Recent polling by Reuters found that 45% of voters list “cost of living” as their top concern heading into the 2026 election.

The Marion boys basketball team opened the season Friday at Virgil “Cuss” Wilson Gymnasium with a 71-64 South Seven Conference win over Cahokia behind 30 points from new starter sophomore Mahki ...

Each year, the Illinois State Board of Education releases an annual report card with data showing how students are doing in the basic subjects of reading, writing and math. And each year when those ...

Marie Terese McGlennen, 82, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Marie was born to John and Marie Kernahan on March 1, 1943, in Hackensack, N.J. Marie ...

Janet Lee Barnard, 73, of Elizabethtown passed away Nov. 24, 2025, at Hardin County General Hospital. Services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday Dec. 3, 2025 at Hardin County Funeral Service in ...

Myrtle Mae (Hight) Choate, age 101 ½ years, a resident of Vienna and a former resident of rural Grantsburg, passed away Sunday morning, Nov. 23, 2025, at 1:37 a.m. at the Hillview Senior Living and ...

Kathy Blasdel Ryan, age 69, of Grand Chain passed away at 7:38 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Axion Gardens Healthcare Center in Flora. Kathy was born May 4, 1956, in Cairo, Illinois. ;She was ...

Rev. Dr. Linda Rachel Berry of Champaign passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, surrounded by her loved ones. Rachel was born in Fort Wayne, Ind., the daughter of Imogene Owen Berry. She earned a ...

Dillard O. “Sket” Scruggs, age 64 years, a resident of rural Vienna, passed away unexpectedly Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, at Deaconess Illinois Medical Center in Marion. “Sket,” as he was affectionately ...

The 2025 season for the Marion football team started with quarterback coach Matt Brown still sitting on top of the record list for career passing yardage and touchdown passes and season records in ...

Don’t veer for deer on the road this fall, the peak time of year for collisions The leaves are changing, the nights are getting longer, the smell of pumpkin spice is in the air — and deer are on the ...

Brenda Kay Dunstan, 83, of rural Elizabethtown died on Saturday Nov. 1, 2025, at Hardin County General Hospital in Rosiclare, surrounded by her family. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, ...