Southern Illinois

ANNA, Ill. — Union leaders, lawmakers and political candidates gathered alongside dozens of employees from the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center on Tuesday to rally against the state’s plan to make dramatic cuts to staff and services at the downstate mental health facility.

Some farmers keep growing in flood- and drought-prone fields because subsidies soften the losses, while federal programs meant to help them change course have been underfunded and mired in bureaucracy. Under Trump, those programs may weaken further.

For nearly 50 years, the small community in southern Illinois has celebrated the Man of Steel with the Metropolis Superman Celebration. What started in the late 1970s as a small event for the local community has since expanded to become one of the city’s marquee events, drawing in Superman fans from all over the world.

With the state losing a congressional seat due to population loss, they're certain to eliminate a district in heavily Republican areas of central and southern Illinois, where most of the losses occurred.

When the pandemic sent children home from school nearly one year ago, it largely thrust education on the backs of parents. A new national survey from…

A new organization is trying to get more filmmakers and production companies to film their movies in southern Illinois.WSIL-TV reports the nonprofit…

A line of severe thunderstorms caused some structural damage when it swept across west Kentucky and southern Illinois Tuesday.The National Weather Service…

Our region is a place where the love of good stories is second only to the passion for telling them. And it's proven to be fertile ground for such tales.…

U.S. Forest Service officials are urging caution in the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois due to flooding following last week’s heavy rain.…

A man who represented southern Illinois for decades in Congress has passed away.U.S. Rep. Ken Gray was known as the "Prince of Pork." The West Frankfort…