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SIU Board of Trustees approves new budget

CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) — The SIU Board of Trustees has approved a new $353 million budget for the Carbondale campus. It’s part of a $930 million overall budget for the entire SIU system....

Former Governor George Ryan stopping in southern Illinois

MAKANDA, Ill. (WJPF) — Former Governor George Ryan will spend the weekend in southern Illinois. Ryan, now 87, will sign copies of his new book, ‘Until I Could Be Sure: How I Stopped...

Boeing to build Navy aircraft at MidAmerica, invest $200M

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Chicago-based aerospace giant Boeing Co. will invest $200 million to begin manufacturing the U.S. Navy’s latest unmanned aircraft at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in a project that could add more...

Illinois hopes ‘better angels’ prevail in Lincoln desk r...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The storage-room merchants’ desk where President-elect Abraham Lincoln penned his first inaugural address, beseeching southern states to recall the “mystic chords of memory” and invoke “the better angels of our...

The Way to Love and Peace (poem)

My wife and I went camping with the kids over the weekend. One of...

Our trip to Mountain Top Views Cabin

We had a chance to travel down for a little family getaway to Pigeon...

Sisters raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Ho...

10-year-old Emily, and 7-year-old Sophia are from Pope County, and I had a chance...

Fox Meadows Supportive Living

I had an opportunity to speak with some folks from Fox Meadows Supportive Living...

1st Annual Brayden King Memorial Baseball Tournament

Don’t miss out! Teams from all over the heartland will be competing at the...

DeAnna Price with Team USA!

To say we are proud of DeAnna M. Price is an understatement! All of...

Sportsvoice Podcast: Chat about next year's NASCAR season ne...

Photo Cred: Icon Sportswire Getty Images Mike Murphy and Scott Hudson spoke about the new races added to the NASCAR schedule for the coming season, including a race in the St. Louis area:...

Elverado's Bernardini sets new career point record

Elverado volleyball’s Morgan Bernardini set a new career point record for the Falcons on Monday night in their 25-22, 25-15 sweep of Webber Township. The Falcons senior was honored before last night’s game against...

Team of the Week Podcast: Week 2, Carterville Lions - Brett ...

Carterville Lions football coach Brett Diel talks with Matt Varney about their 46-6 win over Herrin that netted the Lions the Team of the Week award, the Carterville Lions offense that is flying through...

Plenty of movement, top teams remain unchanged in latest Joh...

The Marion Wildcats remains atop the John A Logan Little Egypt Football Coaches’ Poll as we head in to Week 4 of the season as the unanimous #1 team. Benton continues to pick up...