Without any Southern Illinois Miners baseball this summer and with high school football and other fall sports still several weeks away, there is precious little going on in the world of sports to talk about in the region.
Following a decades-long summertime tradition, the top racers from around the country will compete at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds this week.
MARION - Stephanie Willis's eyes light up and she can't help but smile when she thinks of all the good that has been done for children in her time as executive director for the Boyton Street Community Center in Marion.
CARBONDALE — It’s a new era for Terrier basketball under head coach Lee Nailon and with the Carbondale boys’ basketball team hosting a camp which started on Wednesday and will run through the rest of the week, Nailon is hoping that it’ll be an era that lasts a long time.
Marion native Tiffany Haseker is making a name for herself as a rising country artist in Nashville – and she’s coming home for a pair of performances.
The City of Harrisburg and the Harold S. Jones Fine Arts Center in Cairo are among recipients of "upcycled" computers through a program of Faith in Peace.
SIU softball coach Jen Sewell announced Wednesday that Mary Jo Firnbach has been hired as the program's associate head coach.
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An upstart quintet of 20-somethings from Harrisburg is fast making a successful job of performing a blend of classic rock and original songs in their newly-formed band, The Trade.
SIU School of Law Professor Cindy Buys, witnessed the impact of war firsthand when she spent two months teaching classes in Toruń, Poland, which is about four hours from the Ukrainian border.
Mass shootings have become nearly commonplace in America. But the nation's staggering murder rate can often be seen more clearly in the deaths that never make national news.
The Black Team won 11-6. But even without the extra competitive juices, everyone was mostly just happy to be getting a second chance at the game.
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WEST FRANKFORT — The Orient Express Post 1961 beat the Vienna Eagles, 10-1, on a one-hitter in the first game of a double header of an American Legion/High School Summer Team game Tuesday afternoon at Bill McKee Field.
MARION – The disappointment of the June 21 darkness-shortened Southern Illinois Select All-Star Softball Game was still very apparent in the sweat-soaked crowd that filed into Rent One Park for the make-up game on July 5. The first iteration of the game was stopped in the fifth inning when t…
JOHNSTON CITY — Following in the footsteps of her mother, Ashley Smiley has taken over the head coaching duties of the Johnston City High School volleyball program.
Gabby Walker, who helped SIU's women's basketball team win its first regular season conference title since 2007 last year, has been selected as a Missouri Valley Conference postgraduate scholarship winner.
It’s time to dissolve the conference system in the NCAA.
SIU men's golf program gained Kentucky transfer Hugo Archer on Tuesday.
Loren J. Randol of Carbondale is was arrested by Carbondale police Sunday night on a variety of charges.
HERRIN — A group of 26 Herrin residents that included a handful of high school students and instructors recently returned home from a 12-day, four-country tour of Europe.
CARBONDALE — Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration is awarding a $993,265 grant to the city to reconstruct a portion of North McRoy Drive to support businesses in Bicentennial Industrial Park.
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The suspected shooter, who was arrested late Monday, used a high-powered rifle "similar to an AR-15" to spray bullets from atop a commercial building into a crowd, authorities said.
Hilliard, and his wife, Julie, have been growing peonies for more than 20 years. The partnership works well. He handles the growing and most of the field work, she handles the marketing and processing.
While major population hubs like Chicago, Los Angeles and New England remain the major players in the pro wrestling landscape, Southern Illinois has carved out a spot for itself in the wrestling world as well.
"It looked like a battle zone," one witness to Monday's mass shooting in the Chicago area said. "Gun violence is never OK — we should never be numb to this."
As people begin driving into parking lots near SIU Banterra Arena to see the city’s annual fireworks display, another group tried to gather in front of the arena. The group was at the fireworks location to make their feelings known about the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe…
On the June 22 episode of All Elite Wrestling’s Wednesday Night Dynamite, Bryan Danielson said: “This week is a great week to be a professional wrestling fan.”
Police say the suspect in the Highland Park shooting that left at least six people dead and at least 30 injured has been taken into custody. Developing story:
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