FRANKLIN COUNTY - In typical Ken Gray fashion, the retired congressman accepted the praise delivered to him by the speakers at a ceremony Thursday to dedicate the new Ken Gray Expressway.
MARION - Thirty-three aspiring firefighters seeking to learn the trade are enrolled in training classes at the newly formed Southern Illinois Regional Fire Academy.
Southern Illinois University's Danielle Glosson was good, but Missouri State's Danielle Glosson was good, but Missouri State's Melissa Porche was better Thursday at Charlotte West Stadium.
FRANKLIN COUNTY - Citing it as an "occupational hazard," Gov. Rod Blagojevich dismissed criticism of his plan to move the Illinois Department of Transportation's Division of Traffic Safety from Springfield to Southern Illinois.
It's finally time get your outdoor areas ready for use. After months of cold weather, the time has come to be able to sit on your deck and patio and enjoy the stars in the sky with a nice glass of wine.
Puerto Rico has the pristine beaches, tropical climate, crystal-blue sea and coconut palms characteristic of its counterparts, but along with its unmistakable Spanish colonial heritage, the island is today part of the United States Commonwealth, meaning it has a first world infrastructure mixed in with its traditional Latin American culture.
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday in the country's worst sectarian clashes since the 15-year civil war.
RACINE, Wis. - A state agency reissued a water pollution permit Thursday for a power plant that environmental groups contend would harm Lake Michigan by using vast amounts of lake water for cooling.