Shawneetown News

It was the day after Thanksgiving when my friend Danny Glenn and I left for our much-anticipated whitetail bowhunting trip to Illinois.

Shawneetown Police Chief Robert Patton confirmed a white male was found dead near the Shawnee Chief Motel around 6:15 p.m. Sunday.

An Army veteran being held on charges that he threatened a shooting rampage at a Veterans Affairs hospital in southern Illinois has a history of menacing behavior involving family and firearms, court records show.

An Army veteran remained jailed Wednesday after he was arrested with a loaded handgun outside an Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital where he warned a nurse he was armed and was "going to fill that place with lead," court documents show.

Goshen Trail history hits close to home for Madison County. Goshen Trail is to Madison County what the Lewis and Clark Trail is to the Louisiana Purchase.

Offering up songs that once entertained Abraham Lincoln, the Lake County Folk Club opens a new season of concerts by welcoming back Chris Vallillo Sunday, Sept.

The gimmick is aimed at promoting the nearby Ohio River village of Old Shawneetown, which next July 1 will become the first town in Illinois to celebrate its bicentennial.

A southern Illinois sheriff accused of selling marijuana, often while on duty, is bargaining with federal prosecutors about a possible plea deal.

Gallatin County Sheriff Raymond M. Martin is facing three federal counts of distribution of marijuana and two of carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug crime.

Thousands of bikers are in our region at two rallies. One is in Old Shawneetown, Illinois.