Marion News

The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center is announcing plans for the $3,000 grant it recently received from Illinois American Water through its 2012 Environmental Grant Program.

Patrick "Pat" Souders, age 62, of Brookport passed away at 8:40 p.m. Monday, May 21, 2012, at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah.

Authorities say they've identified the victim of a deadly house fire in the southern Illinois city of Marion as a 28-year-old man.

Road construction report for the week of May 3rd from Illinois Department of Transportation.

MARION, Ill. - Some 40,000 child-care providers across Illinois soon may have to weather a financial letdown now that the status of state subsidies for such services is in question, affecting more than 85,000 low-income parents who get state-underwritten day care help.