CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - The annual Fourth of July fireworks display returns to the Southern Illinois University campus.

The American Midwest is known for many quirks, from its bars on basically every corner to its hilarious obsession with cheese ...

This story is the first of three about the building housing the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park.

Improving local government control, bills, education, and healthcare were topics of discussion. However, the use of kratom in ...

It's not just Cahokia Heights. Five dozen communities in Southern Illinois account for a third of the reported sanitary sewer ...

Antioch’s historic downtown area was transformed into a surreal landscape meant for young apprentice wizards, and their ...

Editor’s note: Molly Parker is a southern Illinois-based journalist and instructor at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. This is a first-person column that includes commentary and analysis.

CARTERVILLE, Ill. (WSIL) -- A Tornado Watch was issued for parts of southern Illinois and western Kentucky on Wednesday. The Tornado Watch is for areas in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky.

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. – The sun is the next renewable energy source set to power southern Illinois. So much so, that the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency has entered into a 20-year agreement ...

The Illinois Big Tree Register is being tidied up and brings a reminder of how many champion trees are around us, including two national champion trees in DuPage County.

The No. 1 seed Drake Bulldogs (27-3, 17-3 MVC) will try to stay on track for a Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title when they face the No. 8 seed Southern Illinois Salukis (14-18, 8-12) in ...

James Bickerton is a Newsweek U.S. News reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is on covering news and politics in Texas, as well as other general news across the United States. James joined ...