Harrisburg firefighters extinguished a house fire Wednesday evening that caused significant damage to the front of a residence at 1214 E. Sloan St.

Governor Pat Quinn announced Thursday a total of $179,100 in capital investments to upgrade the gymnasium at Southeastern Illinois College in Harrisburg.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is lashing out at lawmakers after the Illinois House approved a concealed carry bill that he says "puts public safety at risk."

Gun owners in the only state still banning concealed weapons would win that right under a plan approved by the Illinois House on Friday, but the governor and other powerful Democrats oppose the plan because it would wipe out local gun ordinances — including Chicago's ban on assault weapons.

The U.S. Department of Energy rejected a proposal Friday that would have extended operations at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

A concealed-carry gun deal brokered by House Speaker Michael Madigan cleared a House committee Thursday, but its prospects were unclear across the Capitol in the Senate because of the way it would curb existing local gun laws.

Illinois legislation allowing public possession of concealed guns has passed the House Judiciary Committee. It was a compromise backed by Speaker Michael Madigan.

Harrisburg’s season comes to an end in sectional semifinal

Gallatin County will play for championship Saturday in Goreville

Harrisburg Police were on the hunt for a juvenile male suspected of trespassing in the Gaskins City area Tuesday morning.

A man being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case was shot to death at his home by an FBI agent Wednesday after turning violent, officials said.

The Eldorado High School football team recently completed its winter/spring football workouts.Each player was tested in the bench press, hang clean, and parallel squat. Those maxes were then added together to give each athlete a combined total.Ten members of this...

The Johnson County Board of Commissioners has passed a resolution supporting a statewide moratorium on high-volume oil and gas drilling.

Tuesday morning's thunderstorm caused a power outage in Harrisburg that lasted about an hour and a lightning strike caused one citizen grief at 507 W. McHaney Ave.

A proposal that aims to create thousands of jobs in southern Illinois by kick-starting high-volume oil and gas drilling cleared a top committee Tuesday, sending it on to the House floor.

Another round of protests involving United Mine Workers of America and their supporters results in about a dozen arrests in downtown St. Louis.

A key Illinois House committee has approved an expansion of Medicaid to cover low-income adults who don't have children at home, despite scrutiny over a last-minute amendment that would give flexibility to some institutions for people with mental illness.

Roy Adams, administrator of the federal Community Development Assistance Program grant for those in Harrisburg who had damage in the Feb. 29 tornado, says the grant has reached its goal with money left over.

The city of Harrisburg is offering a recycling program 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 1 at the leaf and limb site on North Veterans Drive.

Gallatin Co. gets Goreville in Cobden Sectional Wednesday

Galatia-Thompsonville wins third straight regional title

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.