closed a few months ago.
Southwestern Illinois College baseball coach Neil Fiala started Saturday stuck on career win No.
Auction will benefit French Historic District sites
An auction to benefit French Historic District sites is at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at The Bullpen, 101 North VanBuren Street.
IDOT holds meeting on Miss. River Bridge interchange
The Illinois Department of Transportation will hold a meeting March 5 to inform the public on the proposed Illinois 3 and Mississippi River Bridge interchange in Fairmont City.
Versatile Potters product signs to play at Edwardsville
Morton senior soccer player Kristin Dierker signed with Division I Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville on Wednesday.
What a way to start a year: A polar plunge into 30-degree water
Smitty's Marina in New Athens welcomed a large crowd to watch the annual Polar Bear Jump into the Kaskaskia River on Thursday.
Gebke joins SIU College of Business staff
Jill M. Gebke is the new director of enrollment management for the College of Business at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
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