Jackson County News

A diverse group of local leaders is gathering at Giant City Park this morning with a message for legislative leaders to set aside differences and restore funding to state parks before they and the people who ...

They've been migrating westward by land inch by inch since their arrival in 1916 at a Riverton, N.J., nursery in a carton of iris bulbs imported from Japan.

Carbondale Community Arts and the Jackson County Stage Company are seeking ideas from the public in renovating the former Varsity theater into a center for the arts in the downtown area.

Mike Bost, Illinois State Representative for the 115th District, can sum up his most important philosophy of success in three succinct words: Tell the truth.

EAP2 WW Research Paper ERIC JANG Wal-Mart, one of the most successful companies, is expanding in the US.

Emergency crews closed Route 3 near Grand Tower for 12 hours Sunday because of a fire at a railroad tie storage yard.

Murphrysboro, Jackson County. The Big Muddy Monster made a brief appearance in 1973 in Murphrysboro.

Police in Jackson County are investigating a crash between a truck and a horse. It happened around 11 p.m. Tuesday night on West Industrial Park Road in Murphysboro.

Authorities are crediting an Illinois county sheriff's deputy with saving a 5-month-old Cape Girardeau infant from floodwaters this weekend.

Fruit farmers hit hard by a freeze last year can relate to corn farmers losing their crops to flood waters.

Police arrest two Murphysboro women on drug charges. Jackson County Sheriff's deputies and the Murphysboro Police arrested 20-year-old Lauren Burke, and 38-year-old Tabitha Bramlett Thursday for poession of a ...

Some roads in Randolph County have been closed or partially closed due to high water.

A mosquito sample collected in Jackson County tested positive for West Nile virus.

Jackson County officials say a woman who drowned in an accident yesterday was a victim of floodwaters on the Big Muddy River.

We've seen a lot of "road closed" signs these days, you assume for high water but not near the small town of Jacob, Illinois in Jackson County.

MURPHYSBORO, IL The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced today that a 13.1 acre area on and off the water around the Kinkaid Lake Spillway will become an alcohol free zone starting Memorial Day ...

More and more people in Jackson County are opting to use public transportation. Directors at Jackson County Mass Transit say ridership is up more than 20% this year.

Police investigate an attempted arson after they say someone tried to burn down a home Saturday night.

City rivalries tend to be fought on the gridiron or the hardwood, but a boundary battle may be brewing between Carbondale and Murphysboro.

Chad Woods, 31, who was pulled from a fire at The Crossings mobile home park Friday night, was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.