Governor’s race ballot set
Four candidates for Illinois governor will be on the ballot this fall. Republican state Rep. Sam McCann, who’s running as a Conservative Party candidate, and Libertarian candidate Grayson “Kash” Jackson will face Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and
Carterville police arrest man following standoff
Tuesday evening Carterville police arrested a man following a standoff where he barricaded himself inside a house with two women and 3 children. The situation began around 6:00 pm on the 200 block of Van Wyck square.
SIU President Randy Dunn responds to The Southern’s FOIA analysis
SIU President Randy Dunn has responded to the nearly 1,900 pages of documents released by the SIU FOIA request and analysis by The Southern Illinoisan calling it erroneous and the media coverage imbalanced. The analysis claims Dunn