During Donald Trump’s first term as president, Gov. JB Pritzker and Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly spent much of ...

You feel it, don't you? Sunrise coming later, sunset earlier, and the roller rink of acorns underfoot. The change of seasons is well underway. And just as you are pulling out your flannel shirts, wool ...

The first extensive public look at next year’s state finances contains a warning to lawmakers from the governor’s office: ...

Last year the headline at the end of the Marion football season was the Wildcats missed the playoffs for the first time since 2004, but this year the headline is the Wildcats returned to the ...

Vernys May Smith, 94, of Marion, IL, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. Vernys was born on Oct. 30, 1930, on a farm in Missouri, to the late Lily and Harry Lewis. She resided in Missouri until she ...

The Marion football team’s return to the 5A playoffs turned out to be a short one at Highland Friday night with the Bulldogs’ offense scoring on six of its first seven possessions to eliminate the ...

State Sen. Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg) welcomed an estimated 70 high school students from 14 schools to Mtn Dew Park in Marion on Oct. 30 as part of his annual Student Advisory Council. The Student ...

Raymond Carl Lenzi, with photo, publishes 11/6 in the Carbondale Times. $100 to Meredith Funeral Home. Raymond Carl Lenzi peacefully passed from this world on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. He was surrounded ...