When most people think of bird senses, they think of the eyes. Sayings like “eagle eye” and “bird’s eye view” come to mind. And it is true, the primary sensory organ that birds depend upon ...

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

Rend Lake is the largest lake in southern Illinois; the 18,900 acres of water and 21,000 acres of surrounding parks and protected lands provide outstanding habitat for waterfowl, waders, shorebirds, ...

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 ...

The Marion boys basketball team improved to 5-2 after traveling an hour and a half up north to beat a very good Breese Mater Dei team on its home court Friday night and then traveling almost an hour ...

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.

The Marion boys basketball team opened its 2024-25 season at the Jacksonville Crimson Classic for the second year in a row and came away with a third-place finish after losing two of its three games ...