6+ hour, 10+ min ago   (130+ words) Discounted pre-sale tickets for the McLeansboro Kiwanis Club Fall Festival will go on sale Monday. Pre-sale tickets will cost $3 each and will be available at Banterra Bank, Peoples National Bank locations in McLeansboro and Dahlgren, and Dairy Queen. Organizers say…...

5+ hour, 32+ min ago   (193+ words) The Illinois Department of Corrections is permanently closing the Du Quoin Impact Program facility, ending years of uncertainty about whether the longtime correctional site would reopen. IDOC announced the decision Tuesday as part of closures that also include the Dixon…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (325+ words) Grayville Finance Commissioner Andi Ford resigned from the City Council effective immediately Monday night, citing ongoing rumors and what she described as attacks on her livelihood and integrity. In a letter to the council and residents, Ford said she had…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (303+ words) Education emerged as a major campaign issue during the Illinois State Fair, with Governor JB Pritzker and Republican challenger Darren Bailey offering sharply different approaches to improving the state’s schools. Illinois is beginning its 10th year under the Evidence-Based Funding formula,…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (132+ words) A memorial continues to grow outside Dolly Parton’s Nashville-area residence as fans remember the country music legend and philanthropist, who died Tuesday at the age of 80. The family is encouraging memorial donations to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which Parton founded…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (127+ words) Three Edwards County men are facing felony charges in separate cases filed by Edwards County State’s Attorney Eric St. Ledger. Keith A. Armstrong, 42, of Albion has been charged with aggravated identity theft and theft under $500 with a prior conviction. Armstrong…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (120+ words) Fairfield Memorial Hospital will host a 3-D Mobile Mammography event on Saturday, September 5. The event will begin at 8 a.m. at Fairfield Memorial Hospital, 303 N.W. 11th Street in Fairfield. The mobile unit will provide 3-D mammography, also known as tomosynthesis. According to the hospital,…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (150+ words) wfiwradio.com IDOT ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR PARATRANSIT VEHICLE GRANTS The Illinois Department of Transportation is accepting applications for grants that will provide accessible paratransit vehicles to public transportation providers and eligible nonprofit organizations. Municipalities, local governments and nonprofit agencies that…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (115+ words) A Flora man has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to charges involving an attempted sexual encounter with someone he believed was a minor. 45-year-old Andrew J. Staley pleaded guilty last Wednesday in Clay County Circuit Court…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (135+ words) FNB Community Bank is warning customers about a scam designed to steal personal banking information. The bank says customers have reported suspicious phone calls claiming a large transaction is taking place on their account. The caller then tells the customer…...