Murphysboro News

A southern Illinois man faces up to 20 years in federal prison after admitting he robbed a bank this summer.

A Murphysboro woman is dead after a crash in rural Jackson County. Deputies say Lori Maramba, 35, was driving west on Route 149 in DeSoto when she crossed into the eastbound lanes and hit a pick up truck.

A Marion man has pleaded guilty to a federal bank robbery charge. Frederick Goosby, 36, of Marion pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Thursday.

One person is dead following a two vehicle crash in Jackson county. The wreck happened around 5:30p.m. Thursday evening on Illinois highway 149 just west of South Myers Lane in rural Desoto.

A Murphysboro man was arrested Wednesday on charges of posessing child pornography and aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

Southern Illinois University Carbondale's enrollment decreased for the fifth consecutive year to 20,350 students, and the unknown status of the Monetary Award Program grant for the fall 2010 semester could force that number even lower.

Several metro-east bands placed in the Greater St. Louis Marching Band Festival this weekend.

Lisa Legere, of Murphysboro, plays with a puppy at the Humane Society of Southern Illinois Sunday.

Police are investigating a stabbing Monday in Murphysboro. It happened in the 1300 block of Maple Street about 8:30 am.

Last night at 11:20 Jackson County Sheriff's Deputy attempted to perform a traffic stop on a vehicle parked in the middle of Arial Drive in Murphysboro.

A Wyoming man faces charges in Jackson County after leading deputies on a short high speed chase.

Joe Crabb, 81, from Grantsburg, addresses Shawnee National Forest Service volunteers Saturday.

More than 30 SIUC journalism students and 16 visiting professionals set up shop in Murphysboro last weekend with one goal in mind: to tell stories.

Fire officials suspect a small blaze in the basement of a Southern Illinois courthouse was caused by an overheated motor.

Illinois college students will stop getting grants through the state's Monetary Award Program at the end of the semester unless lawmakers come up with a new revenue source.

Carl Pritchett, left, and Ben Canning, right, of Murphysboro, discuss the items up for bid at the Hagler estate auction in Murphysboro Saturday.

More than 100 elementary students in Murphysboro are out with the flu. As the school fights to contain the virus health officials say we could be in for a *long* flu season.

Local prison workers are now looking to a judge to save their jobs. Gov. Pat Quinn, D-Illinois, is about to lay off 50 people from the Vienna Correctional Center, but the union said in court today those layoffs would break a promise the state made just three months ago.

St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro is taking corrective actions after a female patient took her own life.The woman had been diagnosed as suicidal and was under observation by hospital staff.

Captain Steve McBride, right, and firefighter Carl Sisk, both of the Carbondale Fire Department travelled to New York City after 9/11 to attend the funerals of firefighters killed after the terrorist attacks.