Bank of Carbondale merging with First Southern Bank

  CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) – The Bank of Carbondale will soon be merging with First Southern Bank. The combined banks will operate under the First Southern name. The deal is expected to be finalized in the spring.

Strike teams aid COVID-19 battle, Pritzker preaches vaccine

  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Mobile strike teams of medical professionals are being dispatched to parts of Illinois most in need of assistance battling COVID-19 that has sickened record numbers and stretched health care resources thin, Gov.