Marion News

SPRINGFIELD a ' In October, the Illinois Liquor Control Commission conducted compliance checks around the state and visited 98 businesses licensed to sell liquor.

A team of senior Veterans' Affairs officials will arrive at the Marion, Ill. VA Medical Center Thursday to begin recommending changes following a new report on its operations, the results of which Illinoisans in Congress labeled "appalling." During a meeting in Washington today with Illinois Gov.

An Army veteran who authorities say threatened to go on a shooting rampage at a Veterans Affairs hospital in southern Illinois has been indicted on a gun charge.

Serious safety issues continued to plague a southern Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital even after major surgeries were suspended two years ago because of a spike in patient deaths, according to a federal report released Monday.

Beginning November 8th Cape Air, one of the largest independent airlines in the United States, launches air service from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport to Cape Girardeau, Missouri and the towns of Quincy and Marion, Illinois.

Gov. Pat Quinn says he doesn't expect politics to get in the way of his plan to borrow about $900 million so the state has cash to pay its bills.

MARION, Ill. - A former Southern Illinois foster parent has been sentenced to seven years in prison after admitting in court that he had inappropriate sexual relations with two of his female foster children.

It's been nearly two years since Illinois banned smoking inside restaurants and bars, but with the economy on the rocks, all bar owners are looking to get an edge over the competition and some choose to break the law.

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

Folks who think the new media's attack blogs and partisanship are something new are either rather young or slept through - or never studied - media history.

An Army veteran being held on charges that he threatened a shooting rampage at a Veterans Affairs hospital in southern Illinois has a history of menacing behavior involving family and firearms, court records show.

Arrest and booking photo for John Gotti , provided by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

The UN founder is still preparing for his sentencing hearing, which is now scheduled for Nov.

The keen eyes of some Southern Illinois educators prevent an adult from walking the halls of a Heartland high school.

A local 4-H group this week marks the roots that defined what it became 60 years later.

An area hospital may have to turn away hundreds of patients as early as next week.

The Superintendent of Marion Schools said administrators are working hard to be pro-active before the virus strikes.

An emotional reunion for a group of soldiers home after fighting for a year in Afghanistan.

MARION, Ill. - Illinois state health investigators say they've completed their probe of a surgical fire that killed a patient at a hospital in the southern Illinois community of Marion.

Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 13 for a Southern Illinois man convicted of shooting his wife and a police officer a year ago in Marion.