Mild and breezy in central and southern Illinois today, but rain will return tonight and looks likely for Wednesday. A few severe storms can't be ruled out. Get all the details in our latest forecast.
HERRIN — A 19-year-old Herrin teen - Julia Mohr - was crowned the 27th Annual Miss HerrinFesta Italiana Scholarship Pageant Queen Monday evening at the Herrin Civic Center before a packed crowd.
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DU QUOIN — Senior southpaw Jake Rogers turned in the performance of a lifetime Monday, holding a hard-hitting, high-scoring Nashville Hornets team to only one run in 5 1/3 innings of relief and the Du Quoin Indians rallied from a 6-2 deficit to beat Nashville, 8-6, to capture the Class 2A Re…
VERGENNES — It took a few days for Elverado and Trico to finish what they started in the regional championship. Rain delayed the game with two outs in the top of the first over the weekend and the game picked up from that point on Monday afternoon.
Matthew Steidl emerged from the SIU baseball locker room Monday with a fully-packed suitcase, ready to load it on a waiting bus for the Salukis’ trip to Springfield, Mo. and the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.
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Carterville’s softball team edged Johnston City, 2-0, Friday evening in the championship game of the Class 2A Johnston City Regional.
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CHARLESTON – Rain soaked the track and split the IHSA State Championship Meet into two halves on Saturday but not even the meanest cloud could put a damper on the excitement everyone involved had at Eastern Illinois University.
DU QUOIN — Outdoor sports are often precarious at best in the spring and Saturday was the definition of why as a hard late-morning downpour forced the cancellation and suspension of multiple games.
CHARLESTON – There’s a camaraderie seen in track and field events that is unlike anything else in competition. Despite the athletes competing against each other, the nature of each event means that the mark you’re trying to beat, really, is your own. And that is why, at the end of a tough ra…
Rain will be around for much of the afternoon and evening hours today. Severe storms are possible, especially in southern Illinois. The latest on the threats and timing in our updated forecast.
JOHNSTON CITY — Macey Lentz bounced a two-out, two-run single up the middle in the bottom of the first inning to drive in what were ultimately the only runs of the game as Carterville’s softball team edged Johnston City, 2-0, Friday evening in the championship game of the Class 2A Johnston C…
NASHVILLE — Senior Shelby Cook went 4-for-4 with a homer, triple and two singles Friday to lead the Murphysboro Red Devils to a 17-7 short-game victory over the host Nashville Hornettes to capture the Class 2A Regional Championship.Â
For the first time in 32 years, the Southern Illinois University baseball team sits atop the Missouri Valley Conference standings at the end of the regular season. The Salukis clinched the No. 1 seed in next week's Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, and at least a share of their first MV…
CARBONDALE — It was the kind of game that spawns the cliché of it being a shame one team had to lose, but that’s exactly what transpired on the pitch of the Fralish Soccer Complex for the Carbondale Regional final between Marion and Carbondale.
The IHSA State Track and Field Meets are officially underway, with the girls Class 1A prelims running Thursday and the 2A and 3A prelims running Friday. After the first round of cuts, there’s still a number of Southern Illinois athletes who will be vying for a state championship Saturday morning.
CHRISTOPHER — Seiger Shurtz, who led the Christopher High School girls basketball team to a Black Diamond Conference and Christopher Regional championship this past season, has accepted a new teaching position at Benton High School, effective this fall.
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