When most people think of bird senses, they think of the eyes. Sayings like “eagle eye” and “bird’s eye view” come to mind.

Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect. Those ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials plan to drain Little Grassy Lake this month, saying the dramatic step is needed to stave off a potential "cascade of infrastructure failures" that could devastate ...

Whoever wrote, “I’ve been around the world, I’m a woman, not a girl” must have been thinking of Donna Woolcott. A spirited and strong-willed woman, Donna passed away peacefully at the age of 95 on Oct ...

John Francis (“Jack”) Hagan passed away Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, at Herrin Hospital. Jack was born March 16, 1930, in Alton to Francis Hagan and Mary Hagan (Gates) (nee Reid). He married Joan Lavelle ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is proposing federal protections for the monarch butterfly. The service Thursday, Dec. 12, proposed to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species and ...

Roger Gail Winters, 76, of Elizabethtown passed away peacefully at his home in the Rock Creek community on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. Roger was born on July 5, 1948. Private graveside services will be ...

After a strong, yet disappointing performance on opening weekend at Jacksonville, the Marion boy’s basketball team put its marker down for greater things to come with a blowout at Cahokia Friday night ...

Betty June Smith, 76, of Elizabethtown passed away Dec. 19, 2024, at Axiom Healthcare of Rosiclare. Private services will be held at a later date. Hardin County Funeral Service in Rosiclare is in ...

The School of Applied Engineering and Technology at SIU Carbondale is cooperating with a Marion electronics manufacturer to educate workers. The university and AISIN Electronics Illinois have ...

Jose Bautista, 44, of Herrin died at 11:32 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, at St. Louis University Hospital. Jose was born July 1, 1980, in Palm Springs, Calif., to Alfredo and Brenda (Smith) Bautista Sr.