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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...