Carterville News

Regional Superintendent of Schools Matt Donkin presented five Williamson County school superintendents with their first payment from proceeds raised from the new 1 percent countywide sales tax.

Third Annual "Evening with the Stars" Friday, October 24th, at the Carterville Community Center.

Five Southern Illinois families who've lost sons in combat since Sept. 11, 2001, were featured guests of Lt.

The Illinois Community College Board awarded $150,000 to the College of DuPage in support of the "Programs of Study Demonstration Project of Nursing" developed by the college.

Heartland Heroes has already obtained a slew of items to ship to Iraq and Afghanistan.

The superintendent of the Herrin Unit 4 School District says that should last February's 1 percent sales tax increase for the five Williamson County school districts get overturned in court, property owners in ...

With the announcement that Marion High School will implement a new procedure for student drug testing, officials at Carbondale Community High School say they are not following suit.

The last free dump day in 2008 for Williamson County residents is scheduled for Oct.

About 30,000 people and hundreds of dogs attended the Southern Illinois Celebration of National Hunting and Fishing Days at John A. Logan College in Carterville this weekend.

Charlie Hogg, president of Charlie's Heating and Air Conditioning in Carterville, learned the lifelong value of hard work in 1970, when he was 14, and the lesson came about in a most unexpected way.

Some of the people who call me on the phone offer news tips, others ask questions and some are annoyed by things they say we have or have not done.

Graduate students working at Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Coal Research Center know energy is the future.

Eleven sophomores at Carterville High School have contributed countless hours to meetings and fundraisers, for one cause...keeping Connor Fenton's memory alive.

Nine Executive Drive, Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208, Telephone 628-3700 For Immediate Release September 19, 2008 A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today ...

When Christy Jordan's son, Gavin, was diagnosed with juvenile, or Type 1, diabetes she said she knew next to nothing about the disorder.

Residents, festival-goers, and retired coal miners joined together in downtown West Frankfort Thursday to celebrate the coal mining industry and those who have contributed to it in Southern Illinois.

High winds associated with tropical storm Ike are causing power outages through out southern Illinois and Kentucky.

Tuition at community colleges in Illinois have risen 31 percent in the last five years, prompting one college official to say it amounts to a "back-door tax." According to testimony before the Illinois ...

Although Southern Illinois University leaders do not support an initiative to lower the legal drinking age from 21 to 18 as do university leaders from about 100 other institutions of higher learning in the ...

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