Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Evansville is now a millionaire. Al Larsen with the Hoosier Lottery confirms a $1 million dollar ticket was purchased at the.....More >>
Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White has awarded grants totaling $11.9 million to 620 public libraries statewide including several in southeastern Illinois.More >>
Timothy M. White, 51, of Mt. Carmel, was charged last year with telling Resident Circuit Judge Stephen G. Sawyer that "he was going to get a gun and shoot (him)."More >>
Cold and windy with flurries or light snow early, then gradual clearing. High 26. Mostly clear to partly cloudy and cold tonight with a low in the middle teens. Partly sunny Saturday with highs in the mid to upper 30s.More >>
Tuesday, December 20 2011 6:13 PM EST2011-12-20 23:13:25 GMT
Governor Pat Quinn signed a state budget reallocation bill into law Monday that will ensure state employees and residents of the Chester Mental Health Center and the Illinois Youth Center in Murphysboro will remain open through Fiscal Year 2012.More >>
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has announced a loan program for first-time home buyers who are veterans, military personnel, reservists and Illinois National Guard.More >>
Thursday, December 1 2011 5:14 PM EST2011-12-01 22:14:17 GMT
A Metropolis man was arrested Thursday for the murder of after the death of his 15-month-old son. Illinois State Police say the baby died from a closed head injury in 2010. More >>
Thursday, August 25 2011 12:38 PM EDT2011-08-25 16:38:50 GMT
Southern Illinois University football coach Dale Lennon has named junior Paul Mcintosh the teams starting quarterback for the season opener September 3rd at SEMO.More >>
Friday, May 6 2011 12:08 PM EDT2011-05-06 16:08:00 GMT
After completing the levee blasts at the Birds Point - New Madrid Floodway Thursday, the US Army Corps of Engineers is moving its joint information center to Memphis to continue the floodfight downstream of the Mississippi River.More >>
Monday, May 2 2011 7:05 PM EDT2011-05-02 23:05:40 GMT
Maj. General Michael Walsh, President of the Mississippi River Commission, says he has decided to operate the floodway project at Birds Point - New Madrid Floodway.More >>
Tuesday, March 29 2011 8:01 PM EDT2011-03-30 00:01:00 GMT
The prison population is at the center of a new census debate, which could impact several Heartland towns. A recent bill filed in the Illinois House of Representatives would change the way prisoners are counted. Instead of counting them where they are in prison, the legislation calls to count them in the city where they lived before going to prison. More >>
Tuesday, March 29 2011 2:55 PM EDT2011-03-29 18:55:30 GMT
The Ill. Department of Agriculture asks farmers to make sure they review safety and handling procedures before applying anhydrous ammonia to their fields this Spring.More >>
The stepmother charged with murder of her nine-year-old stepdaughter in Etowah County has given birth in a Gadsden hospital while under the guard of sheriff's deputies.
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A two-alarm fire has engulfed a pole barn just north of Evansville. More than a dozen departments responded to the call around 5:40, to help fight the fire.