Murphysboro News

Sharon R. Tash, 59, passed away at 2:14 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at Alton Memorial Hospital with her family by her side.

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- A man who helped a former Carbondale police officer rob a bank in 2008 has been ordered to spend seven years in prison.

Currently, gun owners must have a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card or FOID card to possess a firearm or buy ammunition.

Authorities are investigating an early morning shooting in Murphysboro. It happened just before 2 a.m. Wednesday in the 500 block of Dewitte Street in Murphysboro.

Most towns across Southern Illinois have warning sirens, but only a few are as prepared as Murphysboro, because it's classified as storm ready.

MURPHYSBORO, IL - The dilemma about what to do with the Jackson County Rehab and Care center is moving one step forward.

The lights were dimmed, the music was loud and the crowd was as eager as the three bands that performed Saturday night at Hangar 9. The Heat Tape, Owls and Crows and Troubadour Dali played for an audience that grew more packed as the night went on.

Thanks to a mandate from the healthcare reform law, all insurance plans will have to cover birth control.

It seemed like the Jackson County board was close to selling the Rehab and Care Center in Murphysboro to a private company that planned to replace it.

Serious barbecue freaks know that Mike Mills is affectionately called "The Legend." The champion pit master and restaurateur is behind the famous baby back ribs and pulled pork at 17th Street Bar & Grill in Murphysboro, Illinois, and Memphis Championship Barbecue in Las Vegas.

Aides to Gov. Pat Quinn have been meeting quietly with a handful of legislators to discuss closing state institutions for people with mental illnesses and disabilities, leading a key union to claim Monday that Quinn is trying to exclude the public from important decisions about government jobs and services.

LaQuinta M. Douglas, 25, of Carbondale was arrested an charged with aggravated domestic battery.