Bost faces primary challenger

Congressman Mike Bost will have a republican challenger in the March primary. Preston Nelson, a 27-year-old Benton resident, has filed the necessary paperwork to get his name on the ballot. According to Nelson’s campaign website, he is

John Anderson, former IL Congressman, Independent Presidential Candidate, dead at 95

Former Illinois Congressman John Anderson, who ran for president as an independent in 1980, has died at age 95. Anderson served 10 terms in the U.S. House. He originally sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1980, but

Trial for two men accused in Beatty murder delayed

The trial of two men accused in the death of Carbondale musician Tim Beatty has been pushed back to March 2018. Beatty was killed by a stray bullet while he was inside his Carbondale apartment in March