Metropolis News

Investigators say a 2-year-old boy has drowned in a relative's pool in the southern Illinois tourist town of Metropolis.

A planned riverfront development in Superman's adoptive home of Metropolis is being foiled by the recession.

Jul. 1--Delta Air Lines' decision to cut daily Barkley Regional Airport flights from three to two in August has business travelers seeing red.

The recession is delaying plans to revitalize the Metropolis riverfront. City leaders say all development proposals will be pushed back, until the economy turns around.

METROPOLIS, Ill. -- The actress who first portrayed Lois Lane is getting her own statue.

I recently returned home from the trip of a lifetime. I went to the Airborne Festival in Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy, France, to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion during World War II on June 6, 1944.

Thousands of people will travel to Metropolis, Ill., to celebrate the "Man of Steel" this weekend for the Superman Celebration 2009.

Both men who escaped from the Hardin Co. Jail last week are now back behind bars.

A dog's barking lead a Wheaton woman to find a naked baby boy who still had some of the umbilical cord attached in a yard at about 7:45 a.m. today in the 800 block of East Michigan Street in Wheaton.

The villain is the economy. Despite being about $70,000 shy of the funding needed to cast a figure in the image of the fictional 'Daily Planet' reporter, this town of 6,000 residents says it's going forward with a ground breaking.

There are superhero costume contests, midway rides, film events, seminars, Superman Jeopardy, a Sunday car show, even a real Superman walking the streets in red cape and blue tights.

CHICAGO a ' Hundreds of people are expected this week to raise their right hand, "take the Superman stance" and pledge themselves to "truth, justice and the American way," becoming the first honorary citizens of Metropolis, Ill., a ' after paying $20 for the privilege.

Sun files Concert goers fill seats outside Harrah's Metropolis Casino and Hotel in 2008 for a dusk Wayne Newton concert.

Paula Haney, the pie princess behind Hoosier Mama Pie Company runs the show at this tiny West Town pie shop with a cute, retro vibe.

A longtime member of the Metropolis Illinois community has died. Richard Corzine Senior died yesterday morning at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah.

Police arrested three people accused of selling crack cocaine to undercover agents.

Metropolis Parks and Recreation Director Priscilla Abell explains the process they went through to make the city's pool drain system compliant with a new federal law.

Country singer/songwriter Josh Turner will take on a healthy portion of late-spring and summer tour dates behind his most recent album, 2007's "Everything Is Fine." The tour is set to stop by casinos, amphitheaters and fairgrounds across the nation through late September.

Looking for an interesting getaway from the usual weekend road trips? Try visiting Metropolis, Illinois - the United States' official home of Superman.

The new musical "Wilds Goat" by Tony Award winning composer/lyricist Mark Hollmann and Daily Herald writer Jack Helbig has its Chicago-area premiere at Steel Beam Theatre in St.