Eldorado Pool at Mahoney Park opens Sunday, May 26 and also will be open Memorial Day.

Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring show girls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but also dressed as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire media mogul has accused of persecuting him, according to the first public sworn testimony by the Moroccan woman at the center of...

The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized to Congress on Friday for his agency's tougher treatment of tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. He said they resulted from a misguided effort to handle a flood of applications, not political bias.

At the Tuesday May 14 meeting of the Eldorado City Council the council passed roadblock requests by the Eldorado American Legion for Poppy Day on May 25 and the Eldorado High School Volleyball team on June 8.

Supporters of high-volume oil and gas drilling say a bill to regulate the practice in Illinois is ready for a vote after last-minute negotiations over hiring and environmental concerns.

Young and old alike can spend a few hours in Harrisburg by bringing their dogs to a “Fun Dog Show” on Saturday, May 18 sponsored by Clovers & Cloverettes 4-H Club.

A massive evacuation to clear low-lying camps ahead of a cyclone has run into a potentially deadly snag: Many members of the displaced Rohingya minority living there have refused to leave because they don't trust Myanmar authorities.

Russian state television aired footage Wednesday from Russia's security services claiming that another alleged American spy was expelled earlier this year.

The House Agriculture Committee is considering a five-year farm bill that would make small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program.

Explorers out shoot Harrisburg 29-0

7th inning rally falls short against Terriers

Catskin Days Springfest returns to Carrier Mills this week with a new carnival, some great music and the ever popular wrestling on Main Street.

Carrier Mills Police Chief Chuck Rubright on Monday made an arrest in an August 19, 2012, early morning armed robbery of the Casey's General Store.

Lambert breaks MVC Outdoor Championship record & MVC all-time record

The Eldorado High School softball team lost to Zeigler-Royalton 11-4 Friday to conclude the regular season.Mary Mitchell took the loss, going six strong innings, but gave up 11 runs (nine earned) on 10 hits, while walking three and striking one.Ashton Unthank finished 4-for-4 with a run scored, while Caitlyn...

Bradley, 800 meter relay team finish sixth at West Frankfort

Harrisburg wins SIRR Ohio; Murray qualifies for state tournament

Eldorado falls in extra innings to Trico

Bearcats set to host Pink Out Game Saturday

Harrisburg Police Chief Bob Smith said Thursday that someone using projectiles had broken large, expensive plate glass windows in four Harrisburg businesses late Wednesday or early Thursday morning.

The sophistication of a global network of thieves who drained cash machines around the globe of an astonishing $45 million in mere hours sent ripples through the security world, not merely for the size of the operation and ease with which it was carried out, but also for the threat that more such thefts may be in store.

The New Harmony Bridge has been closed almost one year and buzz is still surrounding the structure. The bridge was recently listed among the 10 most endangered landmarks in Indiana by Indiana Landmarks.

A new radio station is broadcasting from Harrisburg, bringing messages of the Catholic faith to listeners.

Three area people received significant sentences in Saline County Court Wednesday.

On Saturday area U.S. Postal Service letter carrier will have extra large bundles to distribute as they deliver the mail and take away donation food items from customers.

The Illinois Senate voted Thursday to send a union-supported pension reform bill to the House, leaving lawmakers with two competing proposals for dealing with the nation's worst state pension problem just weeks before the Legislature is scheduled to adjourn.

An Ohio prosecutor said Thursday he may seek the death penalty against Ariel Castro as investigators charged that he impregnated one of his captives at least five times and then starved her and punched her in the belly until she miscarried.

Eldorado, Carrier Mills-Stonefort beat by late game rallies

EHS says goodbye to three seniors: Unthank, Morris & Lowery

Egyptian Health Department is offering people a chance to get rid of that old television or computer collecting dust in the garage with its series of Electronics Recycling Collections.

The Obama administration is providing $100 million in new Syria aid, U.S. officials said Wednesday, but the money is for humanitarian purposes only and not linked to any decision on arming Syrian rebels.

The Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control — and, if necessary, launch — nuclear missiles after a string of unpublicized failings, including a remarkably dim review of their unit's launch skills. The group's deputy commander said it is suffering "rot" within its ranks.

South Korea's President Park Geun-hye told Congress on Wednesday that she will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea and that provocative actions by the reclusive communist country "will be met decisively."

House Republicans on Wednesday renewed charges that the Obama administration is covering up information about last year's deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya, drawing an angry rebuke from Democrats who accused the GOP of politicizing the issue at a jam-packed hearing.