The Marion boys’ basketball team is playing some of its best ball this year, especially on defense, and it has resulted in its best start since 2019 with an 11-4 record. “We’re 15 games in and ...

For some, 40 years of calculating and analyzing numerical data might sound boring. But for Mark Schleusener, it was a ...

Robin Denise Gibbons, 71, of Blue Springs, Mo., passed away at the University of Kansas Medical Center on Jan. 4, 2025, after a short illness. Born in Peoria, Illinois, April 18, 1953, to William Paul ...

Clarence "Joe" Herbert Ledbetter, 94, of Cave-in-Rock passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, at River Oaks Health Campus in Princeton, Ind. A private family service will be held.

Melanie Lea Alford Hayes of Carbondale passed away on Dec. 31, 2024. She was 48. Melanie was born on Feb. 20, 1976, to Gail Marie Schebella Alford of Onaway Mich. Melanie graduated from Onaway High ...

Clyde David Cowsert, 74, of Metropolis passed away Dec. 30, 2024, at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Center in Paducah, Ky. Services took place Jan. 4 at Hardin County Funeral Service in Rosiclare ...

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 include some of the defining bills of the 2024 legislative session and others ...

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 ...

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 ...