Carrier Mills News

If you go to Carrier Mills, you will soon be able to buy something that has been banned for more than 60 years--alcohol. Recently, voters approved liquor sales in the village, only after an error in the election count was discovered.

HARRISBURG, Ill.--Election results are in Saline County--again. More than a month after April's municipal elections it turns out not all the votes were counted.

A problem with a vote-count changes the outcome of an election. Now a 60 year plus ban on alcohol sales is reversed.

The Saline County clerk discovered a big error in the April 7th election results that changes the outcomes of two things on the ballot.

More resources are on the way to southern Illinois to help restore power to thousands of people.

It never ceases to amaze me how the issue of alcohol sales can split a community right down the middle On Tuesday, during Illinois' municipal election, two small Southern Illinois towns put the wet-dry issue to a vote, with two razor-thin decisions that cut both ways.

The wet-dry issue in Carrier Mills came down to one vote -- again. Carrier Mills residents voted 252-251 to keep the status quo and prohibit retail sale of alcohol.

CARRIER MILLS, Ill.--A Saline County village that's been dry for fifty years could soon allow alcohol sales.

Winter weather continued across Saline County and left a mess of snow, sleet and ice across the region.

Efforts are continuing to help a Stonefort couple after the mobile home they were renting was destroyed by fire.

Thousands of homes in Williamson county were without power late Sunday night after s main transmission line apparently broke.

Several Southern Illinoisans have been elected to the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.