In spite of the distant journey, steamy travel, and early QB exit, Charleston High School football deliverd a resilient performance in their 42-28 loss to the Carterville Lions Friday night. Entering their Friday night matchup with the Lions, the Trojans’ travel arrangements quickly proved to be a massive disadvantage. The roughly two-and-a-half-hour drive was only...

Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard ("La Vie en Rose”) is at the Venice Film Festival in a new guise, as tutor of Biennale College Cinema, the worksho...

By Nicole Jao, Liz Hampton and Georgina McCartney NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) - With the war in the Middle East still raising energy costs, Americans f...

Football Breese Mater Dei 28, Effingham 7 (2nd) Carterville 28, Charleston 14 (Half) Salem 21, Mattoon 0 (2nd) Sullivan 15, Nokomis 0 (2nd) Tri-Valley 28, Shelbyville 6 (Half) Newton 14, […] The post High School Football Scores 9-4-26 appeared first on Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3.

High School Football Week 3: Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 28, Tri-County 6 (2nd) Carterville 14, Charleston 7 (2nd) Salem 7, Mattoon 0 (1st)

MARION, Ill., (KBSI) — The Southern Illinois community is invited to honor 88 local veterans during the Veterans Honor Flight of Southern Illinois Flight 17 Welcome Home Celebration. The free, family-friendly event will begin at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, outside the airline terminal at Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois. The veterans will spend the day visiting memorials and monuments...

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Ill., (KBSI) — A man who called deputies to report stolen property was arrested after authorities discovered he was wanted on multiple warrants, according to the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded Sept. 1 to the Pittsburg area after Johnathan A. Ross, 38, reported that his property had been stolen. During the investigation, deputies learned Ross had outstanding...

The Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment launched its campus composting initiative Friday with its collection site at the Illini Union.  Collections will continue from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Friday during the fall semester. Mia Anguiano, junior in ACES and an iSEE EcoRep who helped develop the program, said it will help fill... The post iSEE launches composting program appeared first on The Daily Illini.

(The Center Square) - The Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy has selected two primary contractors for the first phase of a revamped state program aimed at plugging and cleaning thousands of orphaned oil and gas wells scattered across the northern part of the state. [...]

David E. Briscoe, 86, of Norris City passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2026 at Deaconess Illinois Medical Center in Marion, IL. He was born August...